Richard M. Whitfield Jr.

Richard M. Whitfield Jr.

• Father: Richard M. Whitfield b. 1 March 1802, d. circa January 1874
• Mother: Susannah Farquhar b. circa 1804, d. circa November 1870

• Richard M. Whitfield Jr. was born on 5 February 1832 in North Carolina.
• Richard M. Whitfield and Susannah Farquhar appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Person County, North Carolina. Other members of the household included Richard M. Whitfield Jr., William F. Whitfield, John T. Whitfield, Thomas M. Whitfield, Jefferson Whitfield, George W. Whitfield, Doctor Franklin Whitfield and Susan Whitfield.
• He may have been enumerated twice in 1850; student Richard Whitfield, age 19, is living in adjacent Orange County in the household of Dr. George Moore with teacher Ashbel Brown and twelve other students.
• He was working on the farm, according to the 1850 census.
• He married Mary F. Love on 1 January 1855 in Madison County, Tennessee.
• Richard M. Whitfield Jr. and Mary F. Love appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Denmark, Madison County, Tennessee. Other members of the household included Albert Whitfield and Monroe Whitfield.
• He was an overseer, according to the 1860 census, probably for neighboring planters J. B. and Edwin Tyson.
• Richard M. Whitfield Jr. died on 12 April 1885 at age 53.
• He was interred at Cobb Cemetery, Madison County, Tennessee.

• Last Edited: 12 Nov 2014