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SAMUEL PORTER WHITSITT FAMILY OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE |
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| PHOTOS COURTESY OF CHRISTINE DRURY, GREAT GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER OF SAMUEL PORTER WHITSITT, DECEMBER 2007 | ||
 Samuel Porter Whitsitt family of Nashville, Tennessee - two sons are missing from this photo; six younger women are shown, one is probably the wife of the older male son. Photo probably taken ca.1900 |
(Left) The bearded
gentleman on the right in the picture is Samuel Porter Whitsitt, (1836-1925)
of Nashville, Tennessee; son of Dr. Samuel Dawson Whitsitt, grandson
of Rev. James and Jane (Cardwell) Whitsitt, great grandson of William
and Ellen (Menees) Whitsett, 2nd great grandson of William and Elizabeth
(Dawson) Whitsitt. Samuel P. Whitsitt served in Wheeler's Cavalry,
Company D, 1st Tennessee. He was born in Yalabusha Co., Miss.
and died in Nashville, Tenn. His profession was railroad conductor.
He married Saluda "Ludie" Harriet Harvey (1844-1917) in Williamson
Co., Tenn. in 1865. |
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 The family of Robert Allen Whitsitt, wife Luella Whitsitt; young male is Thomas P. Whitsitt |
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"My
great aunt, Barbara Whitsitt Sparrow, "My aunt tells me Robert played his horn at celebrations of the 'Great Secession'” Christine Drury |
"I can tell you a bit more about my great grandfather Robert Allen, but only what I’ve heard from my aunts. My grandfather [Thomas] never talked about his father. Robert was killed in a barroom brawl when his son (my grandfather, Thomas Porter Whitsitt), was a young man… early 20s. My aunt Barbara tells me it was over a car or something, but other family members have said it was over a woman. (He was definitely a womanizer, and his wife, Luella, actually shot a Mrs. Brown, because of her relationship with Robert.)" Christine Drury |
 Thomas Porter Whitsitt, grandfather of Christine Drury |
"Grandfather went to the hospital and held his father erect in his arms while he died because Robert didn’t want to die in bed. Thomas was the oldest child and there were five younger girls. Thomas was already married and had a very young daughter (my mother), but at least he had a job (it was during the depression) and so he sent food and whatever he could to his mother to help support them." Christine Drury |
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