Catherine Whitfield

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Catherine Whitfield (Charter)

Also Known As: "Dansby", "Dansbee"
Birthdate:
Death: 1846
Immediate Family:

Wife of Gen. (CSA) John Wilkins Whitfield
Mother of Sarah McPhail (Whitfield)

Managed by: Sam Clark DiBrell
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About Catherine Whitfield

WHITFIELD, JOHN WILKINS (1818–1879). John Wilkins Whitfield, Confederate officer and delegate to two Texas constitutional conventions, was born in Williamson County, Tennessee, on March 11, 1818, son of Wilkins and Mary (Sturdivant) Whitfield. In 1838 he married Catherine Charter. He served two terms in the Tennessee state legislature, from 1848 to 1851. He was married a second time, to Sarah B. Dribrell, in April 1853. The couple had two children.

https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fwh38