Easter Elizabeth (Wilhite) Nunn (1840 - 1929)

Born 7 Nov 1840 in Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James Edward Nunn — married 3 Mar 1857 in Jackson, Georgia, United States

Died 29 Jan 1929 at age 88 in Statham, Oconee County, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Easter was born in 1840. She was the daughter of Turner Willhite and Mahala Morgan. Her parents were mentioned in her death record when she passed away in 1929.^[1]

In 1850, she is listed with her mother in Jackson, Georgia.^[2]

She married James Nunn on 03 Mar 1857 in Jackson County, Georgia.^[3] In 1860, they were living in the Lee Randolph Dist, Jackson County, Georgia.^[4] They had two daughters, Georgia and Elizabeth.

By 1870, she appears to be widowed as she was living with only her three young daughters.^[5] Her husband died in battle during the Civil War and was buried in Richmond City, Virginia.

The family was still in Jackson County in 1880, and Easter was listed as a farmer.^[6]

She passed away in 1929 from the flu and old age.^[7] Burial was in the Bethabara Baptist Church Cemetery in Oconee County, Georgia.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "Georgia Deaths, 1928-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JJQB-1DJ : 4 April 2016), Nunn, Esther, 29 Jan 1929; citing Statham, Oconee, Georgia, United States, Georgia Archives, Morrow; FHL microfilm 4,334,773.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYR-TG7 : 12 April 2016), Esther A Mithite in household of Mahala Mithite, Jackson county, Jackson, Georgia, United States; citing family 720, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXJ1-KFV : 22 December 2016), James E. Nunn and Esther E. Wilhite, 03 Mar 1857; citing Marriage, Jackson, Georgia, United States, county courthouses, Georgia; FHL microfilm 325,652.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZM2-S7Z : 30 December 2015), Easter E Nunn in entry for James E Nunn, 1860.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC3C-T2G : 17 October 2014), Ester E Nunn, Georgia, United States; citing p. 222, family 1584, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,658.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8GH-5R6 : 14 July 2016), Easter E Nun, District 455, Jackson, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 59, sheet 635C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0153; FHL microfilm 1,254,153.
7. ↑ "Georgia Deaths, 1928-1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JJQB-1DJ : 1 August 2019), Esther Nunn, 29 Jan 1929; citing Oconee, Georgia, United States, Georgia State Archives, Morrow.
8. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 21406930 Find A Grave: Memorial #21406930

See also:

• The Germanna Record, No. 13 - The Blankenbaker, Weaver, and Wilhoit Families, The Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies, Inc., Publishers, 2006
• Wilhite/Wilhoit & Allied Descendants of Johann Michael and Anna Maria (Hengsteler) Wilheit 1671-1994 Compiled by Mary F. Mickey