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Note: Found Thomas H. Whittaker, age 21, b. in AR, wife Maud age 18 b. in AR. Dau. Marie Born in AR. on 1910 Census, Lawrence County, AR., 03400850029.(Barbara Whittaker Brown. February 26, 2001) This is an exact copy of what appeared in the Times Dispatch in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas Dec. 1964. No corrections has been made. Tom Whittaker Retired Farmer Dies Last Night Tom Whittaker, aged 75, of Rt. 3, Walnut Ridge, AR died last night at 6:15. He was a lifetime resiednt of Lawrence County. Mr. Whittaker, who was a retired farmer, was a member of the Gethsemane Baptist Church. He was married to Maude Manning on April 26, 1908. He is survived by his wife; two sons, Walter Whittaker of Greensboro, N.C., and Carl Whittaker of Jonesboro; five daughters, Mrs. Marie Shackleford of Jonesboro, Mrs Dallo Bennett of Imboden, Mrs Herbert Herzog of Cedar Falls, Iowa, Mrs Less Freeman of Walnut ridge and Mrs. Robert Wolthoff of Grundy Center, Iowa; a sister, Mrs. Virgil Manning of Hoxie; 35 Grandchildren and 34 great grandchildren. Funeral will be Saturday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock at the Gethseman Baptist Church. Burial will be in Lawrence Memorial Park under direction of Bryan Funeral home. (Source: Times Dispatch Walnut Ridge, AR Dec. 1964)) Need to check date of birth I have March 28 -- Bill Couch has March 29. SS# 08-03-1891(don't where I got this number--need to check) 72476 SS Index has Thomas Henry Whittaker listed only as Henry Whittaker--dob March 29, 1889 -- Death date May 1964 SS# 429-10-1787 Issued in AR The Social Security application that I obtained for Thomas Whittaker, has his name as Henry Thomas Whittaker, his employer name was Chickasaw Wood Products Co. of Memphis Tenn. Date signed was December 07, 1936. This Chickasaw Wood Products Co. could be the sawmill located near Sedgwick, AR. Memories (From Betty Sue Herzog Danielson August 25, 1996) This afternoon I (Betty) was visiting with my Mom(Christine Whittaker Herzog) and here are some of her recollections. They might be a little mixed up and some of the details may be off but here goes. She remembers Grandpa Tom taking them to the fair every year, first it was by wagon and then they got a car. She would lie down on the floor board when they went over the Arkansas River*. She remembers roasting peanuts and grandpa singing "I got a line you get a pole, honey baby, etc." She is not sure which one of her grandfathers** this was but she tells a story about her grandfather going hunting with others. They would build a scaffold and a fire and then they would put some stuff on the bottom of the soles of their shoes and walk a circle out a ways around the scaffold and then climb it and wait for the wolves to come. They could hear the wolves off in the distance like they were getting closer. one of the men wanted to go home and thought he had enough time before the wolves would come. Grandpa disagreed with him and said they were too close. Grandpa stayed but the other man went home. He never made it. At night the wolves would come close to the house. They would keep a fire going which would keep then at bay. They would also put up heavy coats to the window to keep the wolves from seeing them. As long as the fire was going they did not worry. During daylight they were not around. Grandpa Tom sang in the church choir. When they went to church they would take pallots for the kids to sleep on the floor. They traveled by wagon. Grandpa Tom would go to town in the wagon and the kids would wait for him to return as the man at the grocery store would always throw in some bags of candy for them. They would watch for Grandpa and when they saw him they would run to meet him and take the bags in and seewhould be the first to find the bags of candy. One time grandpa spanked my Mom with a stick that had a hole at the end of it because she told on Alean for spilling a can of cream. She also remembered the time she hit Uncle Walter with a skillet because whenever grandpa would leave he be the boss and get them all to do his work. Mom got mad at him and hit him with skillet. She does not remember if she did any damage. She remembers the orchard with peach, apples, pear trees, pecan and walnut trees, gooseberries and grapes. Remembers picking blackberries. (Source: Betty Sue Herzog Danileson) *This may have been Black River or if they were going to Memphis, the Mississippi River. **This was probably grandfather, Zack Manning. On the 1910 census in Lawrence County, AR Promisland Township Tom and Maud Whittaker with Marie is listed as house #29. John Whittaker with Maud, Ester and Bert are listed as house #30 and Burton and Pearl Whittaker Meadows with Roy, Cecil, Ruth and Edith are listed as house #31. Hello Barbara: Thanks for letting me know that you got my message O.K. I do not have any documents for Ponders Switch handy. What I am about to give you is from my memory only, and it has been more than 50 years. Cressie Dale Upton, my father was a Baptist preacher and some time about 1951-1952 he was preaching at the Ponders Switch School house and your grandfather was regular in attendance. My father did not drive and I always drove for him from Dec. 6, 1950 through May 1955. During the time he was preaching there, he and I visited just about all the homes in that area. I was at the home of your grandfather several times and we had Sunday dinner with the family a few times. My father kept notes for all his visits in homes etc., I most likely have his notes somewhere but I do not know where they are at present. Well we seen Carla at NEA today and she was called in same time as my wife and was still in the chair when we left. Well it has been a long day and is past reasonable bed time so will quit for tonight. Al (al@@upton.org) Hello Barbara, I notice that Dwight has posted some postcards on your site. I made some cd copies of some of the cards and gave to him Sunday Morning after the school reunion. I'm sending two scans of Sedgwick, a postcard of the depot taken in the 1950's and a picture of the Culver Lumber Company that I pick up a few years ago. The picture had Culver Lumber Company, Sedgwick, Arkansas written on the back and I assuming that is correct. I have asked about it and been told it was on Cache River where the Highway 63 cross the river where the Lamb's lived for so many years. James Subject: Emailing: Culver Lumber Co, Sedgwick Depot Date: 6/26/2005 10:13:07 P.M. Central Daylight Time From: jbw01@@bscn.com Reply To: To: WhitBJ39@@aol.com CC: BCC: Sent on: Sent from the Internet (Details)
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