OBITS: Whaley and related families

LOG CABIN,  Friday,  17 March 1911

Mrs. WHALEY Died in Robertson County, Aged Nearly 92 Years.  Was a
Descendant of Simon Kenton.

Mrs. Mahulda WHALEY, a well known woman belonging to a prominent family died
last week in Robertson county, at the extreme old age of 101 years, 9 months
and 16 days.  A sketch of her life taken from a History of Kentucky
published in 1888 gives the following facts in regard  to her family
history.  "Mrs. Mahulda WHALEY (nee KENTON) was born in Nicholas county,
Ky., in 1809.  Her father was William KENTON, a farmer of Nicholas county
and in 1812 a soldier under Gen. COLLIER.  The mother of Mrs. WHALEY  was
before her marriage a Miss Jane BURDEN, of Kentucky.  The paternal
grand-father of Mrs. WHALEY was Simon KENTON, of Virginia, who came to
Kentucky in his early days, settled in Nicholas county, and followed
farming.  Miss Mahulda KENTON was married in 1830 to Hiram WHALEY, a farmer
of Mason county, who died  in 1870, the father of the following named
children James, Elizabeth, John T., Martha T., Mary A., Lloyd, Hiram O.,
and Josephine.  Mrs. WHALEY is the near of 250 acres of good farming land
near Nt. Olivet, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church."

 The Advance says:
Mrs. WHALEY was up to almost the very hour of her death in her ordinary
robust health.  Only last week we recorded a visit she had made to her
daughter, Mrs. Larry BURNS.  She had risen on Sunday morning, as usual, and
had completed dressing excepting perhaps the fastening of her apron by her
grand-daughter, when she gently fell into the latter's arms and peacefully
breathed her last...   The funeral services were conducted at Kentontown
Wednesday afternoon, Rev. Edward Allen occupying the pulpit.



From: "H. Jean Dalrymple" <motherd@theriver.com>
Date: 12 Aug 1998