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     Grace Monteith married Bryan H. Whitford, son of Bryan Henry Whitford and Cornelia Mills. Grace Monteith died on 23 December 1986.

     Sophie Cordelia Stevenson married William Whitford, son of John Dalton Whitford and Jeanie Reid, on 25 November 1874 at Christ Church, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina. As of 25 November 1874,her married name was Whitford. Sophie Cordelia Stevenson died on 22 February 1927 at Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia.¹

     John David Whitford was born on 2 September 1875. He married Margaret (Meta) Dupree Biddle on 14 February 1899. John David Whitford died on 20 March 1944 at age 68; "A native of New Bern who spent his life here and for many years was an engineer on the Atlantic and North Carolina railroad, the Norfolk Southern and the Atlantic and East Carolina railroad, John David Whitford, II, passed away at his home at about 9 o'clock Monday evening. He was 68 years old and had been suffering with a chronic heart trouble for some time, but his death came as a surprise to his many friends.
The son of the late William Whitford and Sophie Carnelia Stevenson Whitford, Mr. Whitford was born in New Bern on September 2, 1875. He began railroad work with the old Atlantic and North Carolina railroad, and became an engineer in 1903. When the Norfolk Southern leased that road he continued service with the road, and he did the same when the Norfolk Southern lease was terminated and the Atlantic and East Carolina organization began operation. Though he had completed thirty years of railroad service some time ago, he remained in service until he was retired by reason of physical disability some years ago.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock from the home at 123 Craven Street. Rev. Charles E. Williams, rector of Christ Episcopal Church of which Mr. Whitford was a member, will conduct services, and interment in Cedar Grove Cemetery will follow..." (Sun Journal, March 22, 1944.)¹

     Margaret (Meta) Dupree Biddle was born on 15 June 1878. She married John David Whitford, son of William Whitford and Sophie Cordelia Stevenson, on 14 February 1899. Margaret (Meta) Dupree Biddle died on 15 March 1970 at age 91.

     John David Whitford was born on 10 June 1907. He married Annie Kinsey Cook on 11 October 1930 at Christ Episcopal Church, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina. John David Whitford married Margaret Virginia Ellis between 1934 and 1943. John David Whitford died on 2 May 1981 at age 73.

     Margaret Virginia Ellis was born on 8 December 1916 at Craven County, North Carolina. She married John David Whitford, son of John David Whitford and Margaret (Meta) Dupree Biddle, between 1934 and 1943. Margaret Virginia Ellis died on 16 June 1999 at Craven County, North Carolina, at age 82.