Alfred Theodore Whitteker (1817 - 1871)

Born 22 Sep 1817 in Charleston, Kanawha, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lucy A. Norvell — married 11 Dec 1850 in Covington, Kenton County, KY

Descendants

Died 19 Oct 1871 at age 54 in Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, United States

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(Photo at the top of the page is of Alfred T. Whiiteker, Jr. taken about 1912)

SOURCES Linden Grove Cemetery Records, Covington, Kentucky

California County Marriages, 1850-1952 (Alfred had a son, known as Alfred T. Whitteker, Jr., whose middle name was recorded as "Theodore" on his marriage record.)

NOTE Not much was known of Alfred Whitteker; but, in 1839, he became Deputy Sheriff to the Sheriff, Daniel Ruffner, as evidenced by his bond which was filed with the Kanawha County Court. So, he was still living in Kanawha County at this time. In 1841 he is included in the Kanawha County Court Records on a list of school masters. There was no record of a marriage or children for Alfred in Kanawha County.

According to the early records of the very first Presbyterian church in Charleston, Alfred, was admitted to the congregation by examination on 11 Apr 1840. These records are being preserved and in the possession of Kanawha United Presbyterian Church of Charleston. Notes in the margin indicate that Alfred was received from the Union Church of Christ in Worcester, Massachusetts.

When the mid 1840s arrived, Alfred was living in Burlington, Iowa, where his sister, Philena and her husband and family lived. He appears in the city directories there as a grocer. He would not remain here long, however.

The Catalogue of the Worcester County High School, 1844-1845, page 7, shows him as a student. His residence is listed as "Charleston, Kanawha County, Virginia".

By 1850, he was in Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, where he would marry and raise a family. He married Lucy A. Norval (alternate spelling NORVELL). They had nine children; five boys and four girls. Two addresses associated with his family in Covington, through the Covington City Directories, were 28 East 4th Street and on 7th and 8th, east of Greenup. He was noted in the directories as being either a "tobacconist" or a "clerk".

The Covington Journal announced in the issue of 01 Dec 1860, page 2, that Alfred would run in the January city election for City Clerk. He later became the Clerk of the School Board in Covington and still held that post until his death.

He died in 1871 of "consumption" and is buried in the Linden Grove Cemetery in Covington. The Covington Journal printed an obituary which stated that his funeral, held on 21 Oct 1871, was with the rights of the Masonic Fraternity, of which he was a member. The Cincinnati Daily Enquirer of the same date carried a special notice on page 5 entitled "Masonic Funeral Notice", stating that it was published by the officers and members of the Col. Clay Lodge No. 159 and the funeral service was performed at the Ninth Street Presbyterian Church in Covington, Kentucky. The very next day, the same newspaper, on page 7, announced that W. G. Stone was elected Clerk of the School Board to fill the unexpired term of A. T. Whitteker. Mr. Stone announced his intention of donating the salary to Mrs. Whitteker.