From the book Seay and Allied Lines of Washington County, Arkansas
Obediah's Daughter Sarah Seay Whinery
Sarah Ann Seay was born to Obediah and Sallie Rice Seay in 1835 in Washington Co., Ark. Her mother died the same year, so Obediah was left with three motherless children: Rufus R., Columbus, and Sarah.
When she was 16, Sarah was married in Washington Co. on July 30, 1851 to Robert E. Whinery. The year before their marriage, Robert was living in the household of a Cane Hill blacksmith, John J. Oliver and his family. The Olivers were neighbors of Allen Seay, in whose household Sarah, her two brothers and their half brother and half sisters were living in 1850. Robert Whinery was reported that year to have been 21 and a native of Tennessee.
Ten years later, when the 1860 census was taken of Washington Co., Mountain Township, the household of Robert and Sarah was reported this way:
Robert Whinery - aged 32 - born in Tennessee
Sarah Whinery - aged 24 - born in Arkansas
James Thomas Whinery - aged 7 - born in Arkansas (Corrected)
Noah Whinery - aged 5 - born in Arkansas
Sarah Cornelia Whinery - aged 4 - born in Arkansas (Corrected)
Paralee Whinery - aged 1 - born in Arkansas (Corrected)
When the 1870 census was taken 10 years later, both happiness and tragedy had been experienced in the home. Two more children had been born into the home, Walter ca 1861 and Emma ca 1864. But Robert, the father, had been a victim of the Civil War, and Sarah was left a widow while still in her 20's with six fatherless children to rear.
Robert's death by hanging at Cane Hill has been handed down by family lore and was told to Russell and Gwen Seay by his cousin, Gail Edmiston Snow of Clovis, N. M. Then, mention of it was found in a booklet, entitled EARLY SETTLERS OF CANE HILL by Ellen Earle Richardson. Mrs. Richardson wrote that "Federal soldiers came" and tried to get Lige Leach (see memorial 136706196) to dig up his money that he was holding in trust for his niece but he refused. They took him and Art Crozier, she wrote, "and hanged both to the high cross-bar holding together the two tall gate posts at a spot not far north of the entrance to the place belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Earle Gould." The writer went on to say that they also hanged another man, "Mr. Whinery," at the spring in front of Mr. Neal's house.
The story went on: "Since all able-bodied men were in the army and none left at home but the old and infirm, women and girls came with a wagon to take down these bodies for burial. A group of girls drove a wagon underneath the gallows and one of them, Lou Lacy (Bean), taking a large knife in her hand, crept out along the cross-bar and cut the ropes that held the bodies, while the girls in the wagon lowered them into the wagon bed. At the place of burial, graves were dug by these same women and girls."
So it was that the grave of Robert Whinery was not found during research for this book.
Here it should be pointed out that the culprits who committed the murders could have been bushwhackers, dressed, perhaps, in Union uniforms of the army they had deserted or in uniforms found on dead soldiers. There exists records saying when the Union forces were moved out after the Battle of Prairie Grove in December, 1862. It is a known fact that as troops moved out of an area following a battle, the lawless moved in to pray on the citizens, who had been left with neither military nor civil protection. When these bushwhackers could not find money, they often tortured and killed to try to gain their goal.
Approximately 15 years after Robert's death, Sarah was living still in the Cane Hill Township of Washington Co. The 1880 census showed that three of her six children had now left the nest. She was 43, James Thomas Whinery was 28, and still single; Walter Whinery was 18; and Emma Whinery was 15.
Little is known further about Sarah's children (to the writer). C. Walter Whinery, born in 1861 and died in 1943, and his wife, Mary E. Whinery, 1872-1959, are buried near Sarah at Bethesda Cemetery. It is believed that Emma Whinery married R. B. Glenn. Their graves are at Bethesda, and Russell Seay recalls that Emma was a niece of Rufus R. Seay.
A grandson of Sarah and Robert Whinery was reported to have been Elmer Ernest Whinery, who was born at Morrow June 11, 1895 and died January 9, 1963 at Lincoln. He married Goldie Galloway, 1898-1972, and they, too, are buried at Bethesda. It is reported that their children were Marie Young of Ephrata, Washington; Mildred Edmonston of Clovis, N. M.; Wanda Phillips of Clearfield, Utah; and Ernest Whinery of Lincoln, Ark.
The 1900 census showed that Sarah Whinery, then aged 70, was living with her brother and sister-in-law, Rufus and Jennie Seay in the Dutch Mills area.
When Rufus R. died in 1906, his will showed that he remembered his sister, Sarah, along with his widow and children.
Sarah Seay Whinery died in 1910 and was buried at Bethesda Cemetery.
Obediah's Daughter Sarah Seay Whinery
Sarah Ann Seay was born to Obediah and Sallie Rice Seay in 1835 in Washington Co., Ark. Her mother died the same year, so Obediah was left with three motherless children: Rufus R., Columbus, and Sarah.
When she was 16, Sarah was married in Washington Co. on July 30, 1851 to Robert E. Whinery. The year before their marriage, Robert was living in the household of a Cane Hill blacksmith, John J. Oliver and his family. The Olivers were neighbors of Allen Seay, in whose household Sarah, her two brothers and their half brother and half sisters were living in 1850. Robert Whinery was reported that year to have been 21 and a native of Tennessee.
Ten years later, when the 1860 census was taken of Washington Co., Mountain Township, the household of Robert and Sarah was reported this way:
Robert Whinery - aged 32 - born in Tennessee
Sarah Whinery - aged 24 - born in Arkansas
James Thomas Whinery - aged 7 - born in Arkansas (Corrected)
Noah Whinery - aged 5 - born in Arkansas
Sarah Cornelia Whinery - aged 4 - born in Arkansas (Corrected)
Paralee Whinery - aged 1 - born in Arkansas (Corrected)
When the 1870 census was taken 10 years later, both happiness and tragedy had been experienced in the home. Two more children had been born into the home, Walter ca 1861 and Emma ca 1864. But Robert, the father, had been a victim of the Civil War, and Sarah was left a widow while still in her 20's with six fatherless children to rear.
Robert's death by hanging at Cane Hill has been handed down by family lore and was told to Russell and Gwen Seay by his cousin, Gail Edmiston Snow of Clovis, N. M. Then, mention of it was found in a booklet, entitled EARLY SETTLERS OF CANE HILL by Ellen Earle Richardson. Mrs. Richardson wrote that "Federal soldiers came" and tried to get Lige Leach (see memorial 136706196) to dig up his money that he was holding in trust for his niece but he refused. They took him and Art Crozier, she wrote, "and hanged both to the high cross-bar holding together the two tall gate posts at a spot not far north of the entrance to the place belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Earle Gould." The writer went on to say that they also hanged another man, "Mr. Whinery," at the spring in front of Mr. Neal's house.
The story went on: "Since all able-bodied men were in the army and none left at home but the old and infirm, women and girls came with a wagon to take down these bodies for burial. A group of girls drove a wagon underneath the gallows and one of them, Lou Lacy (Bean), taking a large knife in her hand, crept out along the cross-bar and cut the ropes that held the bodies, while the girls in the wagon lowered them into the wagon bed. At the place of burial, graves were dug by these same women and girls."
So it was that the grave of Robert Whinery was not found during research for this book.
Here it should be pointed out that the culprits who committed the murders could have been bushwhackers, dressed, perhaps, in Union uniforms of the army they had deserted or in uniforms found on dead soldiers. There exists records saying when the Union forces were moved out after the Battle of Prairie Grove in December, 1862. It is a known fact that as troops moved out of an area following a battle, the lawless moved in to pray on the citizens, who had been left with neither military nor civil protection. When these bushwhackers could not find money, they often tortured and killed to try to gain their goal.
Approximately 15 years after Robert's death, Sarah was living still in the Cane Hill Township of Washington Co. The 1880 census showed that three of her six children had now left the nest. She was 43, James Thomas Whinery was 28, and still single; Walter Whinery was 18; and Emma Whinery was 15.
Little is known further about Sarah's children (to the writer). C. Walter Whinery, born in 1861 and died in 1943, and his wife, Mary E. Whinery, 1872-1959, are buried near Sarah at Bethesda Cemetery. It is believed that Emma Whinery married R. B. Glenn. Their graves are at Bethesda, and Russell Seay recalls that Emma was a niece of Rufus R. Seay.
A grandson of Sarah and Robert Whinery was reported to have been Elmer Ernest Whinery, who was born at Morrow June 11, 1895 and died January 9, 1963 at Lincoln. He married Goldie Galloway, 1898-1972, and they, too, are buried at Bethesda. It is reported that their children were Marie Young of Ephrata, Washington; Mildred Edmonston of Clovis, N. M.; Wanda Phillips of Clearfield, Utah; and Ernest Whinery of Lincoln, Ark.
The 1900 census showed that Sarah Whinery, then aged 70, was living with her brother and sister-in-law, Rufus and Jennie Seay in the Dutch Mills area.
When Rufus R. died in 1906, his will showed that he remembered his sister, Sarah, along with his widow and children.
Sarah Seay Whinery died in 1910 and was buried at Bethesda Cemetery.
From the book Seay and Allied Lines of Washington County, Arkansas
Obediah's Daughter Sarah Seay Whinery
Sarah Ann Seay was born to Obediah and Sallie Rice Seay in 1835 in Washington Co., Ark. Her mother died the same year, so Obediah was left with three motherless children: Rufus R., Columbus, and Sarah.
When she was 16, Sarah was married in Washington Co. on July 30, 1851 to Robert E. Whinery. The year before their marriage, Robert was living in the household of a Cane Hill blacksmith, John J. Oliver and his family. The Olivers were neighbors of Allen Seay, in whose household Sarah, her two brothers and their half brother and half sisters were living in 1850. Robert Whinery was reported that year to have been 21 and a native of Tennessee.
Ten years later, when the 1860 census was taken of Washington Co., Mountain Township, the household of Robert and Sarah was reported this way:
Robert Whinery - aged 32 - born in Tennessee
Sarah Whinery - aged 24 - born in Arkansas
James Thomas Whinery - aged 7 - born in Arkansas (Corrected)
Noah Whinery - aged 5 - born in Arkansas
Sarah Cornelia Whinery - aged 4 - born in Arkansas (Corrected)
Paralee Whinery - aged 1 - born in Arkansas (Corrected)
When the 1870 census was taken 10 years later, both happiness and tragedy had been experienced in the home. Two more children had been born into the home, Walter ca 1861 and Emma ca 1864. But Robert, the father, had been a victim of the Civil War, and Sarah was left a widow while still in her 20's with six fatherless children to rear.
Robert's death by hanging at Cane Hill has been handed down by family lore and was told to Russell and Gwen Seay by his cousin, Gail Edmiston Snow of Clovis, N. M. Then, mention of it was found in a booklet, entitled EARLY SETTLERS OF CANE HILL by Ellen Earle Richardson. Mrs. Richardson wrote that "Federal soldiers came" and tried to get Lige Leach (see memorial 136706196) to dig up his money that he was holding in trust for his niece but he refused. They took him and Art Crozier, she wrote, "and hanged both to the high cross-bar holding together the two tall gate posts at a spot not far north of the entrance to the place belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Earle Gould." The writer went on to say that they also hanged another man, "Mr. Whinery," at the spring in front of Mr. Neal's house.
The story went on: "Since all able-bodied men were in the army and none left at home but the old and infirm, women and girls came with a wagon to take down these bodies for burial. A group of girls drove a wagon underneath the gallows and one of them, Lou Lacy (Bean), taking a large knife in her hand, crept out along the cross-bar and cut the ropes that held the bodies, while the girls in the wagon lowered them into the wagon bed. At the place of burial, graves were dug by these same women and girls."
So it was that the grave of Robert Whinery was not found during research for this book.
Here it should be pointed out that the culprits who committed the murders could have been bushwhackers, dressed, perhaps, in Union uniforms of the army they had deserted or in uniforms found on dead soldiers. There exists records saying when the Union forces were moved out after the Battle of Prairie Grove in December, 1862. It is a known fact that as troops moved out of an area following a battle, the lawless moved in to pray on the citizens, who had been left with neither military nor civil protection. When these bushwhackers could not find money, they often tortured and killed to try to gain their goal.
Approximately 15 years after Robert's death, Sarah was living still in the Cane Hill Township of Washington Co. The 1880 census showed that three of her six children had now left the nest. She was 43, James Thomas Whinery was 28, and still single; Walter Whinery was 18; and Emma Whinery was 15.
Little is known further about Sarah's children (to the writer). C. Walter Whinery, born in 1861 and died in 1943, and his wife, Mary E. Whinery, 1872-1959, are buried near Sarah at Bethesda Cemetery. It is believed that Emma Whinery married R. B. Glenn. Their graves are at Bethesda, and Russell Seay recalls that Emma was a niece of Rufus R. Seay.
A grandson of Sarah and Robert Whinery was reported to have been Elmer Ernest Whinery, who was born at Morrow June 11, 1895 and died January 9, 1963 at Lincoln. He married Goldie Galloway, 1898-1972, and they, too, are buried at Bethesda. It is reported that their children were Marie Young of Ephrata, Washington; Mildred Edmonston of Clovis, N. M.; Wanda Phillips of Clearfield, Utah; and Ernest Whinery of Lincoln, Ark.
The 1900 census showed that Sarah Whinery, then aged 70, was living with her brother and sister-in-law, Rufus and Jennie Seay in the Dutch Mills area.
When Rufus R. died in 1906, his will showed that he remembered his sister, Sarah, along with his widow and children.
Sarah Seay Whinery died in 1910 and was buried at Bethesda Cemetery.
Obediah's Daughter Sarah Seay Whinery
Sarah Ann Seay was born to Obediah and Sallie Rice Seay in 1835 in Washington Co., Ark. Her mother died the same year, so Obediah was left with three motherless children: Rufus R., Columbus, and Sarah.
When she was 16, Sarah was married in Washington Co. on July 30, 1851 to Robert E. Whinery. The year before their marriage, Robert was living in the household of a Cane Hill blacksmith, John J. Oliver and his family. The Olivers were neighbors of Allen Seay, in whose household Sarah, her two brothers and their half brother and half sisters were living in 1850. Robert Whinery was reported that year to have been 21 and a native of Tennessee.
Ten years later, when the 1860 census was taken of Washington Co., Mountain Township, the household of Robert and Sarah was reported this way:
Robert Whinery - aged 32 - born in Tennessee
Sarah Whinery - aged 24 - born in Arkansas
James Thomas Whinery - aged 7 - born in Arkansas (Corrected)
Noah Whinery - aged 5 - born in Arkansas
Sarah Cornelia Whinery - aged 4 - born in Arkansas (Corrected)
Paralee Whinery - aged 1 - born in Arkansas (Corrected)
When the 1870 census was taken 10 years later, both happiness and tragedy had been experienced in the home. Two more children had been born into the home, Walter ca 1861 and Emma ca 1864. But Robert, the father, had been a victim of the Civil War, and Sarah was left a widow while still in her 20's with six fatherless children to rear.
Robert's death by hanging at Cane Hill has been handed down by family lore and was told to Russell and Gwen Seay by his cousin, Gail Edmiston Snow of Clovis, N. M. Then, mention of it was found in a booklet, entitled EARLY SETTLERS OF CANE HILL by Ellen Earle Richardson. Mrs. Richardson wrote that "Federal soldiers came" and tried to get Lige Leach (see memorial 136706196) to dig up his money that he was holding in trust for his niece but he refused. They took him and Art Crozier, she wrote, "and hanged both to the high cross-bar holding together the two tall gate posts at a spot not far north of the entrance to the place belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Earle Gould." The writer went on to say that they also hanged another man, "Mr. Whinery," at the spring in front of Mr. Neal's house.
The story went on: "Since all able-bodied men were in the army and none left at home but the old and infirm, women and girls came with a wagon to take down these bodies for burial. A group of girls drove a wagon underneath the gallows and one of them, Lou Lacy (Bean), taking a large knife in her hand, crept out along the cross-bar and cut the ropes that held the bodies, while the girls in the wagon lowered them into the wagon bed. At the place of burial, graves were dug by these same women and girls."
So it was that the grave of Robert Whinery was not found during research for this book.
Here it should be pointed out that the culprits who committed the murders could have been bushwhackers, dressed, perhaps, in Union uniforms of the army they had deserted or in uniforms found on dead soldiers. There exists records saying when the Union forces were moved out after the Battle of Prairie Grove in December, 1862. It is a known fact that as troops moved out of an area following a battle, the lawless moved in to pray on the citizens, who had been left with neither military nor civil protection. When these bushwhackers could not find money, they often tortured and killed to try to gain their goal.
Approximately 15 years after Robert's death, Sarah was living still in the Cane Hill Township of Washington Co. The 1880 census showed that three of her six children had now left the nest. She was 43, James Thomas Whinery was 28, and still single; Walter Whinery was 18; and Emma Whinery was 15.
Little is known further about Sarah's children (to the writer). C. Walter Whinery, born in 1861 and died in 1943, and his wife, Mary E. Whinery, 1872-1959, are buried near Sarah at Bethesda Cemetery. It is believed that Emma Whinery married R. B. Glenn. Their graves are at Bethesda, and Russell Seay recalls that Emma was a niece of Rufus R. Seay.
A grandson of Sarah and Robert Whinery was reported to have been Elmer Ernest Whinery, who was born at Morrow June 11, 1895 and died January 9, 1963 at Lincoln. He married Goldie Galloway, 1898-1972, and they, too, are buried at Bethesda. It is reported that their children were Marie Young of Ephrata, Washington; Mildred Edmonston of Clovis, N. M.; Wanda Phillips of Clearfield, Utah; and Ernest Whinery of Lincoln, Ark.
The 1900 census showed that Sarah Whinery, then aged 70, was living with her brother and sister-in-law, Rufus and Jennie Seay in the Dutch Mills area.
When Rufus R. died in 1906, his will showed that he remembered his sister, Sarah, along with his widow and children.
Sarah Seay Whinery died in 1910 and was buried at Bethesda Cemetery.
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