Epsy Whitacre was born January 16, 1852, at Princeton, Mo., the daughter of John R. Davis and Urmarine Davis. She lived in Mercer county until 1859, then the family moved to Chillicothe, Mo.
When she was 16 years of age she met and married Elias Whitacre, October 11, 1868, at Utica, Mo.
They were the parents of 15 children, 4 of whom attained adulthood: C. F. Whitacre (now deceased); Cora Williams, Ollie Elgin, Roy Whitacre, now living. Her husband died in Houston, Mo. May 20, 1927, at 80 years of age. She is also survived by 11 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.
She was affiliated with the Methodist church, although she had not attended in her later years, as she was an invalid in a wheel chair the past seven years of her life.
Age at time of death 94 years, 1 month and 3 days.
Funeral services were at Elliott Funeral Home Thursday at 2 p.m., conducted by Rev. James Culpepper. Burial in Houston cemetery under the direction of Elliott Funeral Home.
Source: Houston Herald, 2/28/1946 p. 2
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Epsy Whitacre was born January 16, 1852, at Princeton, Mo., the daughter of John R. Davis and Urmarine Davis. She lived in Mercer county until 1859, then the family moved to Chillicothe, Mo.
When she was 16 years of age she met and married Elias Whitacre, October 11, 1868, at Utica, Mo.
They were the parents of 15 children, 4 of whom attained adulthood: C. F. Whitacre (now deceased); Cora Williams, Ollie Elgin, Roy Whitacre, now living. Her husband died in Houston, Mo. May 20, 1927, at 80 years of age. She is also survived by 11 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.
She was affiliated with the Methodist church, although she had not attended in her later years, as she was an invalid in a wheel chair the past seven years of her life.
Age at time of death 94 years, 1 month and 3 days.
Funeral services were at Elliott Funeral Home Thursday at 2 p.m., conducted by Rev. James Culpepper. Burial in Houston cemetery under the direction of Elliott Funeral Home.
Source: Houston Herald, 2/28/1946 p. 2
Supplied by Jan Miller
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