John Samuel
Totten
Born in Tazewell, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of John J. Totten
and Eleanor Elizabeth (Whitt) Totten
Brother of
James William Totten, Rose Ella (Totten) Jones Haney Hagy, Annie Catherine (Totten) Hagy and Johan Robert Totten
Husband of
Mary Elizabeth (Griffith) Totten
— married
17 Oct 1900 in Tazewell county, Virginia
Descendants 
Father of
Lena Smith Totten, Ethel May (Totten) King, Isaac William Totten, Peery Estell Totten and Annie Elizabeth (Totten) DeBord
Died
at age 63
in Chatham Hill, Smyth. Virginia, USA
Profile last modified
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Biography
John Samuel Totten was born in Appalachia, in Virginia.
John Samuel was a farmer.
Native Virginian
- The Life Summary of John Samuel Totten:
John Samuel was born on July 18, 1880 in Tazewell, Virginia, United States.
He is the son of John J. Totten and Eleanor Whitt.[1]
In 1900, John was nineteen (19) living with his parents and siblings in Jeffersonville District, Tazewell, Virginia, United States.[2]
At the age of twenty (20), John married Mary F. Griffitts (21) on 17 Oct 1900 in Tazewell, Virginia, United States.[3]
In 1910, John and Mary were living in Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, United States with three (3) young children.[4]
In 1930, John and his family and father-in-law were living in Broadford, Smyth, Virginia, United States.[5]
John registered for both WWI & WWII.[6][7]
John died at the age of fifty-six (56) from congested heart failure in Chatham Hill, Smyth, Virginia, United States[8] and is buried in Chatham Hill Cemetery, Chatham Hill, Smyth County, Virginia, USA.[9]
Sources
- ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L6RZ-8M5
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMJ8-C71 : accessed 9 July 2021), John S Totten in household of John J Totten, Jeffersonville District North Tazewell town, Tazewell, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 97, sheet 6A, family 96, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,730.
- ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR9G-XX5 : 29 January 2020), John S. Totten, 1900.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPGT-Y2P : accessed 9 July 2021), John Totten, Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 103, sheet 10A, family 156, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1650; FHL microfilm 1,375,663.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CJML-9PZ : accessed 9 July 2021), John Totten, Broadford, Smyth, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 6B, line 69, family 107, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2461; FHL microfilm 2,342,195.
- ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6Z8-JZP : 24 December 2021), John Samuel Totten, 1917-1918.
- ↑ "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1V8-L3T : 13 March 2020), John Samuel Totten, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRC-M24G : 16 August 2019), John S Totten, 16 Jul 1944; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Chatham Hill, Smyth, Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #262169917
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