William Whiteside
BIRTH 1747
Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
DEATH 1815 (aged 67–68)
Illinois, USA
BURIAL: Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum
Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA
William Whiteside (c.1747-1815), a son of William and Elizabeth (nee Stockton) Whiteside, was one of the very early pioneers of Illinois. William is not shown on the 1790 census and might have been locating land in Illinois at that time. He might have been at American Bottom near Piggott's Fort in Illinois on 23 May 1790 to sign a petition. It has been reported that William Whiteside (c.1747-1777), his brothers John and James, and James' son William, all signed the 1790 petition.
PIONEER HISTORY OF ILLINOIS
"William Whiteside erected a fort on the road from Cahokia to Kaskaskia, which became celebrated as Whiteside's Station. At this station, Whiteside raised a large and efficient family of children. John Whiteside, his brother, resided at the Bellefontaine for many years and died there."
Whiteside's Station was a few miles north of Waterloo, Illinois.
Samuel and Joel Whiteside settled about 7 miles south of Edwardsville where William's nephew Joel Whiteside was shot and killed by an Indian near Waterloo in 1794.
William and Mary were the parents of:
Elizabeth Whiteside (1775-1827)
William Bolin Whiteside (1777-1833)
Uel Whiteside (1778-1818)
Robert Monroe Whiteside (1780-
Mary Whiteside (1788-
Sarah Whiteside (1795-
John Davis Whiteside (1797-1850)
See:
William Bolin Whiteside (1777-1833)
Goshen Settlement.
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Whiteside Family
WHITESIDE, William, pioneer and soldier of the Revolution, emigrated from the frontier of North Carolina to Kentucky, and thence, in 1793, to the present limits of Monroe County, Ill., erecting a fort between Cahokia and Kaskaskia, which became widely known as "Whiteside Station." He served as a Justice of the Peace, and was active in organizing the militia during the War of 1812-14, dying at the old Station in 1815.
—John (Whiteside), a brother of the preceding, and also a Revolutionary soldier, came to Illinois at the same time, as also did William B. and Samuel, sons of the two brothers, respectively. All of them became famous as Indian fighters. The two latter served as Captains of companies of "Rangers" in the War of 1812, Samuel taking part in the battle of Rock Island in 1814, and contributing greatly to the success of the day. During the Black Hawk War (1832) he attained the rank of Brigadier-General Whiteside County was named in his honor. He made one of the earliest improvements in Ridge Prairie, a rich section of Madison County, and represented that county in the First General Assembly. William B. served as Sheriff of Madison County for a number of years.
— John D. (Whiteside), another member of this historic family, became very prominent, serving in the lower House of the Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Fourteenth General Assemblies, and in the Senate of the Tenth, from Monroe County; was a Presidential Elector in 1836, State Treasurer (1837-41) and a member of the State Constitutional Convention of 1847. General Whiteside, as he was known, was the second of James Shields in the famous Shields and Lincoln duel (so-called) in 1842, and, as such, carried the challenge of the former to Mr. Lincoln. (See Duels.)
Sources: Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, Volume 1 1918 & A Gazetter of Madison County
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