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John Perry Whitt 1812 – 1905 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 Dec 1812

Birth Location: Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States

Death Date: 3 Sep 1905

Death Location: Visalia, Tulare, California, United States

Father: John Whitt

Mother: Mary Downing

Spouse(s): Johnann Downing

Children(s): Mary Whitt, John Whitt

John Perry Whitt was born in 1812 in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States, the child of John William Whitt and Mary Elizabeth Downing. John Perry Whitt married Johnann Downing, and had children including Mary Hannah Whitt, John Gilbert Whitt. John Perry Whitt passed away in 1905 in Visalia, Tulare, California, United States.

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Biography

  • John Perry Whitt was born in 1812 in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States, the child of John William Whitt and Mary Elizabeth Downing.
  • John Perry Whitt married Johnann Downing, and had children including Mary Hannah Whitt, John Gilbert Whitt.
  • John Perry Whitt passed away in 1905 in Visalia, Tulare, California, United States.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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John Whitt's Ancestors

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John Whitt
1812 – 1905
Birth Place: Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States
Parents
John William Whitt
1765 – 1834
Halifax County, Colonial Virginia
Mary (Elizabeth) Downing
1776 – 1849
Halifax county, Virginia
Grandparents
John (William) Whitt
1734 – 1789
Halifax, Halifax, Virginia, United States
Anne (Elizabeth) Pettypool
1733 – 1788
Bristol Parish, Prince George, Virginia, USA
Francis Downing
1726 – 1814
Yorkshire, England
Susanna Wells
1729 – 1782
Harford Co, Maryland, USA or Caversham, Oxford, England
Great-Grandparents
Mary Pettipoole
1689 – 1770
Seth Pettypool
1702 – 1773
Martha Ragsdale
1700 – 1773
*Richard Wells
1691 – 1782
*Elizabeth Grove
1704 – 1776
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Whitt's Descendants

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John (Perry) Whitt (23 Dec 1812 – 3 Sep 1905) m. Johnann Downing (26 JAN 1818 – 10 OCT 1870)
  1. 1. Mary (Hannah) Whitt (5 MAR 1847 – 23 JUN 1903)
  2. 2. John (Gilbert) Whitt (09 Jan 1861 – 29 Apr 1938)

John Whitt's Timeline

2 Records

1812
23 Dec 1812
Birth of John Perry Whitt in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States
Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States
1905
3 Sep 1905
Age 93
Death of John Perry Whitt in Visalia, Tulare, California, United States
Visalia, Tulare, California, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 Dec 1812
    Event Place: Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States
    Record Source: Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 Sep 1905
    Event Place: Visalia, Tulare, California, United States

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