| LC control no. | n 93014236 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Whitfield, John W. (John Wilkins), 1818-1879 |
| Variant(s) | Whitfield, John W. (John Wilkins), approximately 1826-1879 Whitfield, John W. (John Wilkins), ca. 1826-1879 |
| Located | Westport (Kansas City, Mo.) Kansas Territory Doniphan (Kan.) Lavaca County (Tex.) |
| Birth date | 1818-03-11 |
| Death date | 1879-10-27 |
| Place of birth | Franklin (Tenn.) |
| Place of death | Hallettsville (Tex.) |
| Field of activity | Politics Agriculture |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. House Confederate States of America. Army. Texas Cavalry Regiment, 27th Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives Whitfield's Legion |
| Profession or occupation | Indian agents Military personnel Legislators Famers |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Rice Univ. Libr. for Heartsill, W.W. Journal, 1861-1866 (Gen. John W. Whitfield) Handbook of Tex. (Whitfield, John Wilkins; b. Tenn. ca. 1826; Indian agent to Pottawatomi at Westport, Mo.; 1855-56 agent to Arkansas Indians; rep. from Kansas Territory in U.S. 33rd-34th Congress; 1857-1861 registrar at land office at Doniphan, Kan.; Capt. 27th Tex. Cav.; later commanded force known as Whitfield's Legion; Gen.; settled in Lavaca Co., Tex., after the war; d. Oct. 27, 1879) Find a Grave WWW site, May 28, 2020 (John Wilkins Whitfield; born March 11, 1818, Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee; died Oct. 27, 1879, Hallettsville, Lavaca County, Texas [dates and counties confirmd in picture of gravestone]; Civil War Confederate brigadier general, US Congressman; after the war, engaged in agricultural pursuits and was a member of the Texas State House of Representatives) |
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