William J McWhorter (1871 - 1938)

Born 18 Sep 1871 in Clay, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Emma Elsey — married 3 Mar 1898 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, United States

Died 13 Jan 1938 at age 66 in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

William was born in 1871. He was the son of John McWhorter and Mary Ann Moren.

1880 census: Clintonville, Bourbon County, Kentucky. John McWhater age 61 b. Kentucky, widower; Francie McWhater [daughter] age 21 b. Kentucky; Alabama McWhater age 19 b. Kentucky; Nancy McWhater age 17 b. Kentucky; Robert McWhater age 16 b. Kentucky; John W. McWhater age 14 b. Kentucky; Rufus McWhater age 12 b. Kentucky; William McWhater age 9 b. Kentucky.

1910 census: Hutchison, Bourbon County, Kentucky. William J. McWhorter, head, age 36, b. Kentucky; Emma McWhorter, wife, age 32, b. Kentucky; Nannie B. Stevinson, niece, age 2, b. Kentucky.

He married Emma Elsey on 03 March 1898 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky.

He passed away in 1938 and is buried in the Lexington Cemetery in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky.

Sources

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LY6T-X91
• Find A Grave: Memorial #40915729
• Discovery person page, William McWhorter, FamilySearch. https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LY6T-X91/william-mcwhorter-1871-1938

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCC9-2YW : 19 February 2021), Rufus Mc Whater in household of John Mc Whater, Clintonville, Bourbon, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 22, sheet 131C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,403.

• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1D-YQ5J : 9 March 2021), W J McWhorter and Emma Elsey, 3 Mar 1898; citing Marriage, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 9,012.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M28Z-14P : accessed 14 January 2022), William J Mcwhorter, Hutchison, Bourbon, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 14A, family 198, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 465; FHL microfilm 1,374,478.

• "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSNR-BL6 : 2 March 2021), William J. McWhorter, 1938; citing Death, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,913,341.