Catherine Rachel WHITEAKER

1804 - 1868  (64 years)

• Name	Catherine Rachel WHITEAKER
  Born	4 May 1804	Washington, Co. VA
  Gender	Female
  _UID	34D7365DD2444764B91DC5DB91BF608409D1
  Died	26 Aug 1868	Astoria, Clatsop Co., OR   [1]
  Buried	Burch Family Cemetery, Polk. Co. OR
  Notes	Benjamin Whitaker reported in the above report that he was from a family of nine [9] children.  Five sons and four daughters.  Other research  by John Weldon Whiteaker states the Bible of Absalom Rufus Whitaker, son of Moses Whitaker  lists in his handwriting "My grandfather, Richard Whitaker had 11 boys and three girls - Giles, Aaron, John, James, Moses, Benjamin and Thomas. [7 named] and Rachel [Catherine] who married Adam Fudge, Mary [Polly] who married Harry Webb4 and Elizabeth Whitaker who did not marry." Adam, Catherine and their children followed her brother, Benjamin Whitaker to Illinois.  In the Fall of 1835 they emigrated to Putnam County, Illinois where they remained until the fall of 1836.  They stayed in this area until March 7, 1847, when they joined Benjamin and family and headed west on the Oregon Trail crossing the continent to Polk County, Oregon where Adam secured a farm and engaged in its operation.  Mr. Fudge took a donation claim on the Territorial road between Salem and Corvallis consisting of 640 acres. Their trip west began by crossing the Missouri River at St. Joseph and then proceeded by way of Platte River, Soda Springs, Green River, Snake River, the Barlow Toll Road through the Cascade Mountains, Grande Ronde Valley, across the Blue Mountains at the present site of Pendleton, and finally arrived in Polk County, Oregon. Adam died in an accident in 1848.  Catherine is 45 years old and left with 10 children, ages from 20 thru 5 years. 1850 Census Oregon Territory Polk County Fudge (Whitaker) Catharine age 45 Fudge, David age 22 Fudge, John age 19 Fudge, Elizabeth age 20 Fudge, James age 11 Fudge, William age 10 Fudge, Julia age 9 Fudge, Susan age 9 Fudge, Amanda age 7 Fudge, Adam age 5 Catherine made the donation claim her home and with the exception of two years spent in Washington, until her death in 1867 spent her time in Oregon.  Catherine died at the age of 62 years.   1860 Census of Polk County, Oregon Territory lists Catherine, age 54, along with her sons.  Catherine died after 1860 in Clatsop County, Oregon. Info on DOB and DOD comes from Polk Co. Oregon Pioneer Cemeteries. Tombstone Incription: Catherine wife of A Fudge Died Aug. 26, 1868 Aged 64 Y's 3 M's 22 D's [2]
  Person ID	I816	Master File
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2010

  
  

  Father	Richard WHITAKER,   b. Abt 1752, Frederick Co. MD ,   d. 18 Oct 1838, Washington, Co. VA  (Age ~ 86 years)
  Mother	Rachel BENTLEY,   b. 1750, Frederick Co. MD ,   d. Bef 1810, Washington Co. VA  (Age < 60 years)
  Married	Abt 1782	North Carolina   [3]
  Family ID	F52	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Adam FUDGE, Jr.,   b. Bef 1780, Halifax Co. NC ,   d. 4 Jul 1849, Clatsop Co. OR  (Age > 69 years)
  Married	30 Sep 1824	Washington, Co. VA   [2, 4]
  Children	1. Maria FUDGE,   b. 1825/26, Washington, Co. VA   2. David FUDGE,   b. 1827/28, Washington, Co. VA   3. Elizabeth FUDGE,   b. 1829, Washington, Co. VA   4. John M. FUDGE,   b. 22 Jan 1832, Washington Co. VA ,   d. 1892  (Age 59 years)   5. Catherine FUDGE,   b. Abt 1836, Putnam Co. IL   6. James K. FUDGE,   b. 1839, Washington Co. VA   7. William FUDGE,   b. 27 Apr 1840, Illinois ,   d. 31 Jan 1917, Walla Walla, WA  (Age 76 years)   8. Susan FUDGE,   b. 1841, Cales Co. IL   9. Julia FUDGE,   b. 1841, Cales Co. IL   10. Amanda J. FUDGE,   b. 1843, Illinois ,   d. 1915  (Age 72 years)   11. Adam FUDGE,   b. 27 Jun 1845, Illinois ,   d. 20 May 1901, Walla Walla, WA  (Age 55 years)
  Family ID	F285	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S24] Gwen Stands Alone Rogers-Wilson McSwain. [S25] Descendants of Richard Whitaker, Jr. and Rachel Bentley, Joye Boardman. [S27] Thomas Bentley of Frederick County Maryland and Old Rowan County, NC. and His Descendants, James W. Miller, Jr., (Self published, web 2006). [S15] Nancy A. Nash Material, 1997.