Individual Details
Benjamin Edwards Whitaker
(8 Jan 1797 - 6 Jan 1872)
Benjamin was born on a boat on the Monongahala River where it empties into the Ohio at Pittsburgh while his parents were moving to Kentucky. He married Susan Carolyn Gough on 9 Mar 1830 in Logan Co KY. They are both buried in the old Whitaker Graveyard. They had five children.
Events
| Birth | 8 Jan 1797 |  | |||
| Death | 6 Jan 1872 | Logan County, Kentucky | |
Families
| Father | William White Whitaker (1770 - 1846) |
| Mother | Penelope Edwards (1779 - 1845) |
| Sibling | Carolyn Matilda Whitaker (1795 - 1821) |
| Sibling | Lucretia Ann Whitaker (1799 - 1835) |
| Sibling | Henry R. Whitaker ( - 1833) |
| Sibling | William B. Whitaker ( - ) |
| Sibling | Margaret E. B. Whitaker ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. Mrs. P. E. Crouch, "Harrison, Carter and Kindred Families of Randolph, Burwell, Bolling and Edwards" Manuscript written prior to 1950. Probably copied in a library in NYC and passed to Sandi Gorin by a fellow researcher. Posted to SOUTH-CENTRAL-KENTUCKY-L@rootsweb.com in May, June & July 2002., Part 18.
2. Mrs. P. E. Crouch, "Harrison, Carter and Kindred Families of Randolph, Burwell, Bolling and Edwards" Manuscript written prior to 1950. Probably copied in a library in NYC and passed to Sandi Gorin by a fellow researcher. Posted to SOUTH-CENTRAL-KENTUCKY-L@rootsweb.com in May, June & July 2002., Part 18.