Elmore Smith WHITAKER {M} = Martha Rebecca HURT {F}

Elmore Smith WHITAKER:

Born 1846¹
Occupation: Minister
Russell Wireman, 116 S. Broad St., Hellam, PA 17406 wrote to say he was trying to locate some of his relatives who still live in the area. His grandfather was Smith WHITAKER who married Martha Rebecca Hurt. They had only one child Florence Mae, sometimes listed as Forest Rose Lee Mae Whitaker who married Jake Wireman b. 1908, son of Russell Wireman b. 1879 and Martha Shepherd.
Martha Rebecca Hurt was born in 1869 (according to the 1870 Pike Co. KY census) and was the dau of Creed F. Hurt b. 1837 and m. in 1861 Pike Co. KY to Sarah Williamson. She was born in 1847 to Harmon Williamson b. 1826 and Anna Bevins b. 1827.
Creed Hurt was the son of Absolem Hurt b. 1803 and his 1st wife whom he married in 1823. She was Ann Samples, dau of William Samples and Nancy Wilson. He m. 2nd in 1849 to Elizabeth Bevins, b. 1814, dau of John Bevins and Mary Stacy.
Absolem Hurt was born in Washington Co. VA to Garland Hurt and Marteshia Thurston.
Elmore Smith Whitaker was the son of Johnson Whitaker b. 1792 and Susanna
(Arnett) Howard b. 1796, dau of Celia Howard and presumably Stephen Arnett.
Johnson Whitaker is believed to be the son of Mark R. Whitaker, a son of a Methodist preacher of Russell Co. VA. Johnson's mother, Martha "Patsy" Whitaker, was a teacher and is buried at the mouth of Puncheon in a lost cemetery with the early Arnetts and Howards of that area.
Smith Whitaker's first family consisted of Delaney m. Woots Allen, Susan m. Walker Allen, Farisee m. Green Shepherd, Laura Belle m. Haden Allen, Betty "Monk" m. Irvin Allen and Siney m. Hatcher Allen.
The 1910 census lists Smith's wife of two years as Martha, age 40 with Elizabeth age 12, step-dau Ida age 10, and grandson Mexico Shepherd age 14. Martha is the mother of 8 children with 6 living.
According to Russell, Martha m. 1. Eli Allen and their children were Patton Allen, Mack, Ida, John, Lizzie, and Rose. The 1920 census shows Smith Whitaker age 73, Martha age 40 with daughter Forest (Rose) age 7. (Information from Todd Preston's column of the August 13, 1998 issue of the SALYERSVILLE INDEPENDENT newspaper.)


Martha Rebecca HURT:

Born 14 July 1869, Pike Co, KY
Died 22 May 1954

Florence Mae WHITAKER {F}

1 : "Magoffin Co. KY Historical Society, The Howards of Eastern K"; Page P. 444