Individual Details
James Oliver Witherspoon
(29 Jan 1842 - 11 Aug 1933)
On the 1880 Census of Plymouth, Hancok Co., Illinois Oliver Witherspoon appears with his wife Minnie.
On the 1910 U. S. Census of Kansas City, Jackson co., Missouri, Oliver is living with his cousin John Fitzgerald and his family. Oliver states he has been married 32 years, but Mary is not listed with him.
On the 1920 U. S. Census of Macomb, McDonough Co., Illinois, James and Mary Witherspoon appear.
On the 1930 U. S. Census of Boulder, Boulder Co., Colorado, Alvin H. Foster appears with his wife Mary and daughters Helen L. and Ruth K. and his father-in-law, James O. Witherspoon. Alvin is a commercial trader on the radio.
Obituary not found at genealogybank.com or newspaperarchive.com, April 2, 2018.
On the 1910 U. S. Census of Kansas City, Jackson co., Missouri, Oliver is living with his cousin John Fitzgerald and his family. Oliver states he has been married 32 years, but Mary is not listed with him.
On the 1920 U. S. Census of Macomb, McDonough Co., Illinois, James and Mary Witherspoon appear.
On the 1930 U. S. Census of Boulder, Boulder Co., Colorado, Alvin H. Foster appears with his wife Mary and daughters Helen L. and Ruth K. and his father-in-law, James O. Witherspoon. Alvin is a commercial trader on the radio.
Obituary not found at genealogybank.com or newspaperarchive.com, April 2, 2018.
Events
| Birth | 29 Jan 1842 | Pennsylvania |  | ||
| Marriage | 30 Sep 1879 | McDonough Co., Illinois - Mary Ellen "Minnie" Kirkpatrick | | ||
| Death | 11 Aug 1933 | | |||
| Burial | Columbia Cemetery, Boulder, Boulder Co., Colorado | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Ellen "Minnie" Kirkpatrick (1852 - 1925) |
| Child | Mary Keo Witherspoon (1889 - 1976) |
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..
2. Illinois Marriages On-line, No Vol. or Page number.
3. 1930 Census Boulder Co., Colorado.
4. Find A Grave, Listed as J. Oliver Witherspoon.
5. Find A Grave, Listed as J. Oliver Witherspoon.