Isaac Thomas Wharton

Brief Life History of Isaac Thomas

When Isaac Thomas Wharton was born on 6 October 1851, in Cedartown, Polk, Georgia, United States, his father, Bartlett Wharton, was 30 and his mother, Mary Susan Bentley, was 31. He married Elizabeth Hunter on 23 December 1870, in Cleburne, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Election Precinct 1 Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, United States in 1900 and Justice Precinct 7, Red River, Texas, United States in 1910. He died on 3 March 1913, in Broken Bow, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Broken Bow, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States.

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Family Time Line

Isaac Thomas Wharton
1851–1913
Elizabeth Hunter
1850–1933
Marriage: 23 December 1870
Dora Wharton
1871–1905
Flora Wharton
1871–1942
William Thomas Wharton
1874–1951
Laura Etta Wharton
1879–1961
Sookie Jane Wharton
1881–1937
Alan Green Thomas Wharton
1883–1958
Biddie Elizabeth Wharton
1887–1916
Claude L. Wharton
1891–1979
John Calvin Wharton
1893–1960

Sources (21)

  • Thomas Wharton in household of Bartley Wharton, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Thomas Wheaton, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  • Isaac Thomas Wharton, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1866

Historical Boundaries: 1866: Cleburne, Alabama, United States

1868 · Impeach the President!

Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.

Name Meaning

English:

habitational name from any of various places called Wharton, in Westmorland, Cheshire, and Lincolnshire, or from Warton in Lancashire, Northumberland, and Warwickshire. The Lancashire, Lincolnshire, and Northumberland placenames probably derive from Old English weard ‘watch’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The Cheshire and Warwickshire placenames derive from Old English wæfre ‘swamp, marshy ground’ + tūn. The Westmorland placename may derive from Old English hwearf ‘embankment, shore, wharf’ + tūn.

perhaps occasionally a habitational name from Wiverton in Nottinghamshire, derived from the Old English personal name Wīgfrith + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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