Bible of Gardner Whalen, Sr., & Wife, Elizabeth
of Dandridge
From transcriptions prepared by W. A. Lyle, of Jefferson County, and subsequently typed and published by the Works Progress Administration under the title Jefferson County Bible Records.
Transcribed for this site from the WPA volume by Doris Kinser Fountain. We are extremely grateful to her.
Researchers Note: this is a transcription of a transcription of a transcription. Therefore, every item must be verified through separate sources.
Possession: Luther Franklin who married a granddaughter, Jefferson City,
Tn, RFD #2.
Transcription: July 29, 1937
Births:
December 17, 1803 Then was born Gardner Whalen, son of John and Diannuth
Whalen
February 14, 1804 Then was born Elizabeth Whalen, daughter of Thomas
and Mary Day
Names and Ages of Gardner and Elizabeth Whalen Children:
August 13, 1822 Then was born Mary Whalen
December 1, 1823 Then was born Thomasin Whalen
August 25, 1825 Then was born Thomas Day Whalen
July 22, 1827 Then was born Jane Whalen
Births:
October 22, 1828 Then was born Louisa Whalen
April 13, 1831 Then was born Elizabeth Whalen
December 3, 1832 Then was born Sarah Whalen
February 17, 1834 Then was born Gardners Jack Whalen
May 17, 1840 Then was born Little Infant
June 16, 1841 Another little Infant born
March 1, 1844 Then was born Helena Whalen
June 9, 1845 Then was born James Piney
Polly Whalen
July 22, Then was born Harriet Whalen
Deaths:
First Infant deceased on the 20 May 1840
Second Deceased on June 17, 1841
March 4, 1848 Then died Thomas D. Whalen at the National Bridge Mexico
September 14, 1848 Then died Jane Whalen
March 14, 1829 Then died Louisa Whalen
Births:
June 6, 1835 Then was born Rhoda Whalen
March 4, 1837 Then was born Russell Birdwell Whalen