Birth: May 15, 1819
Greenville County
South Carolina, USADeath: May 22, 1901
Calhoun County
Mississippi, USA
Family links:
Parents:
Hiram Weatherbee (1800 - 1880)
Spouse:
Zillian Angeline Norman Weatherbee (1824 - 1899)*
Children:
Margaret Jane Weatherbee Rish (1842 - 1915)*
Melverdia Ann Weatherbee Winter (1847 - 1929)*
Sibling:
Mary Jane Weatherbee Hall (1831 - 1913)*
Burial:
Midway Baptist Church Cemetery
Vardaman
Calhoun County
Mississippi, USA
Research Notes
Name
Is the middle name Bolling listed on the Find a Grave memorial correct? His gravestone shown there says John B. Weatherbee.
The sources currently [13 Dec 2022] listed below all list him as John or John B.
Sources
See also:
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4L4-6B1 : 12 April 2016), John Wetherby, Chickasaw county, Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States; citing family 172, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFSZ-JHL : 12 April 2016), John B Wetherby, Mississippi, United States; citing p. 15, family 102, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,221.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4G9-VKB : 12 August 2017), John Weatherly, Beat 5, Calhoun, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district ED 17, sheet 649D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0642; FHL microfilm 1,254,642.
"Mississippi, State Archives, Various Records, 1820-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJB7-N7N3 : 9 July 2014), John B Weatherbee, 22 May 1901; citing Death, , , Mississippi, United States; Mississippi Department of Archvies and History, Jackson; FamilySearch digital folder 004813450.
"Mississippi, State Archives, Various Records, 1820-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJB7-N7VX : 12 March 2018), Jno B Weatherbee, 22 May 1901; citing Death, , , Mississippi, United States; Mississippi Department of Archvies and History, Jackson; FamilySearch digital folder 004813450.
Zelma Wells Price, Of Whom I Came; From Whence I Came – Wells-wise, Rish-wise and Otherwise: A Compilation of the Genealogies of the Families of: Bolling, Colquitt, Gable, Norman, Rish, Robertson, Weatherbee, Wells, Wofford, With Numerous Related and Connecting Families, Volumes 1-8 (Greenville, Mississippi: self published, 1959–1964), especially Vol. 5, pp4-8; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/16273?availability=Family%20History%20Library).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
Weatherbee-118 and Weatherbee-188 appear to represent the same person because: These appear to be the same person. I deleted the unmerged match and am proposing a merge.
Weatherbee-118 and Weatherbee-188 appear to represent the same person because: These appear to be the same person. I deleted the unmerged match and am proposing a merge.