Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Whitehead, N. Merle, 1923 

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MERLE WHITEHEAD

   Merle Whitehead, four year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.T. Whitehead, 
died June 26, 1923, at the home of her parents near Carrsville.  Burial 
services were conducted by Rev. L.F. Paulette, and the little body was laid 
to rest in the family burying ground.


Nancy Merle WHITEHEAD, 
daughter of Wendell Thomas Jr. & "Nannie" Nancy J. (CUTCHIN) WHITEHEAD, 
d. 26 Jun 1923, at home, near Carrsville, age 4, 
interred in the family cemetery, near Lee's Mill, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 20, 1923, p. 1 

Her family appears in Holy Neck Dist. (#18), Nansemond Co. in the 1920 Census. 
   Her father is on the last line of sheet 14B, marked Carrsville road; 
   the rest of the family are on sheet 15A, marked Washhole road & Franklin. 

Her Death Certificate (#15778) was also registered in Holy Neck Dist. 

It is possible that Merle is buried unmarked in the CUTCHIN family cemetery 
   at the end of Wash Hole Rd.  Isle of Wight County Historical Society 
   {IWCHS} Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} list (#158): 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Her parents are buried in South Quay Baptist Church Cemetery.  A photo of her 
   mother is attached to Find A Grave Mem. #32482469. 

Her father's marker gives Wendell Thomas WHITEHEAD, Jr. (Mem. #32482491). 

However, his father was named William Thomas. He is buried in a WHITEHEAD 
   family cemetery just off U.S. Hwy. 35, in Southampton Co. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-51): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt 

Her mother was the daughter of William H. & Aseneth {spelling varies} 
   DAUGHTREY CUTCHIN (m. 11 Dec 1878, Isle of Wight Co.). 

The DAUGHTREY & CUTCHIN families- Aseneth with parents Joshua & Priscilla, 
   William with his then wife, Sarah L.- appear in adjacent households 
   (722/723) in the 1860 Census (E. Dist., IoW.Co., VA, p. 93). 

Both families appear in the 1870 Census in Windsor Dist., IoW.Co., VA - 
   DAUGHTREY #30 on p. 5, CUTCHIN #184 on p. 24. 


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