Individual Details

Joseph and Betty had only an adopted son, Bert Bynum Whitsitt (1879-1920)

Served in the 2nd MO Cavalry for the last nine months of the Civil War. He joined Gen. Shelby's Cavalry after the battle of Westport when they retreated to Bonham. Gen. Henry McCulloch's Texas Northern Subdistrict CSA was headquartered in Bonham.

From "Drumbeat" Volume 6, Number 18; May 1991, p. 10: "Joseph Haden Whitsett, 103, Bonham, Tex. Served 13 months in Shelby's Escort, Missouri Cavalry, but never fired a shot.

Confederate Pension Application dated 26 Aug 1930. States that he was disbanded near Corsicana in Jun of 1865. Sword was delivered 17 Aug 1865. Had been a resident of Fannin Co, Texas since the Spring of 1853. Presently 81 years old. Enlisted in Missouri unit in Bonham Oct 1864. Co. E, 2nd MO Cavalry, later Shelby's Escort. J. P. Lain testified he'd known Whitsett since 1865; J. W. Peeler since 1873. J. N. Lainhart (?) also testified he had known Whitsett for 45 years; that he was a member of Sul Ross Camp Confederate Veterans at Bonham; that he is married to Elizabeth also known as Betty. Application approved 9 Sep 1930. 21 Aug 1951 - letter from Mrs. Zora Arledge announcing death of J. H. Whitsett including bill for funeral total $556.00. Whitsett died on 15 Aug 1951. Zora was a niece.

Newspaper article appeared in The Galveston News, Sunday, Feb 29, 1948, from Bonham, by William C. Barnard, "Time Brings All Things, Reporter Discovers in Interview With Texas Confederate Veteran.
Joseph Haden Whitsett was 100 years old and one of 12 living Texas confederate veterans. Mrs. Zora Arledge, a relative by marriage had been looking after him for the past 16 years. Whitsett was nearly blind, almost deaf, and used crutches due to a fall off a hay wagon 20 years earlier. He was born Glassgow, KY, 18 Sep 1847 and brought to Bonham at age 5. His father was a physician and Whitsett owned at various times, a mercantile store and butcher shop, he preferred the outdoors. Mrs. Arledge said he never worried about anything or ever did any real work. He was an outstanding volunteer fireman and fine checker player. He had reunion medals from attendance at various confederate reunions. Whitsett had traveled extensively; he had been to Mexico and almost all of the 48 states. Mrs. Whitsett died in 1931 after 55 years of marriage. He related shooting a buffalo near Wichita Falls and he once won a jug of whisky in a dancing contest. Whitsett knew three presidents:; he met Franklin D. Roosevelt at Gettysburg at a reunion of Civil War veterans; he saw Woodrow Wilson in Washington; and he met Teddy Roosevelt on one of his 18 vacations to Colorado Springs. Whitsett named a horse for Teddy Roosevelt, but after becoming displeased with the President, he sold the horse.

1900 Census, Dodd City, Fannin Co, Hh 75
Joe H. Whitsett, b. Sept 1848, age 51, married 27 years, b. KY, parents b. KY
Bettie K., wife, b. Nov 1848, age 51, no children, b. TN, father b. VA, mother b. TN
George B. Bynum, Ad. Son, b. Jun 1879, age 20, b. TX, parents b. TX, day laborer
Martha A. Stone, M-in-law, b. Aug 1818, age 81, widow, had 6 children, only 2 are living, b. TN, father b. TN, mother b. VA

1910 Census. Dodd City, Fannin Co
East Third St., Hh 68
Joseph H. Whitsett, age 61, married one time for 37 years, b. KY, parents b. KY, retired farmer, own income
Bettie, wife, 62, no children, b. TN, father b. VA, mother b. TN
Bert Binum, friend, age 30, b. TX, father's birthplace unknown, mother b. TX, Driver, Livery Stable

1920 Census. Bonham Ward 2, Fannin Co, TX
805 N. Center, Hh 187
J. H. Whitsett, age 72, b. MO, Retired Merchant
B. K., wife, age 72, b. MO
Burk Byrum, son, age 40, b. TX, Traveling Salesman

1930 Census, Bonham, Fannin Co, TX
805 N. Center, Hh 30
J. Hade Whitsett, age 79, married at age 22, b. KY, father's birthplace unknown, mother b. KY
Bettie, wife, age 79, b. TN, father b. TN, mother b. AR
Mollie Stone, sister-in-law, age 77, widowed, married at 20, b. MO, says parents b. Delaware [strange -since she appears to be Bettie's sister]

Birth	18 Sep 1847	Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky
Marriage	18 Mar 1873	Bonham, Fannin County, Texas - Betty K. Stone
Death	15 Aug 1951	Bonham, Fannin County, Texas

Spouse

Betty K. Stone (1848 - 1931)

Father	William C. Whitsett MD (1812 - 1882)
Mother	Elizabeth Lee Edmunds (1815 - 1883)
Sibling	William Edmunds Whitsett (1837 - 1901)
Sibling	Joseph Whitsett (1837 - 1839)
Sibling	Mary Jane Whitsett (1841 - 1900)
Sibling	Elizabeth Henry Whitsett (1843 - 1908)
Sibling	James Whitsett (1845 - 1862)
Sibling	Charles Churchill Whitsett (1855 - 1887)