Leatha Jane (Loveall) Whittle (1864 - 1946)

Born 10 Apr 1864 in Miller Co., MO

Ancestors

Wife of Josephus Whittle — married 29 Aug 1878 in Miller County, Missouri, United States

Descendants

Died 20 Mar 1946 at age 81 in Iberia, MO

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LEATHA JANE LOVEALL Leatha Jane Loveall was born in Miller County on April 10, 1864. She the oldest daughter of Silas Loveall (b. 1842 in Miller County) and Amanda Colvin (b. 1845 in Grainger Co., Tenn.) Silas and Amanda married in Miller County 18 July 1861 and became parents of several children. The Loveall family came to Miller County in the 1830s from Kentucky and the Colvin family came from Grainger/Union Counties, Tennessee in the 1850s and settled in Glaize Township near Bear Creek. Some of the early Loveall families settled in Jim Henry Township and also in the Saline valley of Equality Township. Later a branch of the family settled in Glaize Township near the Colvin family.

• The children of Silas and Amanda (Colvin) Loveall were: • 1. Leatha Jane Loveall 1864-1946. m. Josephus Whittle 1878 • 2. Barbara Ann Loveall b. 1865, m. 1-James H. Evans 1882 2-_____Brown • 3. Vina Frances Loveall b. 1869, m. Edwin Gaches • 4. Stacey Adeline Loveall b. 1872, m. Frank Gaches • 5. Jasper M. Loveall b. 1875, m. Emma Wheat • 6. James J. Loveall 1879-1950, m. Rosa Spearman • 7. Elizabeth Loveall b. 1881, m. Theodore Benton Workman • 8. John Loveall b. 1883, m. Paradine Stout Amanda Colvin Loveall died in the early 1890s and Silas then married Elizabeth J. Loveall in Miller County 7 November 1896. They moved to southern Missouri and it was there he died and was buried. Most of the children of Silas and Amanda Loveall moved to Oklahoma and remained there the remainder of their lives. Leatha Jane, the oldest child, married Josephus Whittle on August 29, 1878 at the young age of 14 years. She was the only one of her Loveall family to remain in Miller County. She and Josephus reared their large family in southwest Richwoods Township in the Pleasant Hill community. Josephus Whittle was born in Miller County 8 September 1856, a son of John Levi Whittle and Nancy Jane Keeth. Both his Whittle and Keeth families came to Miller County from Edmonson County, Kentucky in the early 1840s and homesteaded land in Richwoods Township in the Pleasant Hill community. When Leatha Jane was born in 1864, her parents gave her the names of all her aunts on both the maternal and paternal side of the family. Her full name was Mary Martha Vina Temperance Roseanne Elizabeth Lorraine Leatha Jane!....I can understand why she only used the last two! • Leatha Jane and Josephus Whittle became parents of 11 children including: • 1. Silas Levi Whittle 1880-1881 • 2. James A. Whittle 1882-1882 • 3. Lallah Brooks Whittle 1883- m. Frank V. Andrews • 4. Carrie Gertrude Whittle 1886-1959, m. Perry Tolbert Wyrick • 5. Olia Rayford Whittle 1888-1963, m. Fannie Jane Luttrell • 6. Arlie Everett Whittle 1891-1959, m. Ida Johnston • 7. Bertha Irene Whittle 1894-1923, m. Nicholas Shelton • 8. Amanda Eliz. Whittle 1896-1964, m. Chesley Sylvester Wyrick • 9. Otto E. Whittle 1900-1987, m. Sarah Ann Stone • 10. Sylvia Alice Whittle 1904-1981, m. Ransome Alexander • 11. John Wilburn Whittle 1907-1980, m. Lois Stites

Leatha Jane and Josephus observed their 50th wedding anniversary in August 1928 with a large crowd on hand to help them celebrate their special day. Large tables of food were set outside under shade trees (as was the custom in the early 20th century) and everyone enjoyed the day visiting and sharing memories..........You might wonder why I know all this......I was not born yet but I have pictures of their 50th wedding anniversary with the crowd on hand and the abundance of good country food set up on the tables.......Josephus and Leatha Jane were my great grandparents and I wish I could have been there to see all the activity and joined in on the fun time that everyone had that day. Josephus died just 2 months later in October 1928 at the age of 72 years. He was buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery near the farm where they had reared their children. Leatha Jane lived with her youngest daughter, Sylvia Whittle Alexander and family, most of her remaining years. She died on March 20, 1946 almost reaching her 82nd birthday. Her funeral services were held at Pleasant Hill Christian Church where she had been an active member for many years. Her services were conducted by Rev. Otto Shearrer, pastor of the Iberia Nazarene Church and she was buried beside Josephus in the cemetery nearby. She was survived by 8 children, 39 grandchildren, 35 great grandchildren, and 2 great great-grandchildren. Also surviving were some of her brothers and sisters in Oklahoma---Stacey Loveall Gaches, Frances Loveall Gaches, Barbara Loveall Brown, James J. Loveall, and Jasper Loveall.

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