The Family of
John H.L. Whitten and Nancy Carter

This page created June 5, 2002.
[Note: The information below was shared with me by the fellow researchers listed in the Resources section below. The research is not mine but is included here to provide a more complete picture of this family.]
John Hayes Littleton Whitten
Born: December 17, 1843 in Aberdeen, Monroe County, Mississippi
Married: March 1, 1862 in Winfield, Marion County, Alabama
Died: March 23, 1926 in Verona, Lee County, Mississippi
Burial: Palmetto Cemetery, Verona, Mississippi
Father: Littleton Augustus Whitten
Mother: Lucinda Pearlee (Paralee) Whitten
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Nancy Elizabeth Carter
Born: December 25, 1844 in Alabama
Died: September 28, 1879 in Desoto County, Mississippi
Burial: Star Landing, Desoto County, Mississippi
Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown
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- Frances H. E. Whitten
Born: November 30, 1862 in Mississippi
Died: September 5, 1898 in Mississippi
- John Robert Whitten
Born: December 26, 1863 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi
Died: December 26, 1863 in Pontotoc, Pontotoc County, Mississippi
- Etta "Lottie" Whitten
Born: About 1864 in Pontotoc County or Cold Water, Tate County, Mississippi
Died: About 1882 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi
- William Newton H. Whitten
Born: February 25, 1866 in Delta or Cold Water, Tate County, Mississippi
Died: February 7, 1887 in Mississippi
- Mary Ann Parlee Whitten
Born: October 24, 1867 in Cold Water or Delta, Tate County, Mississippi
Married: (1) July 10, 1885
Spouse: (1) Louis Jasper Wolfe
Married: (2) February 8, 1893 in probably Marion County, Alabama
Spouse: (2) Augustus Philadelpus Post
Died: December 22, 1932 in Tupelo, Lee County, Mississippi
Burial: Bexar Cemetery, Hamilton, Marion County, Alabama
- James George Bracket Whitten
Born: September 10, 1869 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi
Married: (1) March 1, 1891 in Hamilton, Marion County, Alabama
Spouse: (1) Minta Missouri Gilbreath
Married: (2) After 1911
Spouse: (2) Lily Prestige
Died: May 6, 1954 in Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado
Burial: Pueblo, Colorado
- Lucandy Elizabeth Whitten
Born: December 13, 1872 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi
Married: (1) March 14, 1886
Spouse: (1) Frank M. Harris
Married: (2) 1887 in Mississippi
Spouse: (2) Thomas Williams
Died: October 1, 1951 in Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida
- Susa Jane Whitten
Born: January 9, 1874 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi
Married: September 22, 1890 in Marion County, Alabama
Spouse: Bursely (Burzelia) Stone
Died: November 3, 1944 in Bexar, Marion County, Alabama
Burial: Shotsville Cemetery, Bexar, Marion County, Alabama
- John Robert Littleton Whitten
Born: December 26, 1876 in Tupelo, Lee County, Mississippi
Married: March 8, 1894 in Hamilton, Marion County, Alabama
Spouse: Alpha Mellissa Francis Reid
Died: December 13, 1963 in Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma
Burial: Forest Hill Cemetery, Idabel, McCurtain County, Oklahoma
- Willie B. Whitten
Born: About 1878 in probably Tupelo, Lee County or Cold Water/Delta, Tate County, Mississippi
Died: ABT 1879 in DeSoto County, Mississippi
Burial: Probably Star Landing, DeSota County, Mississippi

- Lorraine Hatcher Almsted, family group sheet from September
1995. Descendant of John Robert Littleton Whitten. E-mail me for contact information.
- W.A. Whitten, GED-COM file from August 1994, updated April
2000. Descendant of Henry Millshullen Whitten. E-mail me for contact information.
- Virginia Haren, family file from June 1999. Descendant of Jasper Marion Whitten. E-mail me for contact information.
- Toni Brahier, GED-COM file from August 1994. Descendant
of Littleton Whitten and Cornelia Ruark. Toni also has all of her information on-line at this address: Check it out!
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/b/r/a/Toni-J-Brahier/index.html
- Virginia Wood Alexander and William C. Whitten, Jr. Whitten and Allied Families, second edition. 1984. p. 441.
