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BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY 7-315SARAH S. WHITTINGTON (3.1.3) is the daughter of James Calvin Whittingtonand Mary Jordan (Brooks) Whittington. Sallie Whittington was born on November17, 1856 in Austin County, Texas. On April 8, 1875, Sallie Whittingtonmarried George Lafayette Chandler in Colorado County, Texas. George wasborn in August, 1850 in Oglethorpe County, Georgia and is the son of WilliamAddison Chandler (born 1820 in Georgia) and Susan E. (Sims) Chandler (born1830 in Georgia). George and Sallie Chandler were the parents of six children:............Winnie Elizabeth Chandler, b. ca. 1876, Colorado County, Texas............Mary Minnie Chandler, b. February 20, 1876, Colorado County, Texas............James W. Elmo Chandler, b. September 9, 1878, Colorado County, Texas............Harvey Lee Chandler, b. May 23, 1880, Colorado County, Texas............Bessie Louise Chandler, b. March, 1882, Colorado County, Texas............Julia Renna Chandler, b. April 3, 1885, Colorado County, TexasGeorge L. Chandler died on October 7, 1893 in Colorado County, Texas. In1900, Sallie (Whittington) Chandler was a widow and was living in ColoradoCounty, Texas. Sarah (Whittington) Chandler died on October 6, 1936. MaryM. Chandler died as a child on May 30, 1877 in Colorado County, Texas. ElmoChandler died on November 14, 1945 in Schulenburg, Texas. Harvey Chandlerdied on August 10, 1910 in Port Arthur, Texas. Bessie Chandler married JosephE. Shamburger (born ca. 1878). Renna Chandler died on April 3, 1919.References: 1) 1900 Census, Colorado County, Texas; 2) Interview, Virginia (Wade)Beard by Robert Casey, July, 1982; 3) Ancestral File, extracted January, 2005JAMES WILKES WHITTINGTON (3.1.4) is the son of James Calvin Whittingtonand Mary Jordan (Brooks) Whittington. James was born in February of1859. James Whittington and his wife, Georgia (born August, 1863 in Texas),were the parents of four children:............Perry Whittington (3.1.4.1), b. October, 1884, Texas............Turner Whittington, b. June, 1886, Texas............Kitty Whittington, b. January, 1888, Texas............Louie Whittington, b. July, 1890, TexasIn 1900, James and Georgia Whittington were living in Lavaca County, Texas.In 1910, James and Georgia Whittington were living in Colorado County, Texas.Turner Whittington had no children and died around 1918. Kitty Whittingtonmarried Gene Hinds and in 1982, was living in San Antonio, Texas.References: 1) 1880 Census, Colorado County, Texas; 2) 1900 Census, LavacaCounty, Texas; 3) 1910 Census, Colorado County, Texas; 4) Houston City Directories,1956 and 1975; 5) Interview, Virginia (Wade) Beard by Robert Casey, July, 1982Photograph, James Wilkes WhittingtonPERRY WHITTINGTON (3.1.4.1) is the son of James Wilkes Whittington andGeorgia Whittington. Perry was born in October of 1884 in Texas. Perry Whittingtonmarried Minerva DeWitt (born 1887 in Texas) and they were the parentsof one daughter: