Brief Life History of Wade Hampton
When Wade Hampton Whitney was born on 4 May 1876, in Craig, Holt, Missouri, United States, his father, Thomas Jefferson Whitney, was 30 and his mother, Martha Jane Kincaid, was 31. He married Elizabeth Abbott on 29 March 1904, in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Franklin, Richardson, Nebraska, United States in 1930 and Franklin Election Precinct, Richardson, Nebraska, United States in 1940. He died on 9 November 1949, in Humboldt, Richardson, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Humboldt, Richardson, Nebraska, United States.
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Sources (15)
- Wade H Whitney in household of Oliver Timson, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
- Legacy NFS Source: Wade Hampton Whitney - Published information: birth-name: Wade Hampton Whitney
- Wade Hampton Whitney, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
Spouse and Children
1876–1949 Male
1878–1965 Female
Children (5)
1906–1910 Male
1907–1986 Male
1908–2001 Female
1916–2008 Female
1917– Female
Parents and Siblings
1845–1924 Male
1845–1891 Female
Siblings (8)
1866–1868 Male
1867–1873 Female
1869–1944 Male
1871–1935 Male
1876–1949 Male
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World Events (8)
1877 · Nicodemus is Founded
Age 1
1884 · There is now a Capital Building
Age 8
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 20
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Whitney in Herefordshire, the etymology of which is uncertain. The second element is Old English ēg ‘island, piece of higher ground in a low-lying area’; the first appears to be hwītan, which is either the genitive singular of an Old English byname Hwīta (meaning ‘white’), or the weak dative case (originally used after a preposition and article) of the adjective hwīt ‘white’. The name may also derive from Whitney (now Whitney Wood) in Stevenage (Hertfordshire), probably named from Old English hwītan ‘white’ + (ge)hæge ‘enclosure’.
History: John Whitney came from London, England, to Watertown, MA, in 1635, and had numerous prominent descendents.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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