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Ruben Jeff Whitehead 1906–1965 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 MAY 1906

Birth Location: Happy Valley, Blount, Tennessee, United States

Death Date: 1965

Death Location: Chilhowee Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Happy Valley, Blount, Tennessee, United States

Father: William Whitehead

Mother: Margaret Beasley

Spouse(s): Lily Orr

Children(s): Sidney Hughes, Mary Whitehead, Virginia Whitehead

Ruben Jeff Whitehead was born in 1906 in Happy Valley, Blount, Tennessee, United States, the child of William Murray Whitehead And Margaret Cordelia Beasley. In 1910, Ruben Jeff Whitehead established residence. In 1920, Ruben Jeff Whitehead was recorded in the census in Blount, Tennessee, USA. Ruben Jeff Whitehead married Lily Burdell Orr, and had children including Mary Kathleen Whitehead, Sidney Coleman Hughes, Virginia Lee Whitehead. Ruben Jeff Whitehead passed away in 1965 in Chilhowee Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Happy Valley, Blount, Tennessee, United States.

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Biography

  • Ruben Jeff Whitehead was born in 1906 in Happy Valley, Blount, Tennessee, United States, the child of William Murray Whitehead And Margaret Cordelia Beasley.
  • In 1910, Ruben Jeff Whitehead established residence.
  • In 1920, Ruben Jeff Whitehead was recorded in the census in Blount, Tennessee, USA.
  • Ruben Jeff Whitehead married Lily Burdell Orr, and had children including Mary Kathleen Whitehead, Sidney Coleman Hughes, Virginia Lee Whitehead.
  • Ruben Jeff Whitehead passed away in 1965 in Chilhowee Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Happy Valley, Blount, Tennessee, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Ruben Whitehead's Ancestors

Self
Ruben Whitehead
1906–1965
Birth Place: Happy Valley, Blount, Tennessee, United States
Parents
William Murray Whitehead
1873–1943
Blount, Tennessee, United States
Margaret (Cordelia) Beasley
1877–1955
Yellow Creek, Graham, North Carolina, United States
Grandparents
Andrew (Jackson) WHITEHEAD
1846–1917
Elizabethtown, Carter, TN
Elizabeth (Jane Betsy) BORING
1846–1927
Montvale, Blount, Tennessee, USA
Reuben (A) Beasley
1856–1922
Cowee, Macon, North Carolina, United States
Sarah (Jane) Gibbs
1852–1939
Yellow Creek, Graham, North Carolina, United States
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Jr.
1813–1896
Elizabeth Oakes
1820–1865
John Boring
1800–1880
Rachael Murray
1809–1890
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Ruben Whitehead's Descendants

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Ruben (Jeff) Whitehead (19 MAY 1906–1965) m. Lily (Burdell) Orr (26 APR 1912–8 FEB 2002)
  1. 1. Sidney (Coleman) Hughes 1930–2007
  2. 2. Mary (Kathleen) Whitehead 1939–2014
  3. 3. Virginia (Lee) Whitehead 1935–2007

Ruben Whitehead's Timeline

8 Records

1906
19 MAY 1906
Birth of Ruben Jeff Whitehead in Happy Valley, Blount, Tennessee, United States
Happy Valley, Blount, Tennessee, United States
1910
1910
Age 4
Ruben Jeff Whitehead resided here
None
1920
1920
Age 14
Ruben Jeff Whitehead appeared in census in Blount, Tennessee, USA
Blount, Tennessee, USA
1920
1920
Age 14
Ruben Jeff Whitehead resided here
None
1935
1935
Age 29
Ruben Jeff Whitehead resided here
None
1940
1940
Age 34
Ruben Jeff Whitehead resided here
None
1965
25 OCT 1965
Age 59
Death of Ruben Jeff Whitehead
None
1965
1965
Age 59
Burial of Ruben Jeff Whitehead in Chilhowee Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Happy Valley, Blount, Tennessee, United States
Chilhowee Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Happy Valley, Blount, Tennessee, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 MAY 1906
    Event Place: Happy Valley, Blount, Tennessee, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Census
    Event Date: 1920
    Event Place: Blount, Tennessee, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 OCT 1965

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1965
    Event Place: Chilhowee Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Happy Valley, Blount, Tennessee, United States

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1920

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1935

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1940

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