Brief Life History of Octavia
When Octavia Spangler was born on 28 February 1837, in Floyd, Virginia, United States, her father, Samuel Spangler, was 42 and her mother, Mary Catharine Hylton, was 44. She married Elinas Logan Whitlock on 4 November 1858, in Floyd, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Fairfield District, Henrico, Virginia, United States in 1880. She died on 14 April 1915, in Little River District, Floyd, Virginia, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Whitlock Cemetery, Buckingham, Virginia, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (45)
- Octavia in entry for V. G. Whitlock, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Octavia Whitlock in household of James Whitlock, "United States Census, 1880"
- Octavie Whitlock in entry for E L Whitlock and Laura Allredge, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
Spouse and Children
1835–1917 Male
1837–1915 Female
Children (12)
1855–1917 Male
1859–1943 Male
1861– Male
1862–1926 Female
1864–1941 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1795–1875 Male
1792–1850 Female
Siblings (13)
1819–1902 Male
1822–1901 Male
1824–1857 Male
1826–1897 Male
1827–1909 Male
+8 More Children
World Events (8)
1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
Age 7
1846
Age 9
1861 · The Battle of Manassas
Age 24
Name Meaning
German (Bavaria): originally an occupational name for a maker of buckles, from an agent derivative of a diminutive of Middle High German spange ‘clasp, buckle, ornamental fastening’, later coming to mean ‘tinsmith, plumber’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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