Ginger's Great-Grandfather, Thomas Whitehead, Jr. (II) Family History

Thomas Whitehead, Jr. was born on September 8, 1861 in Amherst County, Virginia to Thomas Whitehead, Sr., and Martha Henry (Garland) Whitehead.

1870 Census for Thomas Whitehead, Jr.

He lived in Amherst, Amherst County, VA on June 1, 1870 with his parents and siblings. Members of the household included:

·       Thomas Whitehead, Sr. (44 years old, occupation: Lawyer, real estate worth $16,450; personal estate worth $4320; born in VA; male citizen over 21)

·       Martha H. Whitehead (37 years old, Keeping House, born in VA)

·       John W. Whitehead (13 years old, At School, born in VA, attended school)

·       Millie P. Whitehead (12 years old, At School, born in VA, attended school)

·       Thomas J. Whitehead [Jr.] (8 years old, born in VA)

·       David G. Whitehead (6 years old, born in VA)

·       Mary A. Whitehead (4 years old, born in VA)

·       Irving P. Whitehead (2 years old, born in VA)

 Living in the same location on that date were the Rose family:

·       William W. Rose (35, Mulatto, Farm Hand)

·       Kate Rose (35, Black, Domestic Servant)

·       Nannie Rose (10, Black, Domestic Servant)

·       Susan Rose (6, Black)

·       Mollie C Rose (2, Black)

·       Anna Parkins (16, Black, Domestic Servant)

All except Mollie had probably been born as slaves.

1880 Census for Thomas Whitehead, Jr.

Thomas, Jr. lived on Fifth Street in Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia on June 1, 1880. The family consisted of:

·       Thomas Whitehead, Sr. (52 years old, married, worked as Editor of Newspaper, born in VA)

·       Martha H. Whitehead (46 years old, Wife, married, Keeping house, born in VA)

·       John Whitehead (23 years old, Son, single, worked as Editor of Newspaper, born in VA)

·       Mary Jane Whitehead (21 years old, Daughter, single, at home, born in VA)

·       Thomas Whitehead [Jr.] (18 years old, Son, single, worked as Clerk in Store, born in VA)

·       David Whitehead (15 years old, Son, single, at school, attended school, born in VA)

·       Irving Whitehead (11 years old, Son, single, at school, attended school, born in VA)

·       M. Irving Whitehead (13 years old, Daughter, single, at school, attended school, born in VA)

·       Maria G. Whitehead (10 years old, Daughter, single, at school, attended school, born in VA)

·       Sallie A. B. Whitehead (8 years old, Daughter, single, born in VA)

·       Nellie G. Whitehead (6 years old, Daughter, born in VA)

·       Robert C. Whitehead (4 years old, Son, born in VA)

Thomas Whitehead, Jr.’s First Wife, Sarah Evans

Sarah was born on December 24, 1868 in Amherst, Virginia.

1870 Census for Sarah Evans

Sarah lived in Elon, Amherst County, Virginia on June 22, 1870. The household included:

·       Morris Evans, (41, Carpenter, born in VA, male citizen over 21)

·       America Evans (33, Keeping House, born in VA)

·       Walter Evans (16, Laborer, born in VA)

·       James Evans (14, Laborer, born in VA)

·       Robert Lee Evans (4, born in VA)

·       Sarah Evans (1, born in VA)

1880 Census for Sarah Evans

Sarah lived in Elon, Amherst County, Virginia on June 18, 1880. By this time, her father, Morris, had passed away. The household included:

·       America Evans (41, Widowed, keeps house, born in VA, parents born in VA)

·       James F. Evans (23, son, single, brakeman on cars, born in VA, parents born in VA)

·       Robert Evans (14, son, at home, born in VA, parents born in VA)

·       Sarah Evans (11, daughter, at home, born in VA, parents born in VA)

Marriage to Sarah Evans

Thomas Whitehead Jr. and Sarah Evans were married on September 6, 1888 in Amherst County, Virginia. He was 27 years old and Sarah was 19 years old.

1890 Census for Thomas Whitehead, Jr., and Sarah (Evans) Whitehead

Since most of the 1890 federal census was destroyed, there is no record of where Thomas, Jr. and Sarah lived at that time. They may have lived in Lynchburg, VA or in Amherst County, Virginia.

Children of Thomas Whitehead, Jr., and Sarah (Evans) Whitehead

Thomas Whitehead, Jr., and Sarah Evans had the following children:

1.     Dr. Robert Whitehead, born July 7, 1890, Amherst County, Virginia; married Elizabeth Ford Eubank, November 21, 1925, Keysville, Virginia; died August 14, 1936, Richmond, Virginia.

2.     Thomas Whitehead III, born May 22, 1892, Amherst County, VA; married Gertrude Elvira Kinsley, January 23, 1925, Washington, D.C; died August 17, 1948, Richmond, Chesterfield County, Virginia.

3.     Bessie Massie Whitehead, born July 3, 1894; married James Craig Hunter, September 13, 1918, Spartanburg, South Carolina; died March 8, 1993.

4.     Mary Louise Whitehead, born April 23, 1896, Madison, Amherst County, Virginia; married Conrad Klein Van Hyning, January 29, 1938; died January 2, 1986, Greenville, Piscataquis County, Maine.

Sarah (Evans) Whitehead Death and Burial, 1898

Sarah died on February 5, 1898 at the age of 29 in Amherst, Virginia and was buried on February 7, 1898 in Mead Memorial Burial Ground, Madison M and E Church.

1900 Census for Thomas Whitehead, Jr.

Thomas, Jr., lived in Madison, Amherst County, Virginia on June 1, 1900. The household included:

·       Thomas Whitehead, Sr. (Head, born Feb 1825 in VA, 75 years old, married 46 years, parents born in VA, occupation Lawyer, lived on rented farm)

·       Martha H. Whitehead (Wife, born Oct 1832 in VA, 67 years old, married 46 years, 12 children born, 10 children living, parents born in VA)

·       Thomas Whitehead, Jr. (Son, born Sept 1861 in VA, 38 years old, widowed, parents born in VA, occupation Lawyer)

·       Irving P. Whitehead (Son, born July 1868 in VA, 31 years old, single, parents born in VA, occupation Lawyer)

·       Robert Whitehead (Grandson, born May 1891 in VA, 9 years old, parents born in VA)

·       Thomas Whitehead III (Grandson, born June 1893 in VA, 6 years old, parents born in VA)

·       Bessie M. Whitehead (Granddaughter, born April 1894 in VA, 5 years old, parents born in VA)

·       Mary L. Whitehead (Granddaughter, born May 1897 in VA, 3 years old, parents born in VA)

·       Tobe Byas (Servant, Black, born 1819 in VA, 81 years old, widowed, parents born in VA, occupation Farm Laborer, cannot read or write)

·       Ella Wright (Servant, Black, born 1874 in VA, 25 years old, single, parents born in VA, occupation Cook, cannot read or write)

Death of Thomas Whitehead, Sr., 1901

When his father, Thomas Whitehead, Sr., died in early July 1901, Thomas, Jr., was named in his father’s obituary, published on July 5, 1901 in the Richmond Dispatch newspaper.

Thomas Whitehead, Jr.’s Second Wife, Sallie Oliver Carter

Sallie Oliver Carter was born on December 11, 1881 in Nottoway County, Virginia.

Marriage to Sallie Oliver Carter, 1903

Thomas Whitehead Jr. and Sallie Oliver Carter were married on July 1, 1903 in Burkeville, Nottoway County, Virginia. Thomas, Jr., was 41 years old and Sallie was 21 years old.

Children of Thomas Whitehead, Jr., and Sallie Oliver (Carter) Whitehead

Thomas Whitehead, Jr., and Sallie Oliver Carter had the following children:

1.     Asa Carter Whitehead, born April 15, 1904, Lynchburg, Virginia; married Charlotte Augusta Klocke, February 23, 1935, Nottoway County, Virginia; died February 20, 1976, Alexandria (city), Virginia.

2.     Katherine Carter "Kate" Whitehead, born August 25, 1906, Amherst, Virginia; married John Wiltshire Cobb, October 1, 1929, Henderson, Vance, North Carolina; married Francis Edward Hamilton, August 23, 1961, Richmond (city), Virginia; died August 15, 1978, Lynchburg, Virginia.

1910 Census for Thomas Whitehead, Jr., and Sallie Oliver (Carter) Whitehead

They lived on Baptist Church Road in Amherst Courthouse, Amherst County, Virginia on April 15, 1910. Their household consisted of:

·       Thomas Whitehead, Jr. (Head, 48 years old, married 7 years, self and parents born in VA, occupation Lawyer - General Practice, lived on mortgaged farm)

·       Sallie Whitehead (Wife, 28 years old, married 7 years, 2 children born, 2 children living, self and parents born in VA, no occupation)

·       Robert Whitehead (Son, 20 years old, single, self and parents born in VA, no occupation, attended school)

·       Thomas Whitehead [III](Son, 18 years old, single, self and parents born in VA, no occupation, attended school)

·       Bessie M. Whitehead (Daughter, 15 years old, self and parents born in VA, attended school)

·       Mary L. Whitehead (Daughter, 12 years old, self and parents born in VA, attended school)

·       Asa C. Whitehead (Son, 6 years old, self and parents born in VA, attended school)

·       Katherine C. Whitehead (Daughter, 3 years old, self and parents born in VA)

1920 Census for Thomas Whitehead, Jr., and Sallie Oliver (Carter) Whitehead

They lived on Depot Road in Amherst Courthouse, Amherst County, Virginia on January 1, 1920, on a mortgaged farm. The household included:

·       Thomas Whitehead, Jr. (Head, 58 years old, married, self and parents born in VA, occupation Farmer on a General Farm, employer)

·       Sallie Whitehead (Wife, 38 years old, married, self and parents born in VA, no occupation)

·       Mary Whitehead (Daughter, 23 years old, single, self and parents born in VA, occupation Teacher at Female Institute)

·       Carter Whitehead (Son, 15 years old, attended school, self and parents born in VA, no occupation)

·       Kate Whitehead (Daughter, 13 years old, attended school, self and parents born in VA)

·       Sue Carter (Mother in Law, 79 years old, widowed, self and parents born in VA, no occupation)

Sallie Oliver (Carter) Whitehead Accident, 1922

The Richmond Times Dispatch newspaper reported on an accident suffered by Thomas, Jr.’s, wife, Sallie, published on June 29, 1922:

“AMHERST, VA, June 28-Monday night, during a severe electrical storm, Mrs. Thomas Whitehead [Jr.], while attempting to go from a sleeping porch into her room at "Mountain View," broke through a glass door and cut herself about the face severely.”

Thomas Whitehead, Jr., Appointment, 1922

Although listing his occupation as a farmer in the 1920 census, Thomas, Jr., was still working as a lawyer. The following article from the Richmond Times Dispatch published on September 2, 1922, describes his appointment as a prohibition lawyer:

“Harry B. Smith, of Culpeper, was named State Director of Prohibition; Thomas Whitehead [Jr.], of Amherst, placed in charge of the legal work in the Western District, and Major Edwin H. Gibson, of Culpeper, in charge of the legal work for the Eastern District, by Colonel John R. Saunders, Attorney-General, who is in charge of prohibition enforcement under the provisions of a new law which went into effect at 12:01 o'clock yesterday morning.”

Whitehead Family Reunion, 1924

Over the Christmas holidays in 1924, a family reunion was held at Thomas, Jr.’s, and Sallie’s home (presumably “Mountain View”) in Amherst. It was reported in the Richmond Times Dispatch newspaper on December 28, 1924:

“At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Whitehead [Jr.] a family reunion is being held. The members of the family visiting there are: Mr. and Mrs. James Craig Hunter and daughter, of Washington; Miss Mary Whitehead, of Chicago; Carter Whitehead of the University of Virginia; Dr. Robert Whitehead of Meherrin; Miss Kate Whitehead and Thomas Whitehead, Jr [III], of Amherst, and Mrs. A. 0. Carter, of Burkeville.”

1930 Census for Thomas Whitehead, Jr., and Sallie Oliver (Carter) Whitehead

Thomas, Jr., and Sallie lived on Court Street on a farm they owned (presumably “Mountain View”) in Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia on April 1, 1930. They owned a radio. The household included:

·       Thomas Whitehead, Jr. (Head, 68 years old, married, first married at 29, born in VA, worked as a Lawyer for Prohibition, wage or salary worker, employed, not a veteran)

·       Sallie C. Whitehead (Wife-H, 48 years old, married, first married at 21, born in VA, no occupation)

·       Carter Whitehead (Son, 25 years old, single, attended school, born in VA, no occupation)

·       Maria S. Carter (Mother-in-law, 90 years old, widowed, born in VA, no occupation)

Sallie Oliver (Carter) Whitehead and Roadside Beauty Committee, 1932

Sallie was involved in many local events. A newspaper article published in the Richmond Times Dispatch on January 15, 1932 described one:

“A committee to co-operate with the Virginia Council for the Protection of Roadside Beauty has been formed in Amherst County and is composed of the following women: Mrs. Thomas Whitehead [Jr.], chairman, Mountain View; Mrs. Aubrey Strode of Kenmore, Mrs. Hal Meyers of Forks of Buffalo, Mrs. George Harris of Madison Heights, Mrs. Tucker Eubank of Monroe.; Mrs. John Dillard of Monroe, Va., R. F. D.; Mrs. Mary Whitehead Schneider of Amherst, Mrs. Charles Ellis of Sandridges. Va.: Mrs. Carrington Jordan of Monroe, Va., R. F. D.”

Thomas Whitehead, Jr.’s, and Sallie Oliver (Carter) Whitehead’s Residence, 1935

Thomas, Jr., and Sallie lived on Court Street in Amherst, Amherst County, VA in 1935. This information came from the 1940 census, when one of the census questions was where the family was living in 1935. This would have been before Thomas, Jr. died.

Thomas Whitehead, Jr. Death and Burial, 1939

Thomas, Jr. died from pulmonary tuberculosis that flared up due to an attack of influenza on March 6, 1939 at the age of 77 in Amherst County, VA. His doctor attended him from February 4, 1939 to March 6, 1939 and last saw him alive at March 5, 1939. Death occurred at 2:00 A.M. The informant on his certificate of death is unknown. He was buried on March 7, 1939 at Amherst Cemetery in Amherst, Amherst County, VA. L. V. Parr of Amherst, VA was the undertaker.

Thomas Whitehead, Jr. Death Notice and Obituary

Thomas, Jr.'s death notice was published on March 7, 1939 in the Daily Press newspaper in Newport News, VA.

"Thomas Whitehead [Jr.] Dies AMHERST, March 6. Thomas Whitehead [Jr.], a former member of the house of delegates and former assistant attorney general in charge of prohibition law enforcement, died at his home here today. He was 78."

His obituary appeared on March 7, 1939 in the Times Dispatch newspaper in Richmond, VA. The obituary stated:

"Whitehead Rites This Afternoon. AMHERST. (AP) - Thomas Whitehead [Jr.], a former member of the House of Delegates and former assistant attorney-general in charge of prohibition law enforcement, died at his home here Monday. He was 78.

 

Funeral services will be held at 2 P. M. Tuesday in Emmanuel Methodist Church.

 

At the time of his death, Mr. Whitehead was county commissioner in chancery and examiner of records for the Twenty-ninth Judicial Circuit.

 

He was a son of the late Thomas Whitehead [Sr.], founder of the Lynchburg Daily Advance, and Mrs. Mildred [Martha] Garland Whitehead.

 

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Sallie Carter Whitehead; two sons, Thomas Whitehead 3d of Amherst and A. Carter Whitehead of Kenbridge; three daughters, Mrs. John Cob[b] of Amherst, Mrs. James Craig Hunter of Vienna and Mrs. Conrad Van Hyning of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and four sisters, Mrs. May W. Schneider of Amherst, Mrs. John D. Murrell of Richmond. Mrs. Florence Parkins of Norfolk and Mrs. Nellie Hough of Paris, France."

Thomas Whitehead, Jr. Article About Career Accomplishments, 1939

Thomas, Jr. again appeared in an article in the Portsmouth Star newspaper in Portsmouth, VA published on March 9, 1939 that paid tribute to his career accomplishments:

“YESTERDAY marked the passing of two Virginians for many years prominent in the political life of the Commonwealth and both with honored service in the General Assembly of Virginia-Thomas Whitehead [Jr.], 78, of Amherst and Morgan R. Mills, 71, of Richmond.

 

Both Messrs. Whitehead and Mills were men of strong conviction and both left their impress at Richmond in faithful service for the State they loved so much.

 

Thomas Whitehead [Jr.], from one of Virginia's most distinguished families, a brother of the late John Whitehead of Norfolk and of Mrs. Henry D. Perkins of Norfolk, served not only as a member of the House from his native county of Amherst but later served as an assistant attorney-general of Virginia in charge of enforcement during the early days of Virginia prohibition.

 

Morgan Mills was a legislative contemporary at Richmond with our own former Senator Samuel T. Montague and the late John A. Lesner of Norfolk. Elected first to the State Senate nearly 40 years ago, Senator Mills was defeated by the Byrd political forces but came back as a "stalwart of old" in 1935 and was an honored member of the upper house of the General Assembly until his death.

 

Both Messrs. Whitehead and Mills were stalwarts of the Martin-Daniels school of Virginia politics and both were long in the political confidence of those who led in Virginia in days gone by.”

1940 Census for Sallie Oliver (Carter) Whitehead

Thomas, Jr.’s widow, Sallie, lived on a farm she owned worth $5000 on Court Street in Amherst, Amherst County, VA on April 1, 1940. Household members included:

·       Sallie C. Whitehead (Head, Informant, 59 years old, widowed, 7th grade education, born in VA, 1935 - lived in same house, engaged in public emergency work, House Wife at Home, Government worker, worked 36 weeks, income of $900, income from outside source)

·       John Cobb (Son-in-law, 32 years old, married, 2 years of college, born in VA, 1935 - lived in same house, worked as superintendent of a private company building roads of asphalt, private worker, worked 50 weeks, income of $2500, no income from outside source)

·       Kate Cobb (Daughter, 32 years old, married, 4 years of college, born in VA, 1935 - lived in same house, worked in home, no income from outside source, had social security number, usual occupation during the previous 10 years was as manager of government employment services)

·       Ann Cobb (Granddaughter, 2 years old, born in VA)

·       Thelma Rose (Servant, Negro, 21 years old, single, 7th grade education, born in VA, 1935 - lived in rural Amherst County, VA on a farm, worked as servant at a private home, private worker, worked 51 weeks, income of $208, income from outside source)

Sallie Oliver (Carter) Whitehead and Son’s Delayed Certificate of Birth, 1941

Sallie was living in Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia on December 31, 1941. She produced evidence for her son’s, Asa Carter Whitehead’s, Delayed Certificate of Birth, and stated she lived there. The Delayed Certificate of Birth was often used to prove a person’s age if they were born before 1912, when Virginia started requiring births to be reported by each county.

Sallie Oliver (Carter) Whitehead Death and Burial, 1965

She died on March 17, 1965 at the age of 83 in Amherst County, Virginia and was buried at Amherst Cemetery in Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia.