Whitton KEITH (b. 9 Feb 1795, Columbia Co., GA) m. 3 Feb 1816 to Sarah McDONALD, Jasper Co., GA; had gin, mill and large holdings in Meriwether Co., GA; d. 1845. After Whitton's death, Sarah joined both of their children in Columbia Co., AR. Children were:
1. Mary A. (b. 29 Apr 1817, Jasper Co., GA) m. 3 Jan 1837 to Dr. James Parks MATHEWS,
...Meriwether Co., GA; moved in 1849 to Columbia Co., AR; d. 19 Jul 1867.
...A. George W. (b. 1838) died young.
......a. Columbus W. died an infant.
......b. Perry C. (b. 1840) d. 1864.
......c. Sarah E. (b. 1841) m. Hiram P. "Doc" BOLGER; d. 1907.
......d. Sibella (b. 1844) died an infant.
......e. James P., Jr. (b. 1847) m. Celeste HARISS; d. 1893.
......f. William C. (b. 1853) d. 1910.
......g. Mary Ann Alice (b. 1855) m. James Edward SMITH; d. 1897, Columbia Co., AR.
2. Perry Green (b. 22 Jan 1820) m. 2 May 1841 to Susan F. WATSON, Putnam Co., GA.;
...moved in 1855 to Columbia Co., AR; murdered 4 May 1861, Little Rock, AR; widow
...re-married to James R. WILLIS.
...A. Whitton Douglas (b. 1 May 1842) m. 3 Mar 1868 to Cathorine A. WELLBORN; CSA: d.
......26 Apr 1886.
......a. Susan (b. 22 Sep 1870, Columbia Co., AR) m. 4 Jan 1894 to Joseph Wellborn MARTIN;
......... d. 21 Jun 1963; had Selma Jeanette (m. 1st to Edwin Clair TOVEY, 2nd to Currin
..........McNeary NICHOL), Joseph Wellborn, Jr., and Rufus Algernon.
......b. Ellen D. (b. 23 May 1874) m. 1990 to Harold McRae BLACKWELL; d. 26 Feb 1918;
..........had Harold Douglas.
......c. Samuel Wellborn (b. 11 Mar 1876) m. 1902 to Jennie Reese MARTIN; lived in Boisier
..........Parrish, LA; d. 26 Sep 1956, LA.
......d. Algernon Watson (b. 23 Nov 1878) m. 6 Dec 1906 to Era Eunice SMITH; d. 1951.
......e. Clara Elizabeth (b. 22 Feb 1881) m. 13 Mar 1904 to Albert Augustus SCOTT; d. 4 Jul
..........1968, Columbia Co., AR; had Chester Overton, Evelyn Deneece (m. Arthur Marvin
..........HANSON), Herman Augustus, Elba Elizabeth (m. Alton Joseph HUDNALL),
..........Myrbelle Olive (m. Curtis Chester ROGERS), and Mary Cathorine (b. 17 Apr 1924).
.......f. Mary Jane (b. 1882) did not marry; d. 1925.
.......g. Cathorine D. (b. 27 Jul 1885) m. May 1906 to Ernest SMITH; lived in Claiborne
..........Parish, LA; had Katharine Ann (m. Prentis C. SIMPSON), Ernest, Mary Elizabeth,
..........Benjamin Fredrick, Robert Hanna, Charles K. (b. 28 Nov 1923).
...B. William Vincent (b. 2 Aug 1844) m. 1st 16 Jan 1868 to Martha V. FERGUSON, 2nd 20
.......Nov 1907 to Mary Ann DREW; CSA; d. 13 Mar 1936.
.......a. Fannie (b. 6 Aug 1870, Columbia Co., AR) m. 27 Feb 1889 to Benjamin Franklin
..........HINES; d. 24 Jan 1946; had William Roy, Bennie Keith (m. Boyce Fredrick TUBBS),
..........Ruel Signor, Myrtle Virginia (m. Roy Edwin MARTIN), Adaline (m. W. Branton
..........SOUTER), Mattie Grace (m. Odis LANDERS), Benjamin F., Fannie Moss (m. Joel
..........Bemis NIPPER), and Eldridge Dee.
.......b. William Perry (b. 19 Apr 1871) m. 26 Dec 1909 to Leocia MALOCH; d. 30 Oct 1945,
..........Jefferson Co., AR.
.......c. Janie (b. 27 Dec 1872) m. 24 Nov 1897 to John Marion BOONE; lived in MS, TX &
..........AR; d. 10 May 1919; had Martha (b. 16 Oct 1898; m. James Martin SMITH), Kathryn
..........Louise (m. John David HODGES; lived in Eagle Pass, TX), Francis Marion, Ada
..........Douglas, and Janie Marguerite (m. Ferdinand K. HEMKER).
.......d. Robert Whitton (b. 1875) did not marry; d. 1921, in motorcycle accident.
.......e. Ada D. (b. 19 Oct 1876) m. 27 Sep 1899 to William A. MARTIN; d. 14 Apr 1975,
..........Columbia Co., AR; had Martha Mulqueen (m. James PURTLE) and William Durward.
.......f. Vincent Burton (b. 28 Aug 1878) m. 1 Mar 1924 to Rebecca Clemmie SAYERS; d.
..........12 Aug 1962; had no children.
.......g. John Douglas (b. 13 Nov 1881) m. 1st 10 Apr 1910 to Mary Ella RALEY, 2nd 29 Feb
..........1920 to Dolly Olivia OLIVE; d. 10 Apr 1925, Columbia Co., AR. [Line of Lyn Keith]
.......h. Joseph Larkin (b. 19 Oct 1884) m. 23 Dec 1908 to Edith TUBB; d. 30 Sep 1961.
.......i. Una Douglas (b. 18 Apr 1886) m. 27 Mar 1910 to William Thornton WELLS; lived in
..........Caddo Parish, LA; d. 2 Apr 1968; had Ada Rebecca (m. Samuel Henry NEAL), William
..........Robert, James Vincent, U. Virginia, George Douglas, Leonard Keith, and Elmer Pircle.
.......j. George Wise (b. 5 Sep 1888) m. 6 Jan 1918 to Edna LANDERS; d. 29 Mar 1971.
.......k. Martha (b. 1890) died an infant.
.......l. Duo D. (b. 9 Feb 1893) m. cousin, Solon W. KEITH (see below); d. 4 Jul 1960.
...C. James Richard (b. 10 Mar 1848, Meriwether Co., GA) m. 1874 to Clara C. WELLBORN;
.......d. 30 Nov 1914.
.......a. Watson Richard (b. 3 Dec 1874, Columbia Co., AR) m. 24 Jun 1906 to Maude BLACH;
...........d. 15 Oct 1961.[appears to have lived in Lafayette Co., AR in 1910]
.......b. Ruthven E. (b. 2 May 1877) m. 28 Jun 1903 to Susie Ille WYRICK; d. 6 Mar 1922.
.......c. Ernest T. (b. 1879) did not marry; d. 1908.
.......d. Bertram (b. 27 Aug 1881) m. 16 Sep 1908 to Marion MIXON; d. 6 Feb 1941.
.......e. James R., Jr. (b. 11 Mar 1884, Columbia Co., AR) m. 14 Jul 1909 to Zilpha Maye
...........DICKENS; d. 21 Aug 1972.
.......f. Douglas Blount (b. 8 Apr 1886) m. 15 Jul 1915 to Lucille Susan ROACH; d. 11 Jun
...........1973.
.......g. Louie Abernathy (b. 17 Jan 1889) m. 10 Sep 1911 to Mary Abernathy JACK; d. 13
...........Sep 1944.
.......h. Solon Wellborn (b. 31 Dec 1891) m. 20 Feb 1915 to Duo Decimus KEITH; d. 20 Apr
...........1951, Columbia Co., AR.
...D. Thomas J. (b. 12 Dec 1849) m. 26 Apr 1882 to Bennie P. STRAIN; in 1910 lived in Grant
........Co., AR; d. 13 Jan 1922.
.......a. Ella Pamelia (b. 10 Apr 1883) m. 10 Apr 1918 to Charles Fletcher WHALEY; d. 13 Mar
...........1950; had Charles Gerald, Mary Maxine (m. Marvin Lowrance SMELSER), and
...........Bennie Sue (m. Charles Prescott FORD).
.......b. Thomas Samuel (b. 15 Sep 1884, Columbia Co., AR) m. 19 Feb 1911 to Augusta H.
...........WHALEY; d. 9 Aug 1944.
.......c. Lucy Frances (b. 23 Jun 1886) m. 27 Dec 1916 to Jody Leonard NIPPER; d. 1984; had
...........Joseph Raymond, Bennie Vivian (m. John Travis SNIDER), Glen Eddie, and Thomas
...........William.
.......d. Perry Alex (b. 14 Apr 1888) m. 26 Mar 1936 to Mary Ann STEVENS; d. 22 Feb 1975.
.......e. Howard R. (b. 20 May 1889) died an infant.
.......f. Harvey Richard (b. 11 Mar 1891) m. 26 Dec 1915 to Eunice M. SOUTER; d. 10 Oct
...........1940.
.......g. Henry Grady (b. 31 Mar 1893) died young.
.......h. Bennie May (b. 15 Feb 1895) did not marry.
.......i. Thomas J., Jr. (b. 16 Feb 1897) did not marry; d. 1939.
.......j. Mary Elizabeth (b. 23 Feb 1899) m. 29 Dec 1923 to Albert Sidney BARKER; had
..........Sidney Leonard, Ernest, and Albert S., Jr.
.......k. Ellis Marvin (b. 1901) did not marry; d. 1974.
.......l. William Clifton (b. 20 Aug 1903) m. 18 Oct 1925 to Callie Edna McWILLIAMS; d.
..........11 Oct 1967.
.......m. Immogene (b. 13 Jan 1907, Columbia Co., AR) m. 27 Jan 1934 to Daniel Erman
..........CAMPBELL; d. 16 Mar 1975; had Juanell (m. Bennie Gilbert DOWTY), Lauonda (m.
..........Paul Edward BAILES), Jeanette (m. 1st to Grady Mac GUNNELS, Jr., 2nd to Ovlen
..........Donald TATOM), and Jo Ann (m. a GRIMMETT).
...E. E. A. J. died an infant.
...F. David Marshel (b. 29 Jun 1853) m. 4 Sep 1878 to Katie P. JACK; d. 3 Apr 1903.
.......a. Clarence Victor (b. 29 Sep 1879, Columbia Co., AR) m. 24 May 1904 to Lelia C.
...........STEVENS; d. 16 Dec 1950.
.......b. Herbert Ancil (b. 29 Jun 1882, Columbia Co., AR) m. 1911 to Mary Annie Elizabeth
...........SHOEMAKER; d. 2 Jul 1969.
.......c. Jennie Kathrine (b. 1 May 1885, Columbia Co., AR) m. 27 Dec 1917 to Ollie Butler
...........WRIGHT; d. 25 Jun 1948; had Marshel Keith, Virginia Jean (m. Lyle Dean MEYERS),
...........and Thomas Steven.
...G. Perry G., Jr. (b. 10 Aug 1858, Columbia Co., AR) m. 18 Dec 1878 to Kate GARRARD; d.
.......4 Apr 1934.
.......a. Percy Jones (b. 6 Oct 1880) m. 27 Mar 1909 to Tommie Mae JORDON; d. 29 Mar 1969,
...........Columbia Co., AR. [Line of Margaret Hix.]
...H. Joe B. died an infant.
...I. Rufus S. died an infant.