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Descendants of David Whitaker

Generation No. 3

3. JONAS W.³ WHITAKER (SAMUEL², DAVID¹) was born March 09, 1825 in White County, Tennessee, and died October 16, 1898 in Collin County, Texas. He married SARAH ISABELLE SMARR November 22, 1843 in Andrew County, Missouri, daughter of JAMES SMARR. She was born November 07, 1828 in Kentucky, and died February 06, 1896 in Collin County, Texas.

Notes for JONAS W. WHITAKER:
In 1826 he moved with his family to Ray County, Missouri.
In November 1845 he settled in Grayson County, Texas, headright of 640 acres partly in Grayson County and partly in Collin County.

Union Sympathizer
Buried in Warden Cemetary, Collin County, Texas

1850 Collin County Census (line 56)
J. Whitaker 24       Male       Farmer      born in Tennessee            owns 540 acres
J. "      21      Female             born in Kentucky
J. A. " 4      Female            born in Missouri
Jno "      2      Male            born in Texas
Susan " 6 mo      Female            born in Texas
According to this census Jonas was in Missouri in 1846, Texas in 1848.

1860 Census / Grayson County / Sherman, Texas
      Listed as age 35, Farmer, $3000 as value of real estate, $1635 as value of personal property,
      Wife - Isabell, age 32, Place of birth Kentucky
      Children -      John, age 12, born in Texas
            Susan, age 10, born in Texas
            Denis, age 9, born in Texas
            Nancy I., age 7, born in Texas
            Mary E., age 4, born in Texas
            Adline, age 2, born in Texas

From "Kentucky Colinization in Texas" by Seymour V. Connor:
Peters Colony was a colony formed by 11 men from London, England, and 9 men from Louisville, Kentucky. They promoted the land in order to settle it. It consisted of about 20 counties in North Texas. Listed among the Bonafid Colonists who received land were:
*Jonas Whitaker - married- 1848 - Collin - sld - Born in Tennessee - from Missouri - 3 children - Collin - Farmer - age 24.
*Samuel Whitaker - married - 1848 - Collin/Grayson - Born Kentucky - From Missouri - 2 children - Farmer - age 45.

From "The Peters Colony of Texas" by Seymour V. Connor:
Jonas Whitaker arrived in the colony before 7/1848 as a family man and was issued a certificate for 640 acres by Ward in 1850. The certificate was sold unlocated and was later patented in Collin County (Fannin 3rd Class #905 and 1705). He is listed on the 1850 census (Collin County - family #56) as a 24 year old farmer born in Tenessee, with 3 children. He moved to Texas from Missouri. He signed his name with an "X".

From "Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas" published in 1889:
Jonas Whitaker is descended from an old English stock, as the name clearly indicates, and fortunately is able to trace the line back through the traditions of the family to the first ancestor who settled on this side of the waters. That ancestor was his paternal grandfather, David Whitaker, who, in company with a brother, emigrated to America from England during the early settlement of this country, and located in one of the Southern states, where he pursued his trade as a miller, till his death. He left eight children, one of whom was named Samuel, who became the father of Jonas Whitaker. Samuel Whitaker was born in White County, Tennessee, moved to Clay county, Missouri, when about twenty-five years of age, lived there eighteen years, and in 1844 moved to Texas. He settled in what afterward became Grayson county, near the Collin county line, laying a head-right there of 640 acres, and lived in that community until his death, which occured in January, 1863, in the fifty-ninth year of his age. He was for many years a large and successful farmer and stock dealer, and was also at one time the owner of a great many slaves.

The mother of Jonas Whitaker bore the maiden name of Susan Turner, and was a daughter of James Turner, a native of White county, Tennessee, but who moved to Clinton county, Missouri, and there died. Mrs. Whitaker was also born in White county, Tennessee, was a child when her father moved to Missouri, grew to womanhood there, and there met and was married to the subject's father. The children of this union were -Jonas, Jane, who was married to John Batterson; Rebecca, who married Christopher Nowland; Elizabeth, Jennette, who was married to William Garnett; Christopher, and Parmelia Ann.

The eldest of these, and the subject of this brief biography, Jonas Whitaker, was born in White county, Tennessee, March 20, 1825. He was about a year-old when his father moved to Missouri, settling in Clay county. In that county the subject of this sketch was mainly reared, being brought up to the plain life of a farmer.

On November 22, 1843, Mr. Whitaker married Isabelle, daughter of James Smarr, then of Andrew county, Missouri, but originally of Virginia.

In 1845, Mr. Whitaker and his father started with their families to Texas, reached Grayson county in November that year, and located. At that time neither Grayson nor Collin county was organized, the territory being included in old Fannin county. They settled near the Grayson and Collin line, locating their lands partly in each county, each taking up 640 acres, and making permanent settlement there on. At that date the entire country west as far as Gainesville was open and unsettled, there being only a militery post even at Gainesville. The Indians were numerous and troublesome, making frequent raids on the scattered setlements, in which they murdered, burnt, and carried away property and committed other depredations, ofter their manner of carrying on warfare. The Mexican troubles came on in a year or two after Mr. Whitaker's coming to Texas. His two brothers-in-law, John Batterton and Christopher Nowland, were both in the Mexican War, Mr. Whitaker remaining at home to take care of his and their families. Batterton and Nowland were killed while in service, and this calamity left upon Mr. Whitaker the burden of permanently providing for their families - a burden which he cheerfully assumed and faithfully performed.

When the the Civil War came on Mr. Whitaker was for the preservation of the Union, but on Texas going out he went with her, and became a sympathizer with the Confederate cause. He did not go into the service, however, but remained at home, rendering the cause such aid as he could by affording shelter and protection to Confederate soldiers and by providing for their families.

Mr. Whitaker has been a successful farmer and an extensive stock dealer. Over-confidence in his fellow-men has cost him much in the way of security debts, and he has a time or two been on the verge of financial ruin from this source, but he has held up well, notwithstanding his reverses, and retains the hope and buoyancy of spirit characteristic of his younger and more prosperous days. Mr. Whitaker has reared to maturity a large and interesting family of children, all of whom are now living except the youngest, are married and settled in life. His children are - Julia Ann, wife of John Watson; John, Susan, who was the wife of John Simpson, but is now deceased; Dennis, Nannie, wife of Irving T. Simpson; Addie, Elizabeth, wife of Pickens Bowen, and James Richard. These Mr. Whitaker has made reasonable provision for, and they are repaying his care and solicitude in their behalf with lives of usefulness and sobriety.

Notes for SARAH ISABELLE SMARR:
Buried in Warden Cemetary, Collin County, Texas

Children of JONAS WHITAKER and SARAH SMARR are:

7.	i.	JULIA ANN⁴ WHITAKER, b. August 17, 1845, Missouri; d. 1922, Grayson County, Texas.
8.	ii.	JOHN WHITAKER, b. 1848, Texas (Grayson?); d. 1922, Collin County, Texas.
9.	iii.	SUSAN WHITAKER, b. January 22, 1850, Texas; d. January 12, 1881, Grayson County, Texas.
	iv.	DENNIS WHITAKER, b. November 12, 1851, Texas; d. May 25, 1909; m. VICTORIA E.; b. October 22, 1855; d. October 23, 1937.

Notes for DENNIS WHITAKER:
Buried in Warden Cemetary, Collin County, Texas

Notes for VICTORIA E.:
Buried in Warden Cemetary, Collin County, Texas

	v.		NANCY WHITAKER, b. 1853, Texas; m. (1) STEPHEN COOPER; m. (2) IRVING T. SIMPSON.
	vi.		MARY ELIZABETH WHITAKER, b. 1856, Texas; m. PICKENS BOWEN.
	vii.		ADDALINE "ADDIE" WHITAKER, b. February 08, 1858; d. August 14, 1878.

Notes for ADDALINE "ADDIE" WHITAKER:
Buried in Warden Cemetary, Collin County, Texas.

10.

viii.

JAMES RICHARD WHITAKER, b. June 1863, Texas; d. 1922, Collin County, Texas.

4. E. JANE³ WHITAKER (SAMUEL², DAVID¹) was born 1827 in Missouri. She married JOHN BATTERSON. He died Bef. 1850 in Mexican War.

Notes for E. JANE WHITAKER:
Battersons entered Texas Nov 1845 with E. Janes' parents and brother Jonas' family. After husband was killed in the Mexican War, Jane and her children moved to Grayson County, Texas in November 1845 with her parents and Jonas' family.

Notes for JOHN BATTERSON:
From "The Peters Colony of Texas" by Seymour V. Connor:
John Batterton migrated to the Peters Colony as a family man prior to 7/1/1848 but died before 1850.
Elizabeth Batterton, his widow and the administrator of his estate, received a certificate from Thomas William Ward, and Batterton's heirs patented 640 acres in Collin County (Fannin 3rd Class #1126). Elizabeth is listed on the 1850 census (Grayson County #40) as a 23 year old widow, born in Missouri. She is residing in the home of Samuel Whitaker.

Children of E. WHITAKER and JOHN BATTERSON are:

	i.		J. A.⁴ BATTERSON, b. 1845, Missouri.
	ii.		JONAS BATTERSON, b. 1848, Texas.

5. REBECCA³ WHITAKER (SAMUEL², DAVID¹) was born 1829 in Missouri. She married CHRISTOPHER NOWLAND. He was born in Mexican War.

Notes for REBECCA WHITAKER:
After husband was killed in Mexican War, Rebecca and son moved to Grayson County, Texas, in November 1845 with her parents and Jonas' family.

Child of REBECCA WHITAKER and CHRISTOPHER NOWLAND is:

CHRISTOPHER JR.⁴ NOWLAND, b. 1848, Texas.

6. CHRISTOPHER³ WHITAKER (SAMUEL², DAVID¹) was born 1836 in Missouri, and died March 20, 1863 in Collin County, Texas. He married NANCY.

Child of CHRISTOPHER WHITAKER and NANCY is:

WILLIAM THOMPSON⁴ WHITAKER.

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