Thankful Thursday: Wm M Whiteside

Thankful Thursday:  We are thankful for these ancestors! 

William Modrel Whiteside

Birth: Nov. 7, 1812
Illinois, USA 

Death: Sep. 3, 1864
Macon County
Illinois, USA  
 
William Modrel Whiteside was born 7 Nov 1812 in Madison County, Illinois, which was mostly the southern half of the state. The son of General Samuel A. Whiteside and Nancy Miller Whiteside, he married Elmira "Mirey" Owens 15 February 1834.

William and Mirey had at least the following children: 
Nancy (b 1835)
 Sarah (b. 14 Dec 1836 m. Joseph M. Scott d. 27 Dec 1927) 
Samuel Wm. (b. 1840 m. 2 Aug 1860 Elizabeth Lewis, d 29 Mar 1931) 
Wm Addison (b 18 Sep 1842 m 16 Sep 1868 Sarah Ann Bramel d 31 July 1908)
 Alvira (b 1847)
Eliza (b.1850)
Lenora (b.1852) and 
William (1860).

William Modrel owned  land in Niantic Township, Macon county, Illinois and paid taxes on 145 acres in 1865. In 1866, his holdings had increased to 165 acres. He left a fair sized estate to his surviving heirs: Eliza, Nancy Bush, Sarah Scott, Leonora J Crichenot, William, Alvira Allinson, Addison and Samuel W.Whiteside.

William and Mirey are buried in the Old Section of Long Point Cemetery, Niantic, Macon county, Illinois.  The tall spire has an inscription for William on one side and for "Mirey" on the other.

Samuel Whiteside an Old Pioneer

Decatur Review, Decatur, Illinois, June 30, 1929

Samuel Whiteside came to Macon County, Illinois, at the age of 16, about 1856. He raised and sold horses between Niantic and Belleville, Illinois. He was a member of Berea Christian Church, Mosquito Township, Christian Co., Illinois, in 1914.

Obituary- Decatur Review March 28, 1931 - Page 10
Samuel W. Whiteside

Samuel W. Whiteside, formerly of East St. Louis, died at 3 o'clock Saturday morning at the home of his son, W.M. Whiteside, rural route 1, south of Niantic.
He was ninety -two years old in February. He had been in failing health for the last year, but until a few months ago was able to be up and around. His death was due to complications incident to old age.
Mr. Whiteside was born near East St. Louis February 22, 1839. For the last three years he has been making his home with his son near Niantic. He was a member of the Long Point Christian Church. He is survived by three children, W.M. Whiteside and Mrs. Nora Jane Dodson, Niantic, and Mrs. Emma Blankenship, Moweaqua. There are thirteen grandchildren. The body was taken to the Moran & Sons funeral home, where friends may call after 5 o'clock Saturday evening.
The funeral will be held at 1 :30 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Long Point Church, conducted by Rev. H. H. Jenner of Niantic. The burial will be in the Long Point cemetery.

 

Probate #8367  in Macon County, Illinois shows heirs of Samuel W Whiteside to be his son, William M Whiteside, his daughters Nora Dotson and Emma Blankinship.  John B. Faris was the executor of the estate. Samuel W Whiteside died on the 28th of March, 1931.

 

William Modrel Whiteside was born 3 December 1866 and died 2 August 1940. This is a listing of his heirs from Probate No. 10569 which was processed in Macon County, Illinois.  He was the son of Samuel William Whiteside (1839-1931) and Elizabeth Lewis..

 

 

Marriage Record for John Lewis and Harriet Little

Jacob Lewis and Harriet Little Lewis - parents of Elizabeth Lewis Whiteside

Jacob Lewis was born in Macon county, Illinois.
He was married on the 21st of October in 1841 to Jane Cochran in St. Louis, Missouri. They lived in St. Clair County, Illinois until about 1860.

Jacob and Jane had the following children:
Elizabeth (b. 1843), John, Sarah, Catherine, Mary (b. 1848 m.Wm. Hignight, d. 1927), Jacob Jr., Malinda, Samuel, William, Charles, James, Cintha and Winnette (b. 1867)

His daughter Elizabeth married Samuel W. Whiteside in 1860 in Macon county, Illinois. His wife, Jane, died in 1868 in Macon County, Illinois.

Jacob married Harriet Little in St. Louis, Missouri, on 11 Oct. 1870. They lived in Turnback, Lawrence, Missouri, in 1880. One child, Charles was born in 1881 and later lived in Macon County, Illinois in the home of his sister, Elizabeth.

George William Hawk 1810-1846

George “William” Hawk

Birth: 21 June 1810
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania, USA
Death: 3 July 1846
Harristown
Macon County
Illinois, USA

David Hawk and his son, George William, came from the part of Pennsylvania where the Conestoga wagons were built in Lancaster County to Niantic, Illinois in 1842 at age 32. They are listed on the 1840 census, in separate households. David died not long after they came to Illinois, in 1844, and was buried on the old Jacobs place in Macon County. George's mother, whose name is unknown, is supposed to have died in Pennsylvania before 1842. They settled south of Niantic, Illinois.

1. GEORGE WILLIAM HAWK was born on 21 Jun 1810 in Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 03 Jul 1846 in
Macon, Illinois, USA. He married REBECCA PENELOPE TEMPLIN on 23 Feb 1833 in Fayette, Ohio,
USA, daughter of Isaac Templin and Rebecca Stoker. She was born on 15 Nov 1812 in Fayette,
Ohio, USA. She died on 26 Sep 1886 in Macon, Illinois, USA.

George Hawk, known as Bill, is listed as a founding member of Macon County in the History of
Macon County. George's mother, whose name is unknown, is supposed to have died in Pennsylvania before 1842.
George William Hawk and Rebecca Penelope Templin had the following children:

i. REBECCA J HAWK was born on 18 Apr 1835 in Ohio, USA. She died on 03 Jul 1911
in Missouri, USA. She married Hugh. James WOODS. He was born in Missouri, and died there.

2. ii. JOHN ARMSTRONG HAWK was born on 10 Mar 1837 in Fayette, Ohio, USA. He died on 18 Dec 1910 in Niantic, Macon, Illinois, USA. He married SARAH ELLEN FARIS on 26 Feb 1863 in Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA, daughter of Eli Shelby Faris and Lucilla Pulliam. She was born on 18 Jul 1845 in New Market, Highland, Ohio, USA.
She died on 19 Jun 1923 in Niantic, Macon, Illinois, USA.

3. iii. ADEN CLEVENGER HAWK was born on 19 Aug 1839 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA. He died on 01 Nov 1918 in Niantic, Macon, Illinois, USA. He married
AMY CATHERINE CASS BLANKINSHIP on 06 Nov 1862 in Macon, Illinois, USA,daughter of Joseph T. Blankinship and Amy R. Ridgway. She was born on 20 June 1842 in Ohio, USA. She died on 13 Apr 1928 in Harristown, Macon, Illinois, USA.

4. iv. JAMES MADISON HAWK was born on 28 Nov 1841. He died on 28 Dec 1930 in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, USA. He married LAURA O FOSTER on 24 Mar 1887 in Macon County Illinois, USA (second marriage for Laura), daughter of
Robert Foster and Mary Ann Barnett. She was born on 02 Mar 1853 in Illinois, USA. She died on 12 Feb 1922 in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, USA. James is buried at Camp Butler in Springfield.

v. GEORGE WILLIAM HAWK II was born in 1844 in Niantic, Macon, Illinois, USA. He died on 11 Oct 1864 in Niantic, Macon, Illinois, USA.

After G. W.'s death, his widow, "Nellie"(Rebecca Penelope) married Nathan Averitt and they had a child: Laura Averitt, b.29 May 1854, Niantic, Macon, IL.