Spouse: Rosetta MARPLE
Birth: 17 Nov 1828 Lewis Co., WV2
Death: 26 Dec 1870 plurisey
Religion: Methodist
Father: John Weaver MARPLE (1805-1880)
Mother: Ruth REGER (1809-1892)
Children of Rosetta MARPLE7 and John Minion McWHORTER M.D.:
2 M: Hyrcanus McWHORTER
Birth: 2 Apr 1846
Death: 6 Feb 1849
3 M: Flavius Josephus McWHORTER
Birth: 26 Nov 1849
Death: 12 Nov 1942
Spouse: Katherine REGER
4 F: Augusta Onslow McWHORTER
Birth: 24 Jul 1851
Death: 14 May 1853
5 M: Lycurgus Diogenes McWHORTER
Birth: 4 Aug 1853
Death: 18 Apr 1916
Spouse: Louisa CAYNOR
Marriage: 1 Jan 1876
6 M: Cyrus McWHORTER
Birth: 1 Oct 1855
Death: 30 Dec 1915
Spouse: Viola WILLMAN
Marriage: 4 Oct 1876
7 M: Sabinus Bruce McWHORTER
Birth: 5 Sep 1857
Death: 17 May 1899
Spouse: May LAWSON
Marriage: 4 Aug 1881
8 M: Lucullus McWHORTER
Birth: 29 Jan 1860
Death: 10 Oct 1944
Spouse: Ardelia SWISHER
9 F: Flora Meade McWHORTER
Birth: 29 Sep 1860 Upshur Co., WV
Death: 16 Jun 1953
Spouse: George Columbus LAWSON
Marriage: 19 Aug 1883 Union Chapel, Lewis Co.
10 F: Lora Lee McWHORTER
Birth: 26 Mar 1864
Death: May 1864
11 M: John C. McWHORTER
Birth: 6 Jul 1866
Spouse: Elizabeth ALKIRE
Marriage: 26 Aug 1895
12 F: Lena Leoti McWHORTER
Birth: 3 Jun 1868
Spouse: U.I. JENKINS
Marriage: 24 Dec 1900
John practiced medicine for over 25 years and was also an ordained minister in the M-E Church. [1] In his later years, he sold his farm and moved into Buckhannon where he was still living at age 85. His home is still standing and located on Florida St. It is now the Poling-St.Clair Funeral Home.
Sources
1. HISTORY OF UPSHUR COUNTY, WV by W.B.Cutright, Clearfield Press, 1907, pg.512-515
2. Copied from John Weaver Marple's family bible. Copy sent to me by Robert Marple, Buckhannon, WV
Compiled and submitted by Melinda Larson.