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Charles Carmi WHITFORD

Charles Carmi WHITFORD

Male 1834 - 1910  (75 years)

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  • Name Charles Carmi WHITFORD 
    Born 14 Dec 1834  West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 18 Aug 1910  Coventry, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Buried Maple Root Cemetery, Coventry, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I00140  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Jeremiah Bailey WHITFORD,   b. 18 Sep 1805, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Aug 1882, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Sally Williams TIBBETTS,   b. 30 Dec 1808, East Greenwich, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Dec 1899, Coventry, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Married 24 Dec 1826  Warwick, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Notes 
    • The marriage of Jeremiah and Sally was recorded in two newspapers: The Providence Journal of 11 Jan 1827, and the Providence Phenix of 24 Dec 1826. (See newspaper announcements transcribed in Arnold's Vital Record of RI)

      I have a photocopy of the original marriage entry recorded at West Greenwich Town Hall (p. 46), which reads: "Warwick December 24th AD 1826 -- I hereby Certify that Mr. Jeremiah Whitford and Miss Sally W. Tibbits were Lawfully Joined Together in Marriage by me the Subscriber Jonathan Wilson"

      The family Bible says they were married at West Greenwich. It is unclear exactly where they were married, although the record at West Greenwich has a reference to Warwick.

      Under that entry the births of their two children are recorded: Mercy Waterman Whitford and Charles Carmi Whitford. Also, according to "Alden G. Beaman's Vital Record of RI, New Series," an infant son was born in 1830 and died 1 April 1830, buried in West Greenwich.
    Family ID F00166  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Harty Potter JOHNSON,   b. 12 Apr 1850, Coventry, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Nov 1917, Coventry, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 25 Nov 1866  Richmond, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 9] 
    Notes 
    • The original marriage entry is at the Richmond Town Hall in the "Book of Marriages and Deaths, 1850-1910, p. 14. It says, "In Richmond, Nov. 25th (1866), Charles C. Whitford born in West Greenwich, age 31 -- a farmer, and Hatty P. Johnson born in Coventry, age 17; parents of each: Jeremiah and Sally W. Whitford, Phillip and Tryphena H. Johnson; married by Gilbert Tillinghast, Minister of the Gospel." It was the first marriage for both of them.
    Children 
     1. Hattie Lenora Whitford,   b. 4 Jan 1869, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jun 1945  (Age 76 years)
     2. Angeretta Williams WHITFORD,   b. 10 Nov 1870, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Oct 1958, Warwick, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     3. Julia Erespa Whitford,   b. 11 Jul 1873, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Dec 1918, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years)
     4. Lena May Whitford,   b. 27 Nov 1875, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Apr 1935, Coventry, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
     5. Olive "Ollie" Louise Whitford,   b. 16 Feb 1878, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Nov 1967  (Age 89 years)
     6. Twin Daughter Whitford,   b. 16 Feb 1878, West Greenwich, Kent Co. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Feb 1878, West Greenwich, Kent Co. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     7. Charles William Whitford,   b. 27 May 1882, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 May 1967  (Age 84 years)
     8. Jeremiah "Jerry" Nelson Whitford,   b. 2 Oct 1884, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jul 1960  (Age 75 years)
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F00103  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos

    Charles J. Battey is my ancestor Maplet's son by her second marriage. This page records his children, the deaths of Maplet and husband James, and two marriage records of my ancestors: Jeremiah and Sally Whitford, and Charles and Harty Whitford.
    Great Great Grandfather    		Great Great Grandfather

  • Notes 
    • I have a photocopy of his original birth entry at the Town of West Greenwich. Charles Carmi was named for his two grandfathers, Carmi Whitford and Charles Tibbetts. I also have a photocopy of his death entry in the Book of Deaths for 1910, p. 30, in the Town of Coventry.
      We have one picture of my Great-great-grandfather Whitford. This is posted at our family website [www.thesorensens.net]. Also there is a photograph of his gravestone at Maple Root Cemetery.

      All of the children and their birth dates are listed in the book "Records of the Bailey Family," p. 61.

      In the 1860 Federal Census at West Greenwich, Charles is 25 and living with his parents, along with his married sister, Marcy W. Church, 29. In the 1870 Federal Census, Charles C. 34 and his wife Harty 21 are still living at West Greenwich, RI. They have a child Hattie L., age 1. The family is in the household of Jeremiah & Sally W. Whitford, ages 64 & 61, Charles's parents. The 1880 Census at West Greenwich shows him married, age 45, with his wife and five daughters, again living in the household with Jeremiah and Sally Whitford, Charles's parents. This is probably the family farm on Rt. 3 in West Greenwich, where there is now a motel and gas station, at the intersection of Interstate 95. He is age 65 in the 1900 Census at Coventry, and is listed as the head of the household which includes his children as well as two grandsons, Angeretta's sons. I have photocopies of the pages from these three censuses.

      Example -- 1880 Census:
      Charles C. Whitford age 45
      Harty P. Whitford 30
      Hattie L. 11
      Angeretta W. 9
      Julia E. 6
      Lena M. 4
      Olive 2

      Charles was elected to the Exeter Town Council in 1888 (was this a different Charles Whitford?).

      There is a paragraph about Charles C. Whitford and his family on p. 1343 of J. R. Cole's "History of Washington and Kent Counties," published in 1889. Although the writer has made two mistakes (names Charles's grandfather as Jeremiah instead of Carmi, and names his wife as Hattie instead of Harty), he does offer other information that is more reliable. We are told that Charles was born in 1834 in West Greenwich, and that he has been a farmer all of his life, having bought the farm where he now lives in 1884 (probably the farm on Knotty Oak Rd. in Coventry). It says he was married to [Harty] in 1866, and lists his children as: Hattie L., Angeretta W., Julia E., Lena M., Olive L., Charles W., and Nelson J. Lastly, he comments that "the family is said to be of Welsh descent."

      Of the individuals in this family, the ones I have personal memories of are Angeretta, who was my great-grandmother Remington; Olive, who was my great "Aunt Ollie"; Charles W., who we called "Uncle Will"; and J. Nelson, who was my great "Uncle Jerry."

      My dad, Norman Remington, says he remembers driving by the site of the old family homestead, which was on Rt. 3 between Harkney Hill Road and the present Interstate 95. About where the Best Western/Congress Inn is today, there was a spring. Further up the road, where the plat Wood Estates is now located, there must have been a family burial site, because when the plat was being planned (perhaps in the 1960s?), certain Whitford heirs had to sign, acknowledging there were interments on the property, and giving their permission for the project to proceed.

  • Sources 
    1. [S012486] West Greenwich Town Records, Marriages & Births Book #3, p.46.

    2. [S012500] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, West Greenwich -- Births & Deaths, 103.

    3. [S013385] Family Bible: Comstock, Remington, Tibbitts, Battey, & Whitford.

    4. [S012488] Coventry Town Records, Deaths 1900 - 1923, p. 30.

    5. [S012485] Records of the Bailey Family, Hannah C. (Bailey) Hopkins, 60.

    6. [S012486] West Greenwich Town Records, 3-46.

    7. [S012486] West Greenwich Town Records, Marriages & Births Book #3, p. 46.

    8. [S012361] Alden G. Beaman's RI Vital Records: New Series, Vol. 7, 368.

    9. [S012429] Richmond Town Records, Births, Marriages, & Deaths 1850 - 1910, p. 14.