John was born about 1790 son of Hercules Whaley from England. He and Mary were married abt 1823 and may have had thirteen children. Some of those children were: Hercules (1824), Henry A (1826), Thomas (1828), Missouri (1835), Tennessee (1837), Theodore (1839), Sarah (1841), James O A (1845), William F (1849). He passed away in 1867.
"Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDMB-3Y7 : accessed 26 February 2016), John Whaley and Polly Airheart, 17 Jul 1824; citing , Rhea, Tennessee, reference 2:1PMLPF7; FHL microfilm 589,468.
"United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHT1-GVF : accessed 26 February 2016), John Whaley, Rhea, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 44, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 535; FHL microfilm 24,549.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDY-18F : accessed 26 February 2016), John Whaley, Rhea county, part of, Rhea, Tennessee, United States; citing family 580, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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