Person:Mary Arthur (3)

Source of Information: Marriage TIB #3276 Bk B, pg 132
EH Death Certificate #Sl287588 Dept. Social Ser. SLC, Ut

Mary Ann Arthur:
Daughter of Christopher Arthur and Ann Jones. Born 26 September 1836, in England. Married James Whittaker. Died 18 January 1927. Buried at Circleville, Piute, Utah.

Baptized 1853. Died of old age.
1880: Living in Circle Valley. Father born in England; mother born in Wales. 1920: Living at Circleville. Widowed; living with son George H. Whittaker.
Immigration date and citizenship status unknown.

James Christopher Whittaker:
Son of James Christopher Whittaker and Hannah Elizabeth Horton. Born 10 February 1892, at Circleville, Piute, Utah. Married Winnie Evans.
Blessed 22 May 1892, by Thomas Day; baptized 2 June 1900, by Robert A. Dalley; confirmed 3 June 1900, by
Joseph Simkins. Removed to Presiding Bishopric's Office.(84, 437) 1916-17: Farming 40 acres (value: $660), at Circleville.92 5 June 1917: Registered for the draft. Of Circleville; farmer and stock grazer, working for himself. Single. Claims exemption for farming. Tall, slender build; gray eyes, light brown hair.
75 26 July 1917: 77
Men Called from Piute County by Selective Draft / 10 to be chosen from this list / List of names of persons whose Registration Cards are in the possession of the Local Board, in the order of their liability for military service, as determined by the local board. / (Serial No.) 228, James Christopher Whittaker, Circleville, (Order No.) 59 ...(PC) 9 August 1917: Examined by local examining board and designated as physically qualified for the draft.(PC) 30 August 1917: Partial List of Men Selected for Military Service / From local board for Piute County, reported by district board for State of Utah. / IMPORTANT NOTICE TO REGISTRANTS / This list, from the date of its posting at the office of the Local Board, CONSTITUTES NOTICE to those whose names are listed hereon, that they have been selected for military service, and charges them with an obligation to watch the bulletin board of the Local Board and to hold themselves in readiness to report for military duty at the office of the Local Board at a date to be specified in a later notice to be posted at that office. Date of posting this notice at office of this Local Board: August 25, 1917. / Office of District Board for State of Utah, August 21st, 1917.--The following list of men, called for military service by the Local Board for Piute County have been duly passed upon by the proper local and district board and are hereby certified as selected for military service and not exempted or discharged: Earl Jensen, Glen Wm. Orter, Wilford Malmquist, Clarence Sorenson, Louis Edward Hardy, Jess Parker Palmer, Ira McDonough, Maynard McIntosh, James C. Whittaker, Curtis F. Boatman, Thomas Earl Bettensen, Hoard Nelo Brindley. The District Board for the State of Utah / P.L. Williams, Chairman, L. Hanchett, secretary.(PC) 1920: Laborer, home farm; living in Circleville; can read and write; single.4 1920-21: Farming 50 acres (value: $2900), at Circleville.73 21 May 1926: James C. Whittaker of Circleville was a Junction visitor on Wednesday. Mr. Whittaker as well as others, has the chicken fever and intends going in on a rather large scale. He expects a thousand hicks right away and we can see where he will be kept busy the rest of the summer.(PCN) 25 December 1931: Of Salt Lake City; son of James Christopher Whittaker.(PCN) 28 May 1953: Last Rites for James Whittaker Held Wednesday / A heart attack Friday claimed James C. Whittaker, 61, former president of the Richfield Commercial and Savings Bank and native of Circleville. / He was born at Circleville Feb. 10, 1892, a son of James Christopher and Hannah Horton Whittaker. He attended Circleville schools and later Brigham Young University and the University of Utah college of engineering. He was a veteran of World War I. / Mr. Whittaker was well-known throughout the Intermountain West for his many business activities which included livestock raising in southern Utah and Colorado. For the past 30 years he has been a Salt Lake resident. / In 1921 he married Winnie Evans in Salt Lake City. / Survivors include his widow, a daughter, Mrs. Woodrow H. (Marjorie) Sylvester, and two sons, Richard E. and Ronald C. Whittaker, all of Salt Lake City; a brother and three sisters, Earl H. Whittaker, Circleville; Mrs. John S. Christensen and Mrs. A.W. Thorley, Cedar City; and Mrs. E.L. Cox, Richfield. / Funeral services and burial were conducted Wednesday afternoon 9in Salt Lake City.(RR)

Mary Arthur: Daughter of Christopher Arthur and Ann Jones. Born 26 September 1836, in England. Married James Whittaker. Died 18 January 1927. Buried at Circleville, Piute, Utah.

Baptized 1853. Died of old age. 1880: Living in Circle Valley. Father born in England; mother born in Wales. 1920: Living at Circleville. Widowed; living with son George H. Whittaker. Immigration date and citizenship status unknown.

1.   Garth Rodney Dalton. Personal Information from Garth Rodney Dalton.
2.   Rodney Dalton. Personal File of Rodney Dalton.
3.   The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R) Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998 (28).
4.   The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R) Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998 (29).