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The Whiteside Family
Thanks to W. Thomas, P. Mason, M. Jaap and M. Slade for sharing their research and photographs with me, on behalf of my granddaughter Brianna McClure whose “other grandma” was a Whiteside.
Introduction
The Whiteside, Buckalew, Harritt, Ramsey, Floyd, and John families came to America from Ireland, France, England, and Wales, settling first in Virginia or Pennsylvania or other eastern states, but always moving westward, to Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Oregon, and finally to Washington. Nothing could stop them but the Pacific Ocean!
We know only a little about these people, from what few records were kept of births, marriages, and deaths, and from the census. They were hard-working farmers and ranchers, even a coal miner, living the harsh life of pioneers in states that had only recently become states. Living on the prairie in the 19th century and traveling westward was more difficult than we can possibly imagine, but these people were tough and strong; most of them lived long lives and produced large families that continued the tradition.
Origin of the Name
The name WHITESIDE is taken from the old Norse words hivtr meaning white and sater meaning shielding, that is, a hillside pasture that is used in the summer that looks white. There are two hills of this name in the Lake District of England. There are also three places of this name in Scotland.[1]
Jeremiah Whiteside is the first Whiteside we can confidently claim. According to researcher Don Whiteside, who died in 1993, Jeremiah's father was James, born 1774 in Virginia, and died between 1850 and 1860 in Allen Co., IN; and Jeremiah’s mother was Mary ”Polly” Ward, born 1783 in Baltimore, MD; they were married 30 December 1812 in Madison Co,. OH. However, no one has any documentation to make the connection of Jeremiah and James.
There is information posted on Genealogy.com about this same James Whiteside, whose father was Moses Whiteside, born 1725 in Ireland, died 1795 in Rockbridge, VA; he married Margaret Hayes. Moses’ father was Thomas Whiteside, born 1685 in Northern Ireland, died about 1748 in Augusta Co., VA.
Another Whiteside researcher, Warren Whiteside, wrote: "There was a Dr. Thomas Whiteside born 1710 (lower Oxford, PA, Revolutionary War physician) who had seven sons of which only a few are documented. As it goes, with DNA sampling I have matched perfectly with a descendant of one of the documented sons despite not being able to find any paper trail to this Dr. Thomas 1710. Jeremiah is said to have been born in Holmes county Ohio in 1812 or 1813. He could very possibly be from this group of Whitesides. By the way, some of them use the added S but they are all the same family and one of the largest documented Whiteside family groups in the U.S. Now they (and I) are linked to a Robert Whiteside whose family originated in Warton (just south of Poulton), Lancashire, England."
Maybe some researcher someday will find Jeremiah Whiteside in Holmes County, Ohio, or somewhere else, and connect him to his parents. But in the meantime, all we can do is accept him as Generation No. 1.
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Jeremiah Whiteside 1814-after 1880
Elizabeth Buckalew 1809-1867
Photos—Thanks to W. Thomas & P. Mason
Jeremiah Whiteside
Elizabeth Buckalew Whiteside
Jeremiah Whitesidewas born in about 1814 in Ohio[2], possibly Holmes County.[3] (Birthdate of 1814 is an estimate based on his age in the census.)
Elizabeth Buckalew(also spelled Buckaloo) was born 15 January 1809 in Ohio, the oldest daughter of James Buckalewand Elizabeth Cunningham[4]. (see BUCKALEW and CUNNINGHAM).
Elizabeth married, first, George Ray, son of Henry Ray, on 25 September 1825 in Holmes Co, Ohio. They had eight children: John, Sarah, Martin, Mary, Nathan, James, Lucinda and Elizabeth. George Ray died in the summer of 1842[5] and the youngest child, Elizabeth, was born in 1843.
Jeremiah Whiteside married the widow Elizabeth BuckalewRay 28 March 1844.[6] They had the following children:
i. Madison Whiteside (1845-1915) m. Amanda Harritt ii. William B. Whiteside (b. 1847 in Indiana) m. Susan Powell; they had 2 children:
i. Harry Whiteside, b. 1868 Whitley Co., IN ii. Sarah Whiteside, b. 1869 Whitley Co., IN
iii. Melinda J. Whiteside, b. 1849 in Indiana (her name appears as Melinda in the 1850 census; looks more like Matilda in the 1860 census)
iv. Phoebe Whiteside, born 1852 Indiana m. John Sumney.
The family appears in the 1850 Whitley Co., Indiana census as follows:
Whiteside, Jeremiah 37 Elizabeth 39 Madison 5 William B. 3 Melinda 2 Ray, Sarah 21 Martin 20 Mary 17 Nathan 12 Lucinda 9 Elizabeth 7
By 1860, all of the Ray children had left the home and the Whitley Co., Indiana census showed the family as follows:
Whiteside, Jeremiah, 52, b. Ohio Elizabeth 51, b. Ohio Madison 15, b. Indiana William B. 13, b. Indiana Matilda J. 11, b. Indiana Phoebe 8, b. Indiana
Elizabeth died 10 March 1867 in Whitley Co., IN, and is buried in the Concord Cemetery, Smith Township, Whitley Co., IN.[7]
In the 1870 Whitley Co., Indiana census, Jeremiah, age 52, is living with his son William, age 22, William's wife Susan 21, and their children Harry 2 and Sarah 8 months.
In the 1880 Whitley Co., Indiana census, Jeremiah, age 67, is still living with his son William M. Whiteside, age 33, his wife Susan 31, and their children Harvey 12, Elizabeth Sarah 10, W. Elmer 6, and Ida May 3. |
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Madison Whiteside 1845-1915
Amanda Mae Harritt 1848-1931
Photos—Thanks to W.Thomas & P. Mason
Madison Whiteside & his brother William
Amanda Harritt Whiteside
Madison Whiteside was born 12 Jan 1845 in Whitley Co., Indiana, the oldest child of Jeremiah Whiteside and Elizabeth Buckalew [8].
Amanda Mae Harritt was born 18 Jan 1848 in Hancock Co., Ohio, the oldest child of Richard Harritt and Rebecca Plummer[9]. (See HARRITT)
Amanda married, first, Charles Smalley, in April 1864. They had one son:
i. Sherman Smalley b. about 1867 in Indiana or Iowa--?[10]
Charles Smalley died in about 1867.
Madison Whiteside and the widow Amanda Harritt Smalley were married 7 February 1868 in Hancock Co., OH. They had 11 children:
i. George A. Whiteside (1869 Iowa-1960 Washington) m. Della Stewart ii. Anna Rebecca Whiteside (1871 Iowa-1949 Oklahoma) m. William Jacob Woy iii. Amos Henry Whiteside (1872-1958) m. Elizabeth (Betty) Ramsey iv. John M. Whiteside (1874 Iowa-1959 Washington) v. Charles E. Whiteside (1875-1878) vi. Edward Whiteside (April-Oct 1879) vii. Mary A. Whiteside (1880-1882) viii. Eva Whiteside (Jul-Aug 1883) ix. Emma Whiteside (1884-died in childhood) x. Ida Ethel Whiteside (1887-1979 Kansas) m. (1) Perry Vaughn; (2) Enos A. Dutton xi. Everett L. Whiteside (1891 Kansas-1965 Nevada) m. Rose
Photo--thanks to M. Slade
Everett, his wife Rose, John or George, Amos Whiteside
After their marriage, Madison and Amanda moved to Iowa and they appeared in the 1870 Madison Co., Iowa census as follows:
Whiteside, Madison 25 Amanda 22 Sherman 3 (does not give his last name as Smalley) George 1 (born in Iowa)
Madison and Amanda had one more child in Iowa, Charles E. Whiteside, born in 1875.
After the Civil War, by the 1870s, farms and small towns blanketed the entire state of Iowa, and corn became its most important crop. "A typical farm family's work was dictated by the seasons. Wintertime meant butchering, fence mending, ice cutting, and wood chopping. In the spring farmers prepared and planted their fields. Summertime brought sheep shearing, haying, and threshing. In the fall, farmers picked corn, the most difficult farm task of all. During the winter the women did their sewing and mending, and helped with butchering. In the spring women had to hatch and care for chickens, plant gardens, and do spring housekeeping. In the summer women canned large amounts of vegetables and fruit. Foods like apples and potatoes were stored for winter use. Throughout all the seasons, everyday meals had to be prepared, children cared for, housekeeping done, gardens tended, chickens fed and watered. Through their activities, women produced most of their families' food supply."[11]
In 1876, the Whiteside family moved from Iowa to Kansas.[12] They were only three years behind the very first settlers of Kingman County who came in 1873. A few more settlers arrived in the years 1875 and 1876, including the Whiteside family, and in 1877 immigration was quite large. "When Kingman County first began to be settled, buffalo and antelope roamed over its prairies in countless herds, and for several years after, the settlers found rare sport in hunting the king of the plains, by which their tables were plentifully supplied with meat. The last buffalo killed in the county was in 1877.[13]
Kingman County, Kansas, was described in an 1883 history of Kansas[14] as mostly high rolling prairie with few trees. The beautiful Ninnescah River was its most important stream, its water pure and clear, seldom overflowing its banks. The soil in the valleys and the uplands was called easy of cultivation, lending itself to excellent crops. Small grain of all kinds could almost invariably be successfully raised, and when rain fell at the proper time, large crops of corn could be produced. The county's abundance of excellent water and its wide stretches of buffalo grass afforded good pasture for cattle. "This dual character which pertains to the soil makes Kingman a very desirable county for that class of men who wish to engage in both farming and stockraising."
"The spring of 1877 was made memorable by the heavy rains that set in on May 11 and continued, almost without cessation, until the 11th day of June. These rains swelled the streams to such an extent as to render them impassable and, as there were no bridges across the Ninnescah east of Kingman, the settlers in the eastern portion of the county were cut off from their grading point, Wichita, and in consequence thereof, were brought to almost the last extremity for provisions. For several days, parched corn furnished about the only food many of them had to subsist upon, and when the waters sufficiently subsided to render the streams fordable, but few of them had provisions to last for twelve hours."[15]
"In 1878 and 1879 the population of the county increased rapidly, but the two following years more people left the county than came into it, owing to the unpropitious seasons, and shortness of crops."[16]
Those early Kansas settlers, in the land with few trees, built their first homes out of sod, and they were called "soddies." P. Mason said her great-grandfather Amos told her he had lived in a soddy as a child.
The Whiteside family appeared in the 1880 census of Kingman Co., Kansas as follows:
Whiteside, Madison 33 Amanda 30 Sherman F. 13 (again, does not give last name as Smalley) George W. 10 (b. Iowa) Anna R. 9 (b. Iowa) Amos H. 8 (b. Iowa) Johney M. 5 (b. Iowa)
In Kansas a series of tragedies took place that are heartbreaking to think about even now. In 1878 Madison and Amanda's son Charles died at age 3. Then in 1879 Edward was born in April and died in October of the same year. A daughter, Mary A. Whiteside was born in 1880 and died two years later. In 1883, another daughter Eva was born in July and died the following month. Finally, in 1884, still another daughter, Emma, was born and died.
From 1878 to 1884, five children were lost. It's hard to imagine how these parents endured the loss of so many little ones, one after another.
Then in 1887, another daughter came along, Ida Ethel, who, according to the census of 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930, was born in California. No one now seems to have an explanation for this, but it would appear the family lived in California at that time.
Finally, in 1891, the Whitesides' last child, a son, Everett L. Whiteside, was born in Kansas.
Sometime after Everet's birth in 1891, Madison and Amanda and the family moved to Garfield County, Oklahoma, and they are found there in the 1900 and 1910 census. Sometime during those years, the children grew up and left home and most of them headed farther west. Oklahoma's lands were opened to settlement in 1889, and there were numerous land runs over the next decade.
Madison and Amanda's oldest daughter, Anna Rebecca, married William Jacob Woy on 21 September 1891 in Kingman, Kansas. In 1907 they went to live in Enid, Oklahoma[17]. They had 4 sons: Lorenzo (1891-1951), Osa Orrell (1894-1918), and Aubrey Norris (1910-1975) and Melvin Oliver (1912-1913).
Photo--Thanks to W. Thomas
Jacob & Anna Woy and sons Lorenzo (standing) Osa (seated)
Madison and Amanda's oldest son, George W. Whiteside, married Della Stewart in 1892. She was born 4 June 1870 and died 5 March 1908. Their children were as follows: Arthur (1894-1907); Arlie Lee (b. 1896); Lewis B. (1898-1975); Minta (1899-1991); Charles Ray (1901-1991); Amanda May (1904-1926); Mary Myrtle (b. 1904); Ethel (b. 1905); Gladys Eva (1907-1977). Because Della died when most of her children were very young, the four youngest ones were adopted out.[18]
Photo--Thanks to W. Thomas
Children of George & Della Whiteside
Madison and Amanda's third child, Amos Henry Whiteside, married Betty Ramsey in 1895 and they moved west to Oregon and then to Kittitas County, Washington. More information about Amos and his family in the 4th generation.
Madison and Amanda were found in the 1900 Garfield County, Oklahoma, McKinley Township census, p. 151:
WHITESIDE, Madison, Jan 1845, age 55, married 32 years, mail carrier, born IN, parents born OH Manda, wife, Jan 1848, age 51, married 32 years, 11 total children, 7 still alive, born OH, parents born OH (Amanda had had 12 children, but Madison had had 11) Ida, dau, Jul 1887, 12, born CA Everet, son, Jan 1891, 8, born KS
In 1900 Amanda’s son Sherman Smalley was in Greenwood, Kansas with his wife Lily Noakes and their children, as follows: Sherman Smalley 33 b. Apr 1867 IN; Lilly H. 29 b. Dec 1870 MO, Clarence O. 11 b. Jul 1889 KS, Chlara M. 9 b. Jul 1891 KS, Charlie O. 4 b. Feb 1896 KS, Ethel E. 3 b. Mar 1897 KS, James O. 1 b. May 1899 KS.
Ida married Perry Vaughn in 1906 and returned to Kingman County, Kansas, where she remained for the rest of her long life. Perry died in 1921 and in 1926 Ida married Enos Dutton.
1910 Garfield County, Oklahoma, McKinley Township, p. 264B: WHITESIDE, Madison 65, marriage #1, married 41 years, IN OH OH, farmer Amanda wife 62 marriage #2, married 41 years, 12 children, 7 still living, OH OH OH Everet son 19 KS IN OH, laborer farm
Madison and Amanda's fourth child, John M. Whiteside, was in Reno County, Kansas in 1900, later moved to Enid, Oklahoma, where his mother lived with him in her last years, then he eventually moved to Spokane, Washington.
Sherman Smalley’s first wife Lily died between 1900-1907 and in the 1910 census he is in Alfalfa, Oklahoma with his second wife, May L. They have been married two years. Sherman’s son Clarence is in Nowaka, Oklahoma, and his sons Charles and John are living with their mother’s parents in Greenwood, Kansas. The two girls and the youngest boy James are not accounted for.
Sometime in the summer of 1914 Madison and Amanda moved from Oklahoma to Washington state, to be near their sons Amos and George. A friend in Kansas wrote the following postcard dated 22 August 1914: “Wishing you a pleasant trip and hope you will like your new home and both like the climate fine. Am glad you will be near your children.”
On August 28, 1914, Amanda wrote to her daughter Anna in Enid, Oklahoma: “We arrived last night, are at Amos’ now.”
On November 23, 1914, another friend from Kansas wrote this postcard to Amanda: “Glad that Mr. Whiteside was so well and pleased with the change. It will beat that old hot place down there, I’m sure.”
Madison Whiteside may have preferred the Washington climate to the heat of Oklahoma, but he had little time to enjoy it.
Madison Whiteside died 18 June 1915 in Kittitas County, Washington.[19] A few months later, in October of that year, Amanda returned to Oklahoma, writing to her grandson Aubrey Woy in Oklahoma on October 13, 1915, “Leaving for Kingman and Enid. Amos’ and George’s folks all well.”
Photo--Thanks to W. Thomas
Madison Whiteside grave marker
In 1920 Amanda was living in Kingman County, Kansas, with her youngest daughter Ida and Ida's husband Perry Vaughn.[20]
In 1920 Amanda's son by her first marriage, Sherman Smalley age 53, was living in Alfalfa, Oklahoma, with his third wife Dessie, age 24, and children Johnnie 14, born in Kansas (Lily’s son), Glenn 7, born in Oklahoma, Wuanita 5, born Oklahoma, Geneva 3, born Oklahoma, and Melvin, 1, born Oklahoma. Another of Lily’s sons, Charley, 23, was living not far from Sherman with his wife Carrie.
In 1920 Madison and Amanda's oldest son, George W. Whiteside, age 50, was living in Lincoln County, Washington. He was a widower with two children living at home, Minta 19, and Charles 18.[21]
In 1920 Anna Rebecca Whiteside and her husband William Woy were living in Enid, Oklahoma with their son Lorenzo 28 and the youngest son Aubrey 10.[22] Their middle son Osa had died in France in 1918, during the Battle of St. Meheil in World War I.
In 1920 Everett L. Whiteside was living in Yolo County, California, with his wife Rose and their daughter Rose who was born in 1920 in Kansas.[23]
Amanda apparently went to live in Enid, Oklahoma in about 1929, with her son John M. Whiteside.
Amanda Harritt Smalley Whiteside died on 1 July 1931 of a stroke at the age of 83[24]. She was living with her son John M. Whiteside in Enid, Oklahoma, at the time. The following is the obituary posted on the Karr, Kingery family website:
“Amanda Harritt, daughter of Richard and Rebecca Harritt, was born January 12, 1848, in Hancock County, Ohio. She was married to Charles Smalley in April 1864 and to this union one son, Sherman, was born who is left to mourn the death of his mother. Having been widowed while her son was still an infant, she again married to Madison Whiteside, who preceded her in death sixteen years ago, and to this union were born eleven children, five of whom died in infancy, and the others are: G. W. Whiteside of Spokane, Washington; Mrs. W. J. Woy of Enid, Oklahoma; A. H. Whiteside of Donald, Washington; J. M. Whiteside of Enid, Oklahoma; Mrs. E.A. Dutton of Kingman Kansas [this is Ida, married to her second husband]; E. L. Whiteside of Laramie, Wyoming. These children, together with 25 grandchildren, a brother Amos Harritt of Missouri, and a sister Mrs. Mary Teter of Knoxville, Iowa, and many other relatives and friends are left to mourn the loss of a loved one. Mrs. Whiteside moved from Ohio to Iowa where she lived for several years, and then in 1876, moved with her family to Kansas, near Kingman. Since the death of her husband she has made her home with her son, J. M. Whiteside, and for the past two years has been in Enid.”
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The children of Madison and Amanda Whiteside were found in the 1930 census as follows:
1930 Spokane Co., WA census, p. 9B: G.W. Whiteside 60, widower, roomer in home of Duncan McDonald & wife May. Occupation: proprietor, pool hall.
1930 Enid, Garfield Co., OK census, p. 32B: Woy, William 63, laborer state highway; Anna wife 59; Lorenzo son 37; Aubrey son 22.
1930 Yakima Co., WA census, p. 1A: Whiteside, Amos, 58 farmer; Betty 54; Harry 21, Ethel 17, Ruth 14.
1930 Enid, Garfield Co., OK census, p. 32B: John Whiteside, 48 single; Amanda mother 81 widow.
1930 Kingman Co., KS census, p. 20B: Dutton, Enos A. 60; Ida E. 43; Carrol E. son 2 6/12.
1930 Laramie, Albany Co., WY census, p. 17A: Everett Whiteside 39, prop. restaurant; wife Rose 34; dau Rose M. 14.
Amanda’s son Sherman Smalley is in Osage County, Oklahoma with a fourth wife, but without the children listed in the 1920 census: 1930 Osage Co., OK census, Big Hill Twp, p. 9B: Sherman Smalley head 62, first married at 20, IA OH OH; Mary wife 51, first married at 16, TX US US.
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Anna Rebecca Whiteside Woy died 14 December 1949 in Enid, Garfield Co., OK. She is buried in Enid Cemetery. Her husband William Jacob Woy died 14 August 1943 in Enid. Their son Lorenzo Woy (1891-1951) is the father of W. Thomas (b. 1935) who has contributed so much information to this family history (and has become my good friend in the process).
At Amos Whiteside's death in 1958, his surviving brothers and sister were listed as George Whiteside, Spokane, WA; Everett Whiteside, Las Vegas, NV; John Whiteside, Spokane, WA; Mrs. Ida Dutton, Kansas.[25]
George W. Whiteside died 2 March 1960 in Spokane, Washington. He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery. His wife Della Stewart died in 1908.
John M. Whiteside died 22 February 1959 in Spokane, Washington. He is buried in Fairmount Cemetery.
Everett L. Whiteside died 9 November 1965 in Clark County, Nevada. He had lived in Las Vegas 25 years at the time of his death. His wife Rose and one daughter Rose May survived him.[26] His wife Rose died 16 February 2000 in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the age of 104.[27]
Ida Whiteside Dutton died 1 November 1979 in Kingman, KS, at age 92. |
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Amos Henry Whiteside 1872-1958
Elizabeth (Betty) Ramsey 1876-1960
Photos--Thanks to P. Mason, W. Thomas and M. Slade
Amos Whiteside 1895
Amos, Betty, Roy, Floyd & Daisy Whiteside 1902
Daisy holding Harry, Roy, Virgil & Floyd Whiteside about 1908
Daisy, Virgil, Floyd and Roy Whiteside about 1910
Daisy Whiteside Bonny Fleck 1925
Amos & Betty Whiteside 1957
Amos Henry Whiteside was born 2 April 1872 in Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa, the third of eleven children of Madison Whiteside and Amanda Mae Harritt [28]
Elizabeth (Betty) Ramsey was born 25 December 1876 in Dixon, Webster County, Kentucky, daughter of John Ramsey and Minerva Floyd. (see RAMSEY and FLOYD)
Amos moved from Iowa to Kansas with his family in 1876 when he was about four years old. Betty and her family moved from Kentucky to Kansas in about 1881. In 1880, the Kingman County, Kansas census shows Amos, age 8, living with his parents, and the Webster County, Kentucky, census shows "Allie B." age 3 living with her parents. Betty would be this age, so she may have been named Allie Betty after her grandmother Allie Floyd, or called that as a nickname.
Amos told his great-granddaughter P. Mason about living in a sod house in Kansas as a child.
Amos Whiteside and Betty Ramsey were married in Lerado, Reno County, Kansas, on 23 February 1895.[29] They had eight children:[30]
i. Virgil Leo Whiteside (1895 Kansas-1970 Washington) m. (1) Anna M. Hagen; (2) Frances Riegel (1905-1987) in 1932; 2 children
ii. Daisy Whiteside (b. 1897-Kansas-1986 CA) m. 1917 (1) William August Bonney (1897-1925); 2 children m. 1928 (2) August Fleck. (1878-1935)[31]
iii. Roy Nathaniel Whiteside (b. 1900 Kansas-1979 Washington) m. Daisy Irene Butler (1904-1985) in 1922. 4 Children
iv. Floyd Harold Whiteside (1905 Oregon-1996 California) m. Rose Violet John (1907 Nebraska-1993 Washington), 6 children
v. Harry Wesley Whiteside (b. 1907 Washington; d. 2000 Washington[32])
vi. Grace Mae Whiteside (b. 1911 Washington-d. 1950 Washington) m. Charles Belton, 5 children
vii. Ethel Whiteside (b. 1914 Washington, living in 1996) m. Jack Temple 1931; 2 children
viii. Ruth Ellen Whiteside (b. 1916 Washington; d. 1956 Washington)[33] m. Ralph Anderson, 2 children
The family appears in the Reno County, Kansas census of 1900 as follows:
Whiteside, Amos 27 Bettie 23 Virgil L. 4 Daisy P. 2 Roy N. 1 mo.
Sometime after Roy's birth in Kansas in 1899, the family headed west to Oregon where Floyd was born in 1905.
The famous Oregon Trail, the 2000-mile long strip of rivers and natural landmarks the pioneers followed from Independence, MO, across the Rocky Mountains to Oregon, was in use into the 1880s. By the time Amos Whiteside and his family made the trip, the preferred method of travel had become by train to San Francisco then north to Oregon by ship. Still, people who couldn't afford the train and ship fare traveled the trail by wagon as late as 1912. [Did anyone ever hear how Amos and family made the trip?] The reasons people made the difficult journey to Oregon were the usual ones: they liked the extra freedom of life on the frontier but civilization kept catching up to them. Oregon had a reputation for good farmland and vast forests of huge ancient trees.[34]
The family spent a few years in Oregon then moved to Yakima County, Washington, where Harry was born in 1908.
The 1910 Yakima County, Washington census has only one Whiteside, and this presents an intriguing puzzle. The one Whiteside man is a laborer, age 31, living with the John S. Cochran family, and no first name is given. However, he has been married 15 years, and was born in Iowa, while his father was born in Indiana and his mother in Ohio. Those last four items are true of Amos Whiteside. The question is, if it is Amos, where are Betty and the children?[35] (John Cochran was born in Kansas, so possibly Amos knew him there.)
From the Kittitas County website http://www.rootsweb.com/~wakittit/kittitas.htm Kittitas County lies in the heart of Washington state, 100 miles southeast of Seattle and 30 miles west of the Columbia River on the eastern slopes of the Cascade Mountains. Kittitas Valley lies within the north-south corridor which produces much of Washington State's apple, pear and soft fruit crops. The city of Ellensburg is the county seat. Fruit production in the Kittitas Valley began on a commercial scale after the completion of the Cascade Canal in 1903. By 1910 there were 38,244 apple trees and 3,167 pear trees in the Kittitas Valley and fruit trees continued to be planted through the 1920s.
By 1911 the family was living in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington, where their daughter Grace was born. Ethel followed in 1914 and Ruth in 1917.
The 1920 Kittitas County, Washington, census shows the family as follows[36]:
Whiteside. A.H. 47, farmer Betty 43 Roy 19 Floyd 15 Harry S. 12 Grace 8 Ethel 6 Ruth 3 years 6 mos.
In 1920 the oldest son, Virgil, age 24, was living in Benewah, Idaho, with his first wife Anna, age 20.[37] (Also living in Benewah, ID in 1920 were Virgil's uncles, Betty Ramsey's brothers Dyson and James T.)
In 1920 the oldest daughter, Daisy, has married William Bonney, and they appeared in the 1920 census of Seattle, King County, WA, with their son Lloyd, a year and a half old. William Bonney died in 1925 and Daisy married August Fleck in 1928.
Around 1920 the family moved to Yakima County, Washington, and there Amos and Betty spent the rest of their lives. In 1944 they moved to the city of Yakima.[38]
For further information, see the Yakima Co., WA website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wayakima/
The 1930 Yakima Co., WA census, p. 1A shows the family as follows:
WHITESIDE, Amos 58 farmer Betty 54 Harry 21 Ethel 17 Ruth 14
On the same page of the census is their son Roy N. Whiteside, 30, his wife Daisy I., 25, and 2 children.
On page 4B of the Yakima Co., WA census is A.B. Fleck, 52, his wife Daisy 32, and Daisy's sons by her first marriage.
The 1930 Lewis County, WA census, p. 3A shows Charles Belton, 35, and his wife Grace, 18.
The 1930 Pacific Co., WA census, p. 5A, shows Virgil L. Whiteside, 34, living as a boarder at a logging camp.
Photo--thanks to M. Slade
Amos Whiteside & family about 1950
On December 26, 1950, Grace Whiteside Belton, age 39, sixth child of Amos and Betty, died after a three-month illness. She was survived by her husband Charles Belton and five children still living at home.[39]
Photos--thanks to M. Slade
Amos & Betty Whiteside & family 1950s
Amos & Betty Whiteside
Amos & Betty Whiteside
Amos Whiteside died December 25, 1958, at the age of 86, of coronary thrombosis. He was a member of the Christian Church. His occupation was listed as retired rancher. He was buried in Terrace Heights cemetery.
His surviving children were listed as Mrs. Daisy Fleck of Los Angeles; Mrs. Ethel Temple of Salem, Oregon; Virgil Whiteside of Ellensburg, WA; Roy Whiteside of Seattle; Floyd Whiteside of Yakima; and Harry Whiteside of Spokane. Missing are daughters Grace, who died in Washington in 1950, and Ruth, who died in 1956.
Surviving siblings of Amos Whiteside were George Whiteside, Spokane, WA; Everett Whiteside of Las Vegas, NV; John Whiteside of Spokane, WA; and Mrs. Ida Dutton of Kansas.
Betty Ramsey Whiteside died less than two years after her husband, at age 83, on October 17, 1960, of a coronary occlusion in St. Elizabeth Hospital in Yakima. She was buried beside her husband in Terrace Heights cemetery.[40] The same six children survived her as survived her husband. She was a member of the First Christian Church.
Betty’s granddaughter wrote that Betty walked several blocks every day to the post office to pick up her mail. She collapsed on the post office steps and probably died there, though she was taken to a hospital. Sadly, someone stole her Social Security check and other belongings.
Surviving siblings of Betty Ramsey Whiteside were Mrs. Bessie Mays, Los Angeles, CA; Mrs. Lora Hall, Los Angeles, CA; James Dean Ramsey, Kansas; Grover Ramsey, Castle Rock, WA; and Doc Ramsey, Los Angeles, CA.
On 20 September 1966, Bessie Ramsey Mays died in Los Angeles, CA., age 82. Her husband Nathan T. Mays died 9 July 1961 in Los Angeles, CA.
On December 28, 1970, Virgil Leo Whiteside, age 75, oldest of Amos and Betty's children, died in Ellensburg, Yakima Co., WA, survived by his wife Frances Riegel.
Roy, Floyd, Daisy, Ethel, and Harry were all living in 1970 at the time of Virgil's death and listed as survivors on his funeral record.
On February 16, 1979, Roy Nathaniel Whiteside, third child of Amos and Betty, died at age 78 in Yakima, WA, survived by his second wife Myrtle Bickle and his four children with Daisy.[41]
Photo--Thanks to P. Mason
Roy Whiteside, 1917
On 11 February 1986 Daisy P. Fleck died in Los Angeles, CA, age 89.[42]
On July 10, 1996, Floyd H. Whiteside, age 91, died in Vacaville, CA. His wife Rose had died in 1993.
Harry Whiteside, Spokane, WA, and Ethel Temple of Salem, OR, were listed as surviving siblings of Floyd Whiteside in 1996.
Harry Whiteside died 8 September 2000 in Spokane, WA. |
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The Family of Floyd Whiteside and Rose John
Floyd Henry Whiteside (1905-1996)
Rose Violet John (1907-1993)
Photos--Thanks to M. Jaap and M. Slade
Floyd & Rose John & family about 1940
Floyd & Rose Whiteside & family 1976
Floyd & Rose Whiteside & family 1986
Rose & Floyd Whiteside 1986
Floyd & Rose Whiteside & daughter 1986
Floyd Whiteside & dog
Floyd & Rose Whiteside, daughter & son-in-law 1986
Floyd Whiteside & son-in-law 1986
Floyd Henry Whiteside was born 13 January 1905 in Salem, Oregon, the fourth of eight children of Amos Whiteside and Elizabeth (Betty) Ramsey.[43]
Rose Violet John was born 20 March 1907 in Lincoln, Nebraska, the fourth of five children of Thomas John and Effie A. Dempsey. (see JOHN)
Floyd was the only one of his family's eight children to be born in Oregon. His three older siblings were born in Kansas, and by the time Floyd was three years old in 1908, the family had moved to Kittitas County, Washington, where he grew up. His younger brother and three younger sisters were born there. The family farmed and ranched.
Rose's three older brothers had been born in Nebraska, as she had, and by the time she was seven years old, when her sister Anna was born, the family was living in Kittitas County, Washington. They ran a dairy farm in Wapato. |
