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- [S84] E-Mail, Martha Celeste Hamilton Webb [hillbillyvol@gmail.com], 14 Mar 2008.
This was my grandmother's (Ruth Whaley) half brother. He did not fight in WWII but in WWI in France and for many years we had on the mantle in our house some war artifacts from said war. Sadly they disappeared to who knows where. He stayed with us (for a few weeks?) in the summer of about 1975 or 1976, at which time he walked us up to the old home place in Greenbrier, TN. Yes he was very old, but he wanted to do it before he died. He showed us the open "barn" that he helped build with his [grand]father, John "Bullhead" Whaley. He told of how all the land as far as you could see was cleared and planted in mostly corn.
The house structure that is on the property is not his original home but the chimney was the original. Also sadly, there is no marker on any structure stating the Whaley name, or there wasn't at that time.
He lived for some years in West Point,Virginia where he did either watch or clock repair.
- [S112] Census, 1900.
Name: Joel C Whaley
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1900
Event Place: Civil District 2, Sevier, Tennessee, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 11
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Birth Date: Oct 1889
Birthplace: Tennessee
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Pinkney H Whaley Head M 51 Tennessee
Laura F Whaley Wife F 33 Tennessee
Emma D Whaley Daughter F 21 Tennessee
Marinda L Whaley Daughter F 18 Tennessee
Joel C Whaley Son M 11 Tennessee
Mary M Whaley Daughter F 8 Tennessee
Ray Whaley Son M 3 Tennessee
Olivia V Whaley Daughter F 2 Tennessee
Wayne P Whaley Son M 0 Tennessee
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