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| Birth | 1866 |
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Conecuh Co., Alabama |
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| Marriage | 25 Jan 1894 |
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Conecuh Co., Alabama |
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| Death | 1944 |
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Conecuh Co., Alabama |
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| Burial | Witherington Cemetery, Fork of Sepulga, Conecuh Co., Alabama |
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| Parents | William Leander Witherington and Eliza Johnson |
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John Edward Witherington 1st Postmaster - China Post Office |
John Edward Witherington
(1866-1944)
John Edward Witherington was the son of William Leander Witherington (1827-1890) and Eliza Johnson (1832-1908) and the grandson of Daniel Witherington and Melissa King.
John Edward Witherington married Alice Jane Ellis in Conecuh County on 25 January 1894.
Both John Edward and Alice Witherington are buried in the Witherington Cemetery in Conecuh County.
John Edward Witherington and his wife, Alice Jane Ellis, owned and operated a post office in the Witherington Plantation commissary.
Witherington applied for and helped map the first rural route in Conecuh County. Witherington and the Post Office Department representative measured the route by using a flexible piece of metal which would click once per revolution of the buggy wheel. The wheel was, of course, measured, and in this way the mileage was worked out. After the rural route was established, the plantation post office, which had been called China, was closed. This is how the present China School got its name, from the old China Post Office.
Submitted by Bill King, a decendent of the Witherington family.