Mary and Phoebe were daughters of William W. and Elizabeth Putman Fleming of Georgia. Mary Fleming became the wife of Whitfield Chalk on August 9, 1847, in Williamson County, Texas. Soon after, his brother Ira and her sister Phebe married there as well.
Mary and Whitman set up housekeeping at the old Double File Crossing of the San Gabriel River about 4 miles east of present-day Georgetown.
Tradition states that their son, William Thomas, was the first white child born in Georgetown. Mary had a total of nine children: William Thomas, John Whitfield, Henry A., James Madison, Martha Estelle, Catherine M., Jefferson Davis (who was named Luther Ira at birth but changed his name as a young man), Jackson M. and Martin B. Whitfield Chalk.
Mary and Whitman Chalk moved to Bell County and to Lampasas County in 1873 where Whitman is said to have built the first schoolhouse in the area, no doubt for the education of his nine children!
Whitfield died May 18, 1902. Mary died less than a year later on January 1, 1903. She was laid to rest beside him in the Kempner Cemetery.
[Info from Tina Magnan, contributed to LAMPASAS COUNTY TEXAS ITS HISTORY AND ITS PEOPLE, LCHC, 1991; Find-a-Grave entries; US Census reports...]
Mary and Whitman set up housekeeping at the old Double File Crossing of the San Gabriel River about 4 miles east of present-day Georgetown.
Tradition states that their son, William Thomas, was the first white child born in Georgetown. Mary had a total of nine children: William Thomas, John Whitfield, Henry A., James Madison, Martha Estelle, Catherine M., Jefferson Davis (who was named Luther Ira at birth but changed his name as a young man), Jackson M. and Martin B. Whitfield Chalk.
Mary and Whitman Chalk moved to Bell County and to Lampasas County in 1873 where Whitman is said to have built the first schoolhouse in the area, no doubt for the education of his nine children!
Whitfield died May 18, 1902. Mary died less than a year later on January 1, 1903. She was laid to rest beside him in the Kempner Cemetery.
[Info from Tina Magnan, contributed to LAMPASAS COUNTY TEXAS ITS HISTORY AND ITS PEOPLE, LCHC, 1991; Find-a-Grave entries; US Census reports...]
Mary and Phoebe were daughters of William W. and Elizabeth Putman Fleming of Georgia. Mary Fleming became the wife of Whitfield Chalk on August 9, 1847, in Williamson County, Texas. Soon after, his brother Ira and her sister Phebe married there as well.
Mary and Whitman set up housekeeping at the old Double File Crossing of the San Gabriel River about 4 miles east of present-day Georgetown.
Tradition states that their son, William Thomas, was the first white child born in Georgetown. Mary had a total of nine children: William Thomas, John Whitfield, Henry A., James Madison, Martha Estelle, Catherine M., Jefferson Davis (who was named Luther Ira at birth but changed his name as a young man), Jackson M. and Martin B. Whitfield Chalk.
Mary and Whitman Chalk moved to Bell County and to Lampasas County in 1873 where Whitman is said to have built the first schoolhouse in the area, no doubt for the education of his nine children!
Whitfield died May 18, 1902. Mary died less than a year later on January 1, 1903. She was laid to rest beside him in the Kempner Cemetery.
[Info from Tina Magnan, contributed to LAMPASAS COUNTY TEXAS ITS HISTORY AND ITS PEOPLE, LCHC, 1991; Find-a-Grave entries; US Census reports...]
Mary and Whitman set up housekeeping at the old Double File Crossing of the San Gabriel River about 4 miles east of present-day Georgetown.
Tradition states that their son, William Thomas, was the first white child born in Georgetown. Mary had a total of nine children: William Thomas, John Whitfield, Henry A., James Madison, Martha Estelle, Catherine M., Jefferson Davis (who was named Luther Ira at birth but changed his name as a young man), Jackson M. and Martin B. Whitfield Chalk.
Mary and Whitman Chalk moved to Bell County and to Lampasas County in 1873 where Whitman is said to have built the first schoolhouse in the area, no doubt for the education of his nine children!
Whitfield died May 18, 1902. Mary died less than a year later on January 1, 1903. She was laid to rest beside him in the Kempner Cemetery.
[Info from Tina Magnan, contributed to LAMPASAS COUNTY TEXAS ITS HISTORY AND ITS PEOPLE, LCHC, 1991; Find-a-Grave entries; US Census reports...]
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