Charles Whitham Genealogy
Record modified: 2022-11-11
Born: 1886-09-09 Harmony, Clay Co, Indiana USA
Died: 1947-10-24 Tama Co, Iowa USA
Marriages:
1. 1909-03-10 Grace Blane Woodfill
Children of Charles Whitham and Grace Woodfill:
| Bernice Louise Whitham | |
| Claudius Russell Whitham | |
Notes:
from this RootsWeb entry
from Furrows in Time, Recollections of Early Settlers in the Reedpoint,
Montana area, compiled by Reedpoint Memorial Library Club--1976.
In the spring of 1918, Charles Claude Whitham and family moved to the Frank
Platz place on White Beaver, north of Reedpoint. His family consisted of his
wife, Grace; and four children, Stanley, Bernice, Russell, and Byron. They
originally came from Madison, Indiana, to Laurel, Montana, in 1912. He was
primarily a farmer and raised grain, wheat to sell, oats for the horses, corn and
barley to feed the hogs. They also raised chickens and sold the eggs.
Grace died in December, 1918, during the flu epidemic, after giving birth to a
premature baby girl, that only lived a couple days and was buried in the
Reedpoint Cemetery. Claude took Grace back to Indiana for burial. At that
time, he also took two year old Byron to stay with Grace's parents, the
Woodfills, and her sister, Carrie; who then raised Byron. Bernice remained
with people by the name of Amos, Russell stayed with Bowens, and Stanley
stayed with Frank Platz until his father returned.
1919 was a very dry year. Therefore, that fall Claude and three children went
back to Iowa to husk corn for the winter. In February they went to Indiana to
visit relatives before returning home. Bernice remained in Indiana with an
Aunt. When they returned to Montana, they found their hay all gone, the cattle
in weakened condition, thanks to two neighbors who were supposedly
watching over the place while they were in Iowa. Claude bought hay, shipped
in from Minnesota, for $40.00 a ton. It was slough grass that had been cut after
the swamps froze over and had very little food value. They continued to lose
cattle. In the spring they piled up the hide and bones of dead cattle and
burned them.
Claude's father came out from Indiana in 1920 to stay with them for several
years. During this time they batched, had a garden, raised hogs, chickens, and
milked 12 to 20 cows.
Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 24070
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