Dr. John Ramsey Witherspoon1

HAIRSTON.org ID#7515, b. 17 March 1774, d. 9 May 1852
Father*Robert Witherspoon1 b. 20 Aug 1728, d. 5 Apr 1788
Mother*Elizabeth Heathly b. 5 Jun 1740, d. 5 Jul 1820
Birth*Dr. John Ramsey Witherspoon was born on 17 March 1774 in Williamsburg, South Carolina.1 
He was the son of Robert Witherspoon and Elizabeth Heathly.1 
College*Graduated from Princeton College, NJ in 1794 and recieved his MD at Transylvania College.1 
Marriage*Dr. John Ramsey Witherspoon married Jane Harrison on 21 December 1802 in Charleston, South Carolina.1 
Marriage*Dr. John Ramsey Witherspoon married Mary Green Todd on 13 November 1810 in Kentucky.1 
Marriage*Dr. John Ramsey Witherspoon married Sophia Graham on 2 May 1815 in Lincoln, North Carolina.1 
Death*Dr. John Ramsey Witherspoon died on 9 May 1852 in near Greensboro, Alabama, at age 78.1 

Family 1

Jane Harrison b. 15 Oct 1780, d. 28 Feb 1808
Children

Family 2

Mary Green Todd b. 27 Mar 1794, d. 25 Aug 1812

Family 3

Sophia Graham
Children

Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)

  1. [S3468] Wardlaw, Joseph G., Genealogy of the Witherspoon Family: with some account of other familes with which it is connected, Yorkville, SC, 1910. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89064419161, unknown repository.
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