Regional History and Genealogical Sources

John E. Whitman

Possibly a singing school

Reverend David Warner Kite was a confederate veteran. He built a log cabin in Cleburne County, Alabama in 1870 (now owned by Janice and Harold Ivester) and died in 1922.

John E. Whitman

Possibly Dr. Hopgood. Cleburne County, AL

George Washington Whitman (1892-1966) is the third from left, with white shirt and a tie.

Left to right: Louisa Langley Jones, Mary Langley Buchanan, Clementine (Clemmie) Langley Barker.

Baptism in a creek.

Left to right: Fannie Jones Whitman, Cora Whitman, Barlow Hanvey, unknown preacher. Wedding photo of Cora and Barlow, ca. 1908.

John E. Whitman

John E. Whitman

Possibly Decoration Day (?)

John E. Whitman

John E. Whitman

Lost Creek Baptist Church, Ranburne (Later called First Baptist).

Left to right: Flora Whitman, her mother Fannie, brother Ervin, unknown woman, unknown man, ca 1911.

Alf, Richard, and Whack Benefield, killed in a dispute with each other. Buried at Macedonia Baptist Church, Cleburne County. Respective identities not known in photo.

Two girls in a chair. Their identities are unknown.

Left to right: unkown, unknown, Ervin Whitman, Dennis L. Whitman (boy), John E. Whitman, unknown. John is the father of Ervin who is the father of Dennis.

Men posing possibly with postman

Man with children. Their identities are unknown.

Four generations of the Shirley family.

Older couple, unknown.

Girls with fans and ferns

Sarah Whitman Stedham, b. 1856.

Martha Whitman Smith (1857-1944)

Three sisters, daughters of Hiram Jackson Whitman: Louella (1887-1972), Della (1880-1958), and Cora (b. 1879)

William T. Albritton and Melinda Whitman Albritton (b. 1847, daughter of Hiram)

John E. Whitman (the photographer for most of these photos) and his wife, Fannie.

Martha Whitman Smith (1857-1944) and Sarah Jane Hand Whitman (?) (1834-1903)

Hiram Strong Whitman (1826-1884)

Unknown couple

Unknown young man

Unknown family group

Unknown family group

Flora Whitman Skinner is front row, second from right (with no hat).

Unknown couple

Back row left to right: Dorothy Langley, Lovie Anderson, Nora Miller
Front row left to right: Grattis Couch, Izora Whitman, Ima Langley

Lost Creek Baptist Church Building

Masonic Group-- Oddfellows

Masonic Group-- Oddfellows

Unknown Family

Christopher Columbus Whitman (1871-1899)

Jack and Sarah Whitman and Family