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• "My dad’s stepmother was Norah Whalin, sister of Eldon and Kermit.  I remember her talking of her famous family in Texas.  My dad, Lester Reeves, is now 96 and recently turned over to me the family photos and memorabilia.  It will take me months to go through it all, my intention being to get items to people who would care about them most. Today I ran across articles related to the Wills band,  Whalin photos and a letter from Eldon and Odella, dated 9-13-61, in which they reference 'the drunken man who killed Carroll and Cecil.'"
  --  Lynn Reeves, Geneanet Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 16 September 2018
  
  Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965
  J McWhalen
  Cornelia A Bledsoe
  License issued 5 May 1890 Edmonson County, Kentucky, USA
  Marriage 8 May 1890 in Owen Gibson's home, Butler County, Kentucky
  Edmonson County Marriage Book, pp 350-351
  Witnesses James Raymond, Ewing Patman
  Ceremony by L F Balton, Minister
  [This is the only marriage record on the page reporting that the ceremony was performed in a different county from the issuing county.]
  
  John's death certificate reported his wife as Ellen Whalin.  His first wife Cornelia Bledsoe died in 1910.  The Social Security record of his daughter Hannah reported her mother to be Martha E Flora, matching the name Ellen with the middle initial E.
  
  U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
  Hannah Belle Whalin [Hannah Whalin Wates] [Hannah Wates]
  Birth 30 May 1923 Anna Warren, Kentucky
  Death Date 29 Dec 1996
  Father John M Whalin
  Mother Martha E Flora
  SSN 403305374
  Sep 1943 Name listed as HANNAH BELLE WHALIN; May 1945 Name listed as HANNAH WHALIN WATES; 15 Jan 1997 Name listed as HANNAH W WATES
  
  This led to the Kentucky marriage record for John and Ellen.
  
  Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965
  J McWhalin
  Ellen Flora
  License issued 20 Apr 1912 Warren County, Kentucky
  Marriage 21 Apr 1912 Warren County, Kentucky
  Ceremony at the home of George Bracken by R S Hunter, Justice of the Peace
  Witnesses Charlie and Berthie Young, Geo Bracken and Mary Bracken
  
  Kentucky, Death Index, 1911-2000
  John McWhalin
  Age 74
  Death 5 Feb 1937 Warren County
  Residence Anna
  Record Book Volume 19, Certificate #9500
  
  Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1965
  John McWhalin
  Death Age 74 yrs, 5 mos, 18 days
  Birth 17 Aug 1862 Kentucky
  Farmer, Last worked October 1936, Residence Anna, Kentucky
  Father William Whalin, born Kentucky
  Mother Lucresia Doolin, born Kentucky
  Spouse Ellen Whalin
  Informant E G Whalin, Anna, Kentucky
  Death 5 Feb 1937 Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky, USA
  Cause of Death Lobar Pneumonia
  Burial 6 February 1937 Mt Pleasant Cemetery [Warren County, Kentucky], by HH Guy, Woodburn, Kentucky
  Certificate #9500 filed 30 March 1937, filed State 14 February 1958
  
  Johnny Henry “Mack” Whalin
  Birth 17 Jul 1862 Warren County, Kentucky, USA
  Death 5 Feb 1937 (aged 74) Warren County, Kentucky, USA
  Burial Green River Union Cemetery, Richardsville, Warren County, Kentucky
  Mack used the spelling of McWhalin, which is on his death certificate
  Parents:
  William A Whalin Unk-Unk.
  Lucresia Doolin Unk-Unk.
  Spouses:
  Nelia McWhalin 1872-1910 (m. 1890)
  Martha Ellen Flora Whalin 1883-1959 (m. 1912)
  For Children See Martha Ellen
  Created by Don Burris 15 Jul 2010
  --  Find A Grave Memorial 55001948, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55001948/johnny-henry-whalin
  
  There are two memorials for John on Find a Grave, both by the same manager.  This is because there are two graves for him.  Neither has a photo of the marker.  The one below is in the same cemetery with his second wife Ellen.  This is thus likely a memorial, and the one above is his actual burial place, since he died 22 years before her.
  
  Johnnie Henry “Mack” Whalin
  Birth 17 Aug 1862 Warren County, Kentucky, USA
  Death 5 Feb 1937 (aged 74) Anna, Warren County, Kentucky, USA
  Burial Mount Pleasant Church of Christ Cemetery, Richardsville, Warren County, Kentucky
  Johnnie used the spelling McWhalin.
  Parents William Goodman Whalin: 4/18/1839, Warren County - 3/31/1916 Butler County
  Lucretia F Doolin: 5/07/1835, Indiana - 12/05/1907, Butler County
  Martha Ellen Flora 11/05/1883-4/29/1959
  Married 4/21/1912, Warren County
  For Children See Martha Ellen
  Spouse Martha Ellen Flora Whalin 1883-1959
  Daughter June "Eldon" Whalin 1907-1991
  Created by Don Burris 23 Sep 2010
  --  Find A Grave Memorial 59100054, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59100054/johnnie-henry-whalin

Sources

• 1. Ancestry Trees
• 2. Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1965
• 3. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 4. Kentucky, Death Index, 1911-2000
• 5. Geneanet Messaging
• 6. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
• 7. Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965
• 8. Texas, Marriage Index, 1824-2014