The Titteringtons of Northern Ireland

About Adam's Sons

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JOSEPH born 1813 -  Adam records the birth of his first son on Saturday evening, about 12.00 or 1.00 o'clock on 23rd October, 1813.  He is recorded in the 1840 census of Christian County, Kentucky.  He does not appear to have a wife or children.

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RICHARD born 1819  -  was born on Friday November 26th about 4 o'clock in the morning, 1819 on Peter Simmerman’s farm near Burkeville, Christian County,  Kentucky.  The 1850 census of Crittenden County, informs us that R M Titterington,aged 28 and  a Physician, had a wife named Adeline and sons James, aged 5 and John aged 2 years.  The 1860 census records Richard as a Farmer.  He has no additional children.

 

Richard was a Private Confederate soldier in the 10th Regiment of Kentucky Cavalry and worked as a Surgeon.  Records inform us that he was sent to Fort Monroe for Prisoner Exchange, was imprisoned in St Louis in 1863 and discharged from Cincinnati.

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A record of a case in the  Appeal court regarding a dispute about land ownership between Bennet and wife vs Titterington, advises us that the land in dispute had been part of a legacy left to Alfred from the estate of Elizabeth, Adam's widow.  It confirms that Richard and Alfred Wesley Titterington were brothers and that they were both sons of Adam.  It states that Alfred sold the land to Richard and due to negligence, the transaction details had not been forwarded in due time.  It also tells us that Richard had died sometime before early 1866.  We also learn that Alfred moved to Missouri and he may have been insolvent about the time of the sale of the land to Richard.

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Probate papers for Richard are recorded on 21 February, 1866 in Crittenden, Kentucky.

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JAMES born 1824   -    Adam records that James Titterington was born on the 19th February at about 6 in the evening, 1824 at his own home on Casey’s Fork Marrowbone     James was a very successful physician, with his own practice for 37 years.  He had substantial financial success and was a fruit grower with 1300 apple trees and about 150 peach trees.  At one time he owned 1200 acres of land and a large amount of stock.  He gave each of his children a good farm and he also owned a flour and saw mill.

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His parents were Adam and Sallie (Smith) Titterington.  Adam was born in England about 1784 and was well known in Kentucky as a school teacher and also spent some time as a farmer.  James had five brothers and and four sisters.  Four of his brothers became prominent physicians, and Dr Richard Titterington served as a surgeon in the Civil War.

 

In the 1870 census, James is recorded as a physician.

 

James was married to Mary Smith on 6th April, 1852 in Laclede County, Missouri.   They had six children – three boys and three girls – Lucy, Mary, William, Daniel, Sallie and James Lee.

 

In his will, James bequeathed land to his daughters, Lucy Ragan, Sallie Jones,and land to his son, James Lee.  He also gave all his personal estate to Lucy, Sallie and James Lee except for all his household goods and library which were left to his wife Mary.  The executor of his will was James Lee Titterington and it was signed on 23 December 1901.

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The headstone on his grave records that he died on 25 December, 1901.

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More information about James can be found at:  "The History of Pulaski County, Missouri"published in 1889.

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JOHN born 1826   -         Adam records that John Titterington was born on Monday 12th February, 1826  at his house in Cumberland County.   He was married to Elizabeth Wilks on 1 June, 1854.

 

Dr John Q Titterington was a physician, farmer and stock dealer of Laclede County.  His father, Adam was from Belfast and his mother, Sarah Smith, from Virginia.  Adam came to the US at the age of 18 years and became a school teacher, farmer and graduate in medicine.  He had a great interest in politics and a Christian.  For four years, John was in the Confederate Army as a second surgeon. As a doctor he had a wide practice and was a leader in the medical profession.   He was married to Elizabeth Wilks and died on 27th October, 1888.

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Military records give us the following information: -       John Titterington, Feb 25 1864; taken prisoner in Wilderness, health and mind both impaired by starvation in Andersonville prison pen.  Aaron Titterington, Feb 25, 1864;  son of John, left at Cold Harbor sick, had permit for City Point in Ambulance; was lost.

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Source: History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania.

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DANIEL born 1828 -  We learn from Adam's Bible that Daniel was born on Thursday, 15th May at 10 o'clock in the evening at their home in Christian County, Kentucky.  In the 1850 census, at the age of 21 he was a wagon maker in Christian County, Kentucky.  He married Sarah Katherine Bentley 

 

He died on 14th April, 1910.

 

From a “Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, 1892” we learn the following which was written regarding Adam’s son, Daniel Titterington.

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Daniel was a native of Kentucky born 28thMay, 1828.  He was reared on the farm and educated by his father.  He stayed at home until the age of 18 when he served for one year learning the wagon and carriage making trade.  He abandoned this skilled trade in favour of the pursuit of ‘gold fever’ making fro El Dorado and arriving in Sacramento on 15 September, 1852.

 

He took up mining and lumbering with success, returning East and locating in Dallas, Texas in 1858. After engaging in various War battles he continued to raise stock and follow his agricultural career, building up a sizable land acreage.

 

Daniel Titterington married Miss Catherine Bentley in 1862.  The article goes on to report that Daniel was a prominent, affluent, self-made man earned by his own effort, and of high principles and good judgement.

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ALFRED born 1834 -        Dr Alfred Titterington was a practicing physician and surgeon in Kentucky.  He was the youngest child of ten to Adam and Sarah Titteringtn.   He was educated locally and as a young man he spent two years flat boating on the Cumberland  River.  After that he spent three years training alongside his brother Richard, as a physician. He pursued his career successfully for thirty years in Laclede County and later in Richland.  He was a landowner of over 200 acres.  He enlisted in the Confederate Army and served for three years, spending one of those years as a hospital steward.  He married Clarissa Jane Wilson on 26th May, 1878 in Laclede County, Missouri.  They had two children - Grace born in 1882 and Richard M born in 1885.

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Alfred's death certificate confirms that he was born in Christian County, Kentucky, the son of Adam who was born in England and Sarah Smith who was born in North Carolina.

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He died on 3rd January, 1916 in Richland, Missouri.

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ADAM born in 1839.  We learn from Adam's bible, that his son Adam was born on 6th January 1840 in Christian County, Kentucky.  Adam appears in the 1850 census and is listed as aged 10 years.  We also learn from the bible that "My brother Adam Titterington was thrown from a horse and killed on 23rd September, 1858". This was two years after the death of their father, Adam.

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