Mary W. WHITEAKER

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CENSUS RECORDS

1850 Census
Name: Mary Whitiker [Mary Whiteaker]
Age: 4
Birth Year: abt 1846
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1850: Polk, Oregon Territory
Gender: Female
Family Number: 121
Household Members:
Benj Whitiker 55
Mary Whitiker 42
David Whitiker 25
William Whitiker 24
Ellen Whitiker 18
Joseph Whitiker 15
Benjn Whitiker 12
Maria Whitiker 9
Washington Whitiker 7
Mary Whitiker 4
Baby Whitiker 0

1860 Census
Name: Mary Whitaker
Age in 1860: 13
Birth Year: abt 1847
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1860: Independence, Polk, Oregon
Gender: Female
Post Office: Independence
Household Members:
B Whitaker 63
Mary Whitaker 53
J R Whitaker 23
G W Whitaker 17
Mary Whitaker 13

BIOGRAPHICAL

Portrait & Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley Oregon." Chapman Publishing Company, 1903. p. 1126.

HON. JAMES L. COLLINS

The marriage of Judge Collins occurred in Polk county in 1861, Miss Mary Whiteaker becoming his wife. She was born in De Kalb county, Ill., in 1846, the daughter of Benjamin Whiteaker, who was one of the pioneers of Polk county in 1847, and a relative of John Whiteaker, the first governor of Oregon. Mrs. Collins died in 1864, leaving one daughter, Nellie, who is a graduate of La Creole Academy, the state normal school at Monmouth, and the New York state normal college at Oswego, N. Y. She is now critic in the state normal school at Madison, S. D., which position she has occupied for the past ten years.

Early Oregonians Database Index. Oregon State Archives, Salem, Oregon
Name: Mary W Whiteaker
Birth Date: 4 Oct 1846
Birth Place: Lee, Illinois
Death Date: 27 Jun 1864
Cemetery: Whiteaker Cemetery

Early Oregonian Search
Whiteaker, Mary W
Date of Birth 4 Oct 1846
Place of Birth Lee Co., IL
Date of Death 27 Jun 1864
Place of Burial Whiteaker Cemetery, Polk Co., OR
Mother Hayter, Virginia Mary
Father Whiteaker, Benjamin

Marriage Information
Collins, James Layton 29 Sep 1861 Polk Co., OR

Associated Records
Probate Estate Polk Co. 0683

Associated Persons
Collins, James Layton Male 09 May 1833 Spouse
Hayter, Virginia Mary Mother
Whiteaker, Benjamin Father

Census Events
1850 Federal OR Polk Co. 4yrs
1860 Federal OR Polk Co. 13yrs


BURIAL

Headstone at Whitaker Cem., Mary W. Collins, wife of J. L. Collins, and dau. of Benj & Mary Whitaker, born Oct 4, 1846, died June 27, 1864. This stone is broken in 3 parts.

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Mary married James Layton COLLINS 29 Sep 1861. James was born 09 May 1833, Warren Co., MO ; died 21 Jun 1916, Dallas, Polk Co. OR. [Group Sheet]

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(Ref: Will of her grandfather, Benjamin Whitaker.) She was 10 years old. 

Portrait & Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley Oregon." Chapman Publishing Company, 1903. p. 1126.

HON. JAMES L. COLLINS

The marriage of Judge Collins occurred in Polk county in 1861, Miss Mary Whiteaker becoming his wife. She was born in De Kalb county, Ill., in 1846, the daughter of Benjamin Whiteaker, who was one of the pioneers of Polk county in 1847, and a relative of John Whiteaker, the first governor of Oregon. Mrs. Collins died in 1864, leaving one daughter, Nellie, who is a graduate of La Creole Academy, the state normal school at Monmouth, and the New York state normal college at Oswego, N. Y. She is now critic in the state normal school at Madison, S. D., which position she has occupied for the past ten years.