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Note: 1900 (12 June) Martha Ellen and children are living in 4 north 10 east, Choctaw Nation Ellen Whitehead 5 1868 32 KY KY KY widow 7-7 farmer
Susan dau 2 1885 15 AR KY KY
Joshua son 12 1886 13 AR
Alice dau 10 1888 11 AR
Nancy dau 1 1892 8 IT
Samuel son 2 1894 6 IT
Mack son 4 1896 4 IT
Rome son 10 1897 2 IT
1903 Martha Ellen is living in Wilburton, Haskell County, Oklahoma
1910 (15 April) Martha is widowed and she her children are living in the same house as her father in McAlester, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma
William S. Muncy head 78 KY KY KY farm labor/working out
Ellen Whitehead dau 40 KY KY KY widow 6-6
Alice gr/dau 20 AR KY KY divorced
Annie gr/dau 18 OK
Sam gr/son 16 OK
Mack gr/son 14 OK
Rome gr/son 12 OK
One of Ellen's son went to McAlester Prison, in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma where he died during a prison riot. He was buried in the prison cemetery. His brother Samuel removed his body from the prison cemetery and transported him to Madison County, Arkansas where he is buried.
Ellen was married several times. Ellen went to Gerty, Hughes County, Oklahoma after 1910. Jumper Cemtery is near Jay, Delaware County, Oklahoma.
According to Pauline DeLong, grand daughter of Ellen, Ellen went house to house asking for washing in order to make a living for her children after Madison died.
Ellen died of Cancer. in the hot summer of 1916 at the home of her daughter Alice Haddon. She was buried as Ellen Whitehead.
Ellen's daughters Susan and Alice were taking care of her at Alice,s house in Jay, Delaware County, Oklahoma until she died. The summer of 1916 had been very hot and miserable. Hugh McDonald, Ellen's husband, was not around Ellen in the summer of 1916.
Her headstone reads: "Mother, Ellen Whitehead 1868 - 1916"
Undertaker: Nichols Brothers (started in 1904), South West City, Missouri
The WHITEHEADs, MUNCY's, & SIZEMORE's (some of the information is not accurate, which is not unusual when working from memory. the time frames are off also, however, this is interesting information about the family and although some inaccuracies, it is basically credible)
Sam Whitehead, Madison and Ellen's son, wrote a letter in 1974 in which he said,
"The history of he Whitehead and Munsey families could make quite a story if one could or would take into account the quotes and tales that were handed down from fathers to sons and mothers to daughters.
My mother, Ellen Munsey, was quite a wit and story teller. She liked to tell us
tales which were told to her of how the two families stayed so close for so many years.
The Virginias, in the 18th century, were the new world, which is not the U.S.A. It was the first seat of civilization and England was the country that was colonizing it.
In May 1768, a ship left Eng land with a load of emigrants for the new world, and on that ship were the Whiteheads.
A few hours later, the ship stopped in Ireland and took on board a number of Irish families. The Munseys were one of the families. They landed near York Town, Virginia, to discharge people in their new homes and new lives.
What my mother learned from her parents is what they had learned from their parents and grandparents, that most of the Whiteheads and Munseys, after striking up a friendship on the trip to the new world, they'd stayed pretty close and were neighbors in Virginia for about 75 years.
Then, in 1840, a number of them, about 40 families, started west to Kentucky which was opening to settlers. The majority were the Whiteheads, Munseys and Sizemores. That was my Grandmother's maiden name on my mother's side. They didn't all reach Kentucky. Part of them found new homes on the way.
Our family made it. Our folks settled in and around Louisville, KY. My father and mother were born there. Mother in 1868, and father in 1866. Since arriving in the new world, they all had done fairly well. Some were farmers. Tobacco was the main crop in Virginia.
The Munseys and Sizemores were tobacco growers. The Whiteheads were stock people, mostly horses and tanners of hides. Now that the Civil War was over the country was really opening up. Further west, some of the friends and relatives of my people were already on their way to different locations.
In 1884, Mat Whitehead and Ellen Munsey were married, and in May, 1884, along with a wagon train of 18 wagons and livestock, they started west from Louisville, Kentucky. They crossed the Ohio River into Indiana through that state and Tennessee into Arkansas, where a large number of them stayed the rest of their lives"
My mothers mother and father were William and Hanna Muncy , who had three sons; John, Levi, and Jim. John was with the American Bridge Company all his adult life. Levi and Jim were farmers in Eastern Oklahoma which was then Indian Territory. They also had four daughters; Kezzy, Katheryn, Hanna, and Ellen (my mother); all deceased
My fathers mother and father were Mathew and Mary Whitehead, who had three sons; Sam, Matt (my father), and Jesse; all ranchers and livestock men. They are all now deceased.
My own family consisted of Susan, Alice, Nancy, and four boys Josh, Sam, Mack, and Rome. Joshua was a stock raiser; Mack was a motion picture operator; Rome was a printer, and I was a pipe fitter.
I am the only one living. I was 80 years old Feb 17, 1974. I am retired form U.S. Civil Service. Josh and Mack died early in life. Rome returned from U.S. Civil Service in 1953 and died in 1954 of Cancer. Rome had one daughter, Charlotte, born in 1928; now living outside of Portland. Alice and Nancy had no children; neither did Josh or Mack. Susan, you all know about her, she is your grandmother. Alices husband Ed Hadeen from New York, retired from the telephone company in Seattle. Nancys husband Earl Barber, was Chief Steward of Horse Racing in Washington State when he died. They also had a race horse stable and raced their own horses up and down the west coast. I was married September 18, 1922 to Nellie Lkineman from Columbus, Ohio. She came to Washington State in 1909 with her whole family who settled in Bellingham, Washington.
We have two children, Samuel William born 1923 and Alice Nellie born 1927. Sam is retired form Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, CA. He has two daughters, Lynda and Nancy; a son Jeffery William and one grand daughter, Michelle who is the daughter of Nancy. Alice is an accountant in Napa, CA and has four daughters, Susan Ellen, Rebecca Dianne, Alicia Ann, and Rochelle Lee. Susan has one daughter Jill and Rebecca has one son Troy. Alice is married to Milton Reed, who is completing his 32nd year at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA.
Military service is of following:
I enlisted in World War I in England, and served in France and Germany. I was discharged in 1945. Sam is now currently working for Westinghouse serving as Project Manager
Signed Sam Whitehead
A copy of this letter is held by Alice Whitehead Reed, Napa, California in Nov 1999.
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