Joshua was born in 1837. He is the son of James Whitaker and Nancy Kyle.
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United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4YB-PH8 : 12 April 2016), Joshua L Whitaker in household of James Whitaker, Cherokee county, part of, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States; citing family 779, NARA microfilm publication M432
United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDDP-4FC : 12 December 2017), Joshua L Whitaker in entry for James Whitaker, 1860
United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW86-WX9 : 12 April 2016), Lafayett Whitaker, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 5, family 36, NARA microfilm publication M593
United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSYS-GML : accessed 19 March 2019), Joshua L Whitaker, Murphy Township (east part) Murphy town (prt.), Cherokee, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 3, sheet 16B, family 279, NARA microfilm publication T623
United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGSN-CV8 : accessed 19 March 2019), Lafayette J Whitaker, Tucumcari, Quay, New Mexico, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 141, sheet 5A, family 117, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 916; FHL microfilm 1,374,929
"New Mexico Deaths, 1889-1945," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLT3-GLM : 10 March 2018), Joshua L. Whitaker, 19 Sep 1924; citing Tucumcari, Quay, New Mexico, reference Reg. No. 33, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Santa Fe; FHL microfilm 2,032,890
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