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Henry Harrison Witherspoon 1784 – 1849 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1784

Birth Location: 1784 New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: Nov 1849

Death Location: Gibson, Gibson, Tennessee, United States

Father: Alexander Witherspoon

Mother: Martha Leach

Spouse(s): Elisabeth Russell

Children(s): William Witherspoon

Henry Harrison Witherspoon was born in 1784 in 1784 New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Alexander Witherspoon and Martha Leach. Henry Harrison Witherspoon married Elisabeth Russell, and had children including William Fillmore Witherspoon. Henry Harrison Witherspoon passed away in 1849 in Gibson, Gibson, Tennessee, United States.

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Biography

  • Henry Harrison Witherspoon was born in 1784 in 1784 New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Alexander Witherspoon and Martha Leach.
  • Henry Harrison Witherspoon married Elisabeth Russell, and had children including William Fillmore Witherspoon.
  • Henry Harrison Witherspoon passed away in 1849 in Gibson, Gibson, Tennessee, United States.

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Henry Witherspoon's Ancestors

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Henry Witherspoon
1784 – 1849
Birth Place: 1784 New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Alexander Witherspoon
1750 –
Scottland
Martha Leach
1757 –
Scotland
Grandparents
Robert Witherspoon
1705 – 1758
Knockbracken, , Down, Ireland
Heater (Jane) Scott
1718 – 1756
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
John (Luck) Leach
Margaret Courtney-Leach
1730 – 1790
Twitchen, Devon, , England
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Henry Witherspoon's Descendants

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Henry (Harrison) Witherspoon (abt 1784 – Nov 1849) m. Elisabeth Russell (26 May 1787 – Apr 1859)
  1. 1. William (Fillmore) Witherspoon (12 Oct 1808 – 1860) m. Mahala (Caroline) Mathis (26 Mar 1813 – 08 Jul 1904)
    1. 1. Saybord (Y.) Witherspoon (30 January 1849 – 26 December 1912) m. John (Thomas) Wedgeworth (18 Jul 1845 – 12 Apr 1912)
      1. 1. Francis ("Frank") Wedgeworth (13 Feb 1881 – 19 Dec 1944) m. Omar (Drucell) King (29 Oct 1889 – 1916)
        1. 1. Beatrice Wedgeworth (22 Feb 1906 – 7 Mar 1964) m. Walter (Obine) Hudgins (27 Jan 1881 – 23 Dec 1957)

Henry Witherspoon's Timeline

2 Records

1784
abt 1784
Birth of Henry Harrison Witherspoon in 1784 New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1784 New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1849
Nov 1849
Age 65
Death of Henry Harrison Witherspoon in Gibson, Gibson, Tennessee, United States
Gibson, Gibson, Tennessee, United States

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1784
    Event Place: 1784 New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Nov 1849
    Event Place: Gibson, Gibson, Tennessee, United States

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