Husband: Joshua P. WHITAKER
Birthdate: ca 1845
Birthplace:
Death date: June 3, 1875
Place of death: Jefferson County, Georgia
Father: unknown
Mother: unknown

Marriage date: ca 1867
Marriage place:

Wife: Mary J. WARD
Birthdate: ca 1849
Birthplace:
Death date: June 27, 1876
Place of death: State Hospital Millegeville, Baldwin County, Georgia
Father: John D. Ward
Mother: Susan Lee

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: William Whitaker
Birthdate: ca 1868
Spouses' names:
Marriage date:
Death date:

Child No. 2: Joshua Parker Whitaker
Birthdate: ca 1872
Spouses' names: Jennie Lee Harrison
Marriage date: unknown
Death date: ca 1939 McDuffie County, Georgia

Child No. 3: Tallula Jane Whitaker
Birthdate: ca 1870
Spouses' names:
Marriage date:
Death date: unknown
 
 
Documentation:
* 1880 Census for Jefferson County Georgia,
* State Hospital Records Millegeville Georgia,
* Daily Chronicle & Sentinel, Augusta, Georgia.

Notes:
* Mary J. Ward Whitaker murdered her husband in Jefferson County, Georgia and was sent to the Insane Asylum at Midway. The State Hospital was called Midway at that time in Millegeville, Georgia. Their children was divided and raised by the following families: Joshua was taken in and raised by William H. "Billy" Reeves of McDuffie County, Georgia and William and Jane are listed in the 1880 census for Jefferson County, Georgia living in the household of their grandmother Susan Lee Ward. Mary J. Whitaker is buried on the grounds of the State Hospital in Millegeville, Georgia. Joshua P. Whitaker is buried on what is now Fort Gordon.