John T. Whittaker (1867 - 1940)

Born 31 Dec 1867 in Charleston, Kanawha, WV

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Died 11 Jan 1940 at age 72 in Charleston, Kanawha County, WV

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West Virginia Certificate of Death No. 31440

Obituary of John T. Whittaker, Charleston Gazette (WV) Sat 13 Jan 1940

NOTE John T. Whittaker's death certificate shows that he lived at #1 Mary Street in Charleston at the time of his death; and he was a widower. I have not yet discovered any children he may have had. He was a painter by trade. He is buried in Spring Hill Cemetery.

A newspaper story published 30 Jan 1889 in the Wheeling Register reported that a John Whittaker, who was convicted of Grand Larceny at the Circuit Court at Charleston, and sentenced to three years in prison had been pardoned by Governor Wilson. The petition was also signed by Judge Guthrie and the prosecuting attorney, Mr. Burdett, as well as others.

Another story, published in the Wheeling Register of 06 Jul 1891, reporting on the tragedy of a horrible train wreck on the Kanawha & Michigan railroad near Charleston, West Virginia, in which nine people were killed outright and many others injured, listed among the injured who survived John Whittaker of Elk City and Paulina Whittaker of Elk City.