PIONEER WHITAKER (est 1879), Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Carla Finley, (Craftyone2@aol.com). USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. This file may not be removed from this server or altered in any way for placement on another server without the consent of the State and USGenWeb Project coordinators and the contributor. *********************************************************************** On a historical sign marker in front of the cemetery are these words: TWO HUNDRED FEET EAST OF THIS HIGHWAY IS THE TOMB OF MARY WYATT WHITAKER. BORN AT TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA, APRIL 11, 1831. DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM WYATT, MEMBER OF THE CONVENTION WHICH GAVE TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA IT'S FIRST CONSTITUTION. MOTHER OF THE FIRST WHITE CHILD BORN IN WHAT IS NOW SARASOTA COUNTY, APRIL 19, 1852. (*my note, see Nancy Whitaker Helveston) THREE HUNDRED YARDS WEST OF THIS HIGHWAY STOOD HER HOME WHICH BURNED IN 1856 BY INDIANS, FROM WHOM SHE FLED FOR SAFETY WITH THE CHILD TO A PALMETTO LOG FORT ON MANATEE RIVER. THIS MARKER WAS ERECTED IN 1936 BY THE SARA DE SOTO CHAPTER DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. ABBY, Charlotte R., b. Feb 10 1838 d. Mar 5 1909 EDMONDSON, T. Gilmer, b. 1885 d. 1942 EDMONDSON, Esther White, b. Nov 8 1888 d. Jun 6 1979 EDMONDSON, T. Gordon, b. 1845 d. 1890 EDMONDSON, Louise A., b. 1853 d. 1940 HELVESTON, Furman Harper, b. Jul 7 1875 d. Jun 2 1941 HELVESTON, Nancy Whitaker, b. Apr 19 1852 d. Apr 21 1945, "Mother" HELVESTON, John, b. Oct 11 1852 d. Apr 17 1910 MARSHALL, Fannie, b. Nov 2 1877 d. Feb 10 1963 SAWYER, Furman Charles, b. Mar 14 1915 d. Sep 25 1979 SAWYER, Jean G., b. Aug 21 1915 d. - SAWYER, Baby Grace, b. Jun 1907 d. Aug 1908 SAWYER, Samuel Theodore, b. Sep 11 1882 d. Jul 10 1964 SAWYER, Grace Whitaker, b. Jul 2 1885 d. Nov 6 1966 SAWYER, "Jackie" Ella C., b. 1905 d. 1992 STEWART, Gayle, b. 1941 d. 1992 TURNER, Alonzo Howard, b. Feb 28 1913 d. Jan 26 1997 TURNER, Grace Whitaker, b. Oct 20 1915 d. - WHITAKER, Olivia Moody., b. Sep 22 1891 d. Jun 25 1979 WHITAKER, Karl E., b. Sep 8 1889 d. Jul 29 1961 WHITAKER, Sue F., b. Dec 26 1864 d. Oct 30 1900, "She lived a beautiful life, She died a noble woman." WHITAKER, Charles C., b. May 25 1865 d. Dec 8 1953 WHITAKER, Dwight Abbe, b. Jul 13 1886 d. Jan 22 1975 WHITAKER, Hazel Wiley, b. Aug 18 1884 d. Nov 13 1948 WHITAKER, Dr. Furman Chairs, b. Mar 4 1856 WHITAKER, Nellie Louise Abbe, b. Apr 21 1861 d. Nov 12 1918 WHITAKER, Mary J., b. Apr 11 1831 d. Mar 6 1908 WHITAKER, William H., b. Aug 1 1821 d. Nov 18 1888 WHITAKER, Stuart, b. Feb 1 1891 d. Apr 28 1896 WHITAKER, Robert W., Infant son of Charles Clarence and Sue Whitcomb Whitaker WHITAKER, Sophie Turman (Kurtz on headstone), b. Aug 10 1891 d Jul 27 1992, "Knowing you enriched our lives lovingly. Nanna, Buster and Friends" WHITAKER, Furman C., b. 1924 d. 1995, "U.S. Air Force" WHITAKER, Charles Valentine, b. 1886 d. 1961 WHITAKER, Hamlin V., 1858-1925 WHITAKER, Florence Oxford, b. Mar 25 1880 d. May 21 1912, "Beloved Wife and Mother" WHITAKER, Joseph Halton, b. Aug 5 1910 d. Nov 14 1976 WHITAKER, Grace, b. 1876 d. Jul 27 1881 WHITAKER, Carrie, b. 1862 d. Apr 13 1879 WHITAKER, Anton Kleinoscheg, b. Jul 12 1900 d. Sep 15 1988 WHITAKER, Maybelle Taylor, b. May 26 1900 d. Mar 20 1982 WHITAKER, Clifford Grant, b. Mar 17 1908 d. Dec 1 1994, "married (to Cora), Oct 4 1930" WHITAKER, Cora Ione, b. Apr 14 1914 d. Aug 1 1994 WHITAKER, William H., b. Dec 3 1897 d. Aug 23 1948, "Florida S1C US Coast Guard RES WW2" WHITAKER, William R., b. Nov 10 1860 d. Jun 8 1948 WHITAKER, Mattie Mae, b. Sep 8 1886 d. Jan 9 1971, "Wife of William R. Whitaker" WHITAKER, Harper E. Jr., b. Jul 28 1919 d. Jul 11 1974