A daughter of Charles Henderson Finley and Nancy A. Broughton, Kizziah Amanda "Kittie" Finley was born on 16 Apr 1850 in Georgia, one of nine children.
Her siblings included Mary Sharpe Finley, John Broughton Finley, Lucinda Ann Finley, William Henry Finley, Ella Elizabeth Finley, Emily Finley, Tyree Anthony Judson Finley, and Annetta Finley.
She married 1) Dr. John Whitaker (born about 1846) on 24 Jul 1873 in Nacogdoches County, Texas. Together they had two children, Heneretta Whitaker and Clinton J. Whitaker (1877 - 1899.) As of the 1880 census, she was living in Douglass, Nacogdoches County, Texas.
Having lost both her husband and Heneretta (aged about four), Kittie was listed as a widow with her only son, Clinton. She was living with her brother, John Broughton (J. B.) Finley, among others. Kittie married 2) Dr. Washington Irving Coon in 1885 in Texas. Together they had one child, Kittie Ella Coon (1891 - 1976.) Dr. Coon died on 18 Jun 1893 making Kittie a widow again, then Clinton died 1 Aug 1899.
The 1900 census shows Kittie Coon as the head of her household, still living in Douglass along with her only surviving child, 9-year-old Kittie, her mother, Nancy, and her brother, John. Kizziah Amanda "Kitty" Finley Whitaker Coon died on 10 Jan 1923, in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas, when she was 72 years old.
She was buried in Douglass Cemetery, Douglass, Nacogdoches County, Texas.
Her siblings included Mary Sharpe Finley, John Broughton Finley, Lucinda Ann Finley, William Henry Finley, Ella Elizabeth Finley, Emily Finley, Tyree Anthony Judson Finley, and Annetta Finley.
She married 1) Dr. John Whitaker (born about 1846) on 24 Jul 1873 in Nacogdoches County, Texas. Together they had two children, Heneretta Whitaker and Clinton J. Whitaker (1877 - 1899.) As of the 1880 census, she was living in Douglass, Nacogdoches County, Texas.
Having lost both her husband and Heneretta (aged about four), Kittie was listed as a widow with her only son, Clinton. She was living with her brother, John Broughton (J. B.) Finley, among others. Kittie married 2) Dr. Washington Irving Coon in 1885 in Texas. Together they had one child, Kittie Ella Coon (1891 - 1976.) Dr. Coon died on 18 Jun 1893 making Kittie a widow again, then Clinton died 1 Aug 1899.
The 1900 census shows Kittie Coon as the head of her household, still living in Douglass along with her only surviving child, 9-year-old Kittie, her mother, Nancy, and her brother, John. Kizziah Amanda "Kitty" Finley Whitaker Coon died on 10 Jan 1923, in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas, when she was 72 years old.
She was buried in Douglass Cemetery, Douglass, Nacogdoches County, Texas.
A daughter of Charles Henderson Finley and Nancy A. Broughton, Kizziah Amanda "Kittie" Finley was born on 16 Apr 1850 in Georgia, one of nine children.
Her siblings included Mary Sharpe Finley, John Broughton Finley, Lucinda Ann Finley, William Henry Finley, Ella Elizabeth Finley, Emily Finley, Tyree Anthony Judson Finley, and Annetta Finley.
She married 1) Dr. John Whitaker (born about 1846) on 24 Jul 1873 in Nacogdoches County, Texas. Together they had two children, Heneretta Whitaker and Clinton J. Whitaker (1877 - 1899.) As of the 1880 census, she was living in Douglass, Nacogdoches County, Texas.
Having lost both her husband and Heneretta (aged about four), Kittie was listed as a widow with her only son, Clinton. She was living with her brother, John Broughton (J. B.) Finley, among others. Kittie married 2) Dr. Washington Irving Coon in 1885 in Texas. Together they had one child, Kittie Ella Coon (1891 - 1976.) Dr. Coon died on 18 Jun 1893 making Kittie a widow again, then Clinton died 1 Aug 1899.
The 1900 census shows Kittie Coon as the head of her household, still living in Douglass along with her only surviving child, 9-year-old Kittie, her mother, Nancy, and her brother, John. Kizziah Amanda "Kitty" Finley Whitaker Coon died on 10 Jan 1923, in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas, when she was 72 years old.
She was buried in Douglass Cemetery, Douglass, Nacogdoches County, Texas.
Her siblings included Mary Sharpe Finley, John Broughton Finley, Lucinda Ann Finley, William Henry Finley, Ella Elizabeth Finley, Emily Finley, Tyree Anthony Judson Finley, and Annetta Finley.
She married 1) Dr. John Whitaker (born about 1846) on 24 Jul 1873 in Nacogdoches County, Texas. Together they had two children, Heneretta Whitaker and Clinton J. Whitaker (1877 - 1899.) As of the 1880 census, she was living in Douglass, Nacogdoches County, Texas.
Having lost both her husband and Heneretta (aged about four), Kittie was listed as a widow with her only son, Clinton. She was living with her brother, John Broughton (J. B.) Finley, among others. Kittie married 2) Dr. Washington Irving Coon in 1885 in Texas. Together they had one child, Kittie Ella Coon (1891 - 1976.) Dr. Coon died on 18 Jun 1893 making Kittie a widow again, then Clinton died 1 Aug 1899.
The 1900 census shows Kittie Coon as the head of her household, still living in Douglass along with her only surviving child, 9-year-old Kittie, her mother, Nancy, and her brother, John. Kizziah Amanda "Kitty" Finley Whitaker Coon died on 10 Jan 1923, in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas, when she was 72 years old.
She was buried in Douglass Cemetery, Douglass, Nacogdoches County, Texas.
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