Notes:

1860; Census Place: Indiantown, Bureau, Illinois; Roll: M653_158; Page: 222; Image: 222; Family History Library Film: 803158.
1560/1592 Lorenzo D Whitny 40 male farmer $5000/2000 New York
Lucretia C 37 fem New York
Emily L 12 fem New York
Adelbert C 03 male Illinois
Herbert L 01 male Illinois
Cornelius Conklin 21 male $400/200 Ireland
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1870; Census Place: Indiantown, Bureau, Illinois; Roll: M593_190; Page: 324B; Image: 336; Family History Library Film: 545689.
214/214 Whiting L D 50 male white farmer $20,000/2000 New York
Lucretia 47 fem white housekeeping New York
Emily 22 fem white teacher New York
Adelbert 13 male white on farm Illinois attended school
Herbert 11 male white on farm Illinois attended school
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1880; Census Place: Indiantown, Bureau, Illinois; Roll: T9_177; Family History Film: 1254177; Page: 149.4000; Enumeration District: 12; Image: 0302.
Household Record 1880 United States Census
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
L. D. WHITING Self M Male W 60 NY Farmer CT CT
Eriphyle St. J. WHITING Wife M Female W 42 GA Keeping House CT NY
Clement A. WHITING Son S Male W 23 IL Farming NY NY
Herbert N. WHITING Son S Male W 21 IL Farming NY NY
Cora HOCK Other S Female W 18 IL Servant IL PA
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Source Information:
Census Place Indiantown, Bureau, Illinois
Family History Library Film 1254177
NA Film Number T9-0177
Page Number 149D
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1900; Census Place: Indiantown, Bureau, Illinois; Roll: T623_238; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 15.
157/166 Whiting Herbert head white male Sept 1859 40 married 1 year ILL NY NY farmer
owns mortgaged farm
Jennie wife white fem Sep 1864 35 married 1 year mother of 0 ILL Ohio Ohio
Bloom Ida sister in law white fem May 1870 20 single ILL Ohio Ohio
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1910; Census Place: Indiantown, Bureau, Illinois; Roll: T624_231; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 0019; Image: 1092; FHL Number: 1374244.
147/149 Whiting Herbert L head male white 51 widower ILL NY NY farmer and Supervisor of Indiantown owns free farm
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1920;Census Place: Indiantown, Bureau, Illinois; Roll: T625_300; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 15; Image: 411.
124/126 Whiting Herbert L head owns free male white 61 widower ILL NY NY
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1930; Census Place: Indiantown, Bureau, Illinois; Roll: 407; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 26; Image: 894.0. Sec 13
138/138 Whiting Herbert L head owns male white 71 married 1st time at age 40 ILL NY NY

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California Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1957 about Herbert Whiting
Name: Herbert Whiting
Arrival Date: 14 Jul 1925
Age: 66
Birth Date: abt 1859
Birthplace: Indiantown, Illinois, United States
Gender: Male
Ship Name: President Harrison
Port of Arrival: San Francisco, California
Port of Departure: Los Angeles To Alexandria Egypt
Archive information (series:roll number): M1410:197
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Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 about Herbert Lamont Whiting
Name: Herbert Lamont Whiting
Birth Date: 19 Sep 1858
Birth Place: Tiskilwa, Illinois
Death Date: 26 Sep 1939
Death Place: Princeton, Bureau, Illinois
Burial Date: 28 Sep 1939
Burial Place: Indiantown, Bureau, Illinois
Cemetery Name: Mt. Bloom
Death Age: 81
Occupation: Retired Farmer
Race: White
Marital Status: W
Gender: Male
Residence: Tiskilwa, Bureau, Illinois
Father Name: Herbert D. Whiting
Father Birth Place: New York
Mother Name: Leucia Clement
Mother Birth Place: New York
FHL Film Number: 1432188
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Past and Present of Bureau County, Illinois page 763
Herbert L. Whiting, who carries on general agricultural pursuits on sections l4 and 12, Indian- town township, was born in the house which he now occupies, September 19, 1S58, and is a rep- resentative of one of ihe pioneer families of this part of the state. His paternal grandfather, Sam- uel AVhiting, was a farmer and contractor ou the Erie canal, and at one time was engaged in the lumber business on the Genesee river. He was born in Connecticut, and his mother, whose maiden name was Zilpha JIather, was a lineal descendant of Cotton Mather and also a native of Connecticut. Samuel "Whiting, Sr., the great-grandfather of our subject, was a native of Xew England, and in early maidiood served as a soldier in the con- tinental army. The AVhitings are of English lin- eage, and the family was established in this coun- try in early colonial days. Lorenzo Dow Whiting, father of our subject, was born at Arcadia, Wayne county, Xew York, Xovember 17, ISIO, and acquired an academic education, after which he became a salesman in a mercantile establishment at Olcott, Niagara coun- ty, Xew York, wliere he remained until eighteen years of age. He came to the west in 1S3S, and for four years was engaged in the patent-right business in Illinois, after which he returned to the Empire state. During the next seven years he was engaged in teaching, and also acted as town superintendent of schools in Xewfayne, Xiagara county, where he likewise filled the office of justice of the peace most of the time. In ISfS he re- turned to Illinois with his wife and made pur- chase of a quarter section of land near Tiskilwa. During the first three years of his residence here he was engaged in farming and teaching, after which he devoted the greater part of his time to his agricultural interests, and added to his holdings as opportunity offered, until he became the owner of sLx hundred acres of valuable land. He was an enterprising, wide-awake and active business man, and his close application and judicious in- vestments constituted the basis of his prosperity. He was also a prominent and influential factor in public life, and his ability well fitted him for the position of leadership which was accorded him. He served for five or six years as supervisor of Indian- town township, but still higher honors awaited hmi, for in 1S6S he was elected to the Illinois house of representatives, in ISGO to the consti-
tutional convention and in 1S"0 to the state sen- ate. He was altogether a member of the general assemhlv for eighteen years, and left the impress of his individuality upon the legislative hi.=tory of the state, and was an influential factor in pro"- moting couslrurtive measures, in the constitu- tioiud convention he was the first to propose the insei-tion of a pruvisiou requiring the general assendjly to pass laws regulating railroad charges, and as senator he was influential in securing the passage of the bill which embodied a law against unjust discrimination and extortionate charges, known as the Granger laws. He was the pro- jector of the Hennepin canal scheme and the originator of other bills looking to the internal improvement of the state, and few men in j)ublic life did more effective service for practical im- provement and development than :\[r. "Whiting. He was the author of several important laws re- lating to agriculture, roads and drainage, and the bill, which passed and became a law, ceding the Illinois and Michigan canal to the United States ou certain conditions, liad its authorship in him. It is said that no man in the senate possi-ssed clearer insight into the exigencies and possibilities of a political venture or movement than Mr. Whiting or labored more zealously to secure equal rights and justice to all classes than did Lorenzo Dow Whiting. In ISGO he was among the most active in opposing the lake front scheme, whereby three railroad corporations sought to possess them- selves of the shore line of the outer and future harbor of Chicago. In ISrS he led the opposition in defeat of senate bill Xo. 114, which was to effect the release of a combination of railroads from a large amount of the taxes adjudged by the courts to be due to the public. His championship of nu--asures relating to the producers, and his watchfulness of the public interests when assailed by special and corporate greed, made him known as the "farmer statesman." He was a repub- lican of democratic antecedents, and in his official service he placed the general good before parti- sanship and the welfare of his constituents before personal aggrandizement.
Lorenzo Dow Whiting was first nuirrii.-il in 1^? tG to Miss Lucretia C. Clement, of Oneida county, Xew York, who died in 1ST2, leaving three chil- dren, two sons and a daughter. In 1874 he mar- ried iliss Eriphyle Kobinson, of Brooklyn, Xew York. On conung to Bureau county Mr. Whiting lo- cated near "Wyanet, where he resided until fs.T4, when he removed to Indiantown township. His business connection with this county was that of a farmer and stock- raiser, and he carefully con- ducted his interests, so that a large measure of success resulted from his industry and aide man- agement. He died October 10, 1SS9, respected by all who knew him. His life was faultless in honor, fearless in conduct and stainless in reputation. By his first marriage there were throe children, of whom Clement A., the eldest, is now a pro- fessor in the Pacific school of osteopathy, in Los Angeles, California. The daughter, Emily Lil- lian, the youngest, is living in Boston, ilassa- chusetts, and is a journalist and lady of superior 7C4 PAST AND niESENT OF BUREAU COUNTY. literary ability. Shu has wriltou several books, including Ihc "Life of Kate Fields" and other volumes, anil she spends each summer in Euroiie. Herbert L. AVhiting, whose name introduces tliis record, was reared upon the home farm in Iiuliau- town townshi]), and has always resided in Bureau county. Tlie occupation with which he became familiar in his youth he decided to make his life work, and he has since carried on general agricul- tural pursuits. He has valuable land holdings of two hundred acres, constituting the old homestead.

Herbert married Bloom, Jennie in 1899 in Indiantown Township, Bureau, Illinois, United States. Jennie (daughter of Bloom, William K and Eliza M) was born in Sep 1864 in Bureau, Illinois, United States; died before 1910 in Illinois, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1900; Census Place: Indiantown, Bureau, Illinois; Roll: T623_238; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 15.
157/166 Whiting Herbert head white male Sept 1859 40 married 1 year ILL NY NY farmer
owns mortgaged farm
Jennie wife white fem Sep 1864 35 married 1 year mother of 0 ILL Ohio Ohio
Bloom Ida sister in law white fem May 1870 20 single ILL Ohio Ohio

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1850; Census Place: , Bureau, Illinois; Roll: M432_99; Page: 293A; Image: 222.
895/950 L D Whiting 30 male farmer $700 New York
Lucretia C 27 fem New York
Emily D 02 fem New York
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1860; Census Place: Indiantown, Bureau, Illinois; Roll: M653_158; Page: 222; Image: 222; Family History Library Film: 803158.
1560/1592 Lorenzo D Whitny 40 male farmer $5000/2000 New York
Lucretia C 37 fem New York
Emily L 12 fem New York
Adelbert C 03 male Illinois
Herbert L 01 male Illinois
Cornelius Conklin 21 male $400/200 Ireland
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U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 about Lorenzo D Whiting
Name: Lorenzo D Whiting
Residence: Indiantown, Bureau, Illinois
Class: 2
Congressional District: 5th
Age on 1 July 1863: 43
Race: White
Place of Birth: New York
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1870; Census Place: Indiantown, Bureau, Illinois; Roll: M593_190; Page: 324B; Image: 336; Family History Library Film: 545689.
214/214 Whiting L D 50 male white farmer $20,000/2000 New York
Lucretia 47 fem white housekeeping New York
Emily 22 fem white teacher New York
Adelbert 13 male white on farm Illinois attended school
Herbert 11 male white on farm Illinois attended school
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1880; Census Place: Indiantown, Bureau, Illinois; Roll: T9_177; Family History Film: 1254177; Page: 149.4000; Enumeration District: 12; Image: 0302.
Household Record 1880 United States Census
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
L. D. WHITING Self M Male W 60 NY Farmer CT CT
Eriphyle St. J. WHITING Wife M Female W 42 GA Keeping House CT NY
Clement A. WHITING Son S Male W 23 IL Farming NY NY
Herbert N. WHITING Son S Male W 21 IL Farming NY NY
Cora HOCK Other S Female W 18 IL Servant IL PA
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Source Information:
Census Place Indiantown, Bureau, Illinois
Family History Library Film 1254177
NA Film Number T9-0177
Page Number 149D
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1900; Census Place: Los Angeles Ward 4, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T623_89; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 38. 1702 South Flower Street
248/263 Whiting Climent head white male Nov 1861 38 Married 8 years ILL NY NY Teacher
rents house
Lillian M wife white fem May 1870 30 Married 8 years mother of 3:2 living
Illinois Canada (Eng) Australia
Lorenzo D son white male Apr 1893
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WHITING LORENZO D. by occupation a Farmer; lives on Sec. 14, in the township
of Indiantown; owns 584 acres land, worth $50 per acre; his home is somewhnt known as "Rocky Run." Republican in politics, and " Liberal" in religion. He was born Nov. 17, 1819, on a farm among the hills of Arcadia, Wayne Co. N. V., and received a good English and mathematical education at Lima Seminary. He removed with his father's family to Niagara County, New York, in 1833. In 1838 he was sent on business to Illinois, where he remained four years, traveling nearly over the entire state in its then primitive condition. He returned to New York, and was married in 1846 to Miss Lucretia C. Clement, of Oneida Co.. a young lady of much ability and ambition; and who proved a worthy helpmeet in the battle of life.
In his boyhood, Mr. Whiting served as clerk and book-keeper in a village store, and while a young man taught successfully many terms of school, and before leaving his native state served successively in the offices of Justice of the Peace and Superintendent of Schools. But having a strong taste for agriculture and rural life, he removed to Illinois in 1849. and soon settled on the farm where he now resides, one mile west of Tiskilwa. This place he calls "Rocky Run," from the rocks along the little stream which meanders through the valley. On this farm are beautiful natural groves, drives, walks, and many points of interest to the lover of nature; and these, quite as much as the intrinsic value, induced its purchase in 1854. He was elected five terms successively Supervisor of his town, and during these services took an active part in the great enterprise of draining the Winnebago Swamps.
He took an active part in the Anti-Monopoly and Farmer's movement, being the temporary President, and making, by appointment, the opening address at their first State Convention at Kloomington, in January, 1873; but he refused to go with it into a new political party, preferring to remain with the Republicans,—a party he helped to form, and had always warmly supported. He acted with many conventions in the cause of cheap transportation, and in the Winter of 1867 and '68 was sent by the Board of Supervisors to labor with the General Assembly in behalf of this interest. In 1868 he was elected a Representative in the 26th General Assembly; was made Chairman of the Canal and River Committee, and wrote the elaborate report on the water improvements of Illinois, published in the volume of reports for that session. This was received with so much favor, that 5,000 copies were ordered printed f ir distribution, and it secured the long-sought inauguration of the work of improving the Illinois River by an appropriation of $400,000 for a lock and dam at the city of Henry. In 1869 he was elected a member of the Constitutional Convention, which framed the present Stale Constitution. In this body he was the first to move by resolution, and by a speech which was extensively published, to declare railroads "public corporations," subject to be regulated and controlled by the law-making power, which provision was finally incorporated in the new Constitution. Under the new Constitution, Mr. Whiting has been three timetf successively elected to the State Senate, of which body he is now a member.. In this body he has taken a leading part in all matters connected with cheap transportation, supporting the measures for canal and river improvement, and the regulation and control of railroads. He has also been active in all matters bearing upon education and temperance, and in such measures as relate to rural affairs.
During the darkest period of the war for secession, and embracing an exciting political canvass, at the solicitation of political friends, he edited for a year the Bureau County Republican. Mr. Whiting takes a lively interest in local improvements. He was the projector of Mount Bloom Cemetery, and was President of the Association for many years. He led in the movement for building the Tiskilwa school-house, the most beautiful building of its kind in the county, and among the very best in the state; in locating and securing the grounds, planning the general features of the building, getting passed a special law to enable the district to levy sufficient tax to pay the debt, obtaining the loans for its erection, and was one of the Directors during its construction, and first inauguration of the school.
Mr. Whiting, having lost by death his estimable wife, was married Dec. 3, 1873, to Miss Eriphyle St. J. Robinson, daughter of the late Dr. Robinson, of New York city—honorary member of the New York Historical Society. She was tenderly reared, and carefully and accurately educated. She inherited a clear intellect and a love of art, which has been cultivated; and from her mother, who was an amiable and highly accomplished lady oi French extraction, she inherits, and was tiained in tact and grace, which fit her for a sphere very different from her present surroundings; but as she is also highly practical, she makes the best of her fortune, and seems to enjoy and make herself quite indispensable as mistress of a farmer's household.
Mr. Whiting has three living children: Emily Lilian, Clement Adelbert, and Herbert Lamont. The daughter, Lilian, has developed a strong love and considerable talent for literature; has already written much of prose and poetry, and is now connected with journalism in St. Louis.
The boys are juniors working on the farm, and will probably follow their father in this occupation.
Mr. Whiting having, what may be truly said, a well-balanced mind, and being perfectly temperate in all his habits—though not insisting on extremes—possesses vigorous health, and is generally judged many years younger. His foresight in all transactions, and wonderful memory, with perfect control, give him power in all proceedings. His strength lies in his clear understanding and forcible statement, as he never undertakes a question with ut understanding it. Hope is a prominent feature in Mr. Whiting's character, as in his philosophy he believes "all evils have their remedies," and for that remedy he actively seeks. In his simplicity of heart he bears no malice, and is willing to shake hands over any chasm.
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If long service in public life be taken by a legislator as an approval of the representative's acts while serving his constituents, then the subject of our sketch stands forth as the most thoroughly endorsed amongst our many able statesmen and lawmakers.
Lorenzo Dow Whiting was born at Arcadia, Wayne county, New York, November 19, 1819, son of Samuel and Zilpha Whiting, Ins mother being a lineal descendent of Cotton Mather. His grand-father, Samuel Whiting, was a soldier in the revolution.
When a boy, Lorenzo enjoyed the benefits of the schools as they were conducted at that time, and when sufficiently advanced in the rudimentary departments he was sent to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, where so many of our great men and noble women have received their education. He came to Bureau county, Ill., in 1849, and has since resided on a farm near Tiskilwa, and engaged in teaching at that place for several terms. He had taught several terms of school and been elected justice of the peace and superintendent of public instruction before coming to Illinois, and was, for five terms in succession, elected supervisor of the township, and took an active and leading part in the drainage of the Winnebago Swamps, a work so largely done by Bureau county.
Id 1868 he was elected to the legislature, taking his seat in the house January, 1869. He served his constituency so well that when the members of the constitutional convention were elected in 1869, and met in 1870, he was one of the returned members, and so satisfactorily did bis services prove that he was elected to the state senate at the election of November, 1870, and at the expiration of each succeeding term since he has been re-elected in districts that have been three times changed, thus numbering in all five elections to the state senate.
Mr. Whiting is gifted with that virtue in well doing, patience and endurance (we will not say long suffering), which always, when backed by perseverance, as Lincoln says, " pegging away," is always crowned with success in the end. In the last political campaign of Owen Lovejoy he edited the Bureau County Republican, and is a prolific writer on all subjects that tend to promote the advance of the country to greatness, wealth and power. What he does is done with a will and with the determination to succeed. He is almost the pioneer in the movement to build the Hennepin canal, and has probably, with perhaps one or two exceptions, attended more meetings and written more articles in the papers, made more speeches, written more memorials and reports, than any other man in the state to promote this enterprise. The same care and time has been given to the improvements of the Illinois river. Coming to his legislative action and his acts in the convention, we find that he was the first to assert the doctrine — in the constitutional convention — that the state should control the railroads, and supported it in a speech (see page 147, 1st volume debates). Practically he is an anti-monopolist, and at the time of the great Granger agitation, from 1872 to 1875, attended many of the meetings, but was not in favor of organizing a separate party, so did not lose his identity with the republican party. He was active in passing and sustaining present railroad laws relating to "extortion and unjust discrimination," and was opposed to the so-called "grab law" of 1869, and "Lake Front "act of the same session. The present drainage laws owe a great many of their best provisions to his formative hand, and he has always given his influence to the passage of acts promoting the interests of farmers. The movement that has been agitated, and that will probably culminate in the passage of a law to inaugurate a road system for the entire state, that will operate to give the country better roads, meets his approbation and support, his own elaborate but well arranged road-law at this writing being just ready to pass to its third reading in the senate. He is in favor of a declaratory statute "that where the outlet of drainage is in a drainage depression, on a man's own land, he may drain and it will be no trespass on his lower neighbor — or lands below," and has a bill pending declaratory of this principle. He is also in favor of amendments, or a new revenue law, to reach all values once, and to relieve encumbered lands from double taxation. He is also in favor of authorizing county boards to maintain their ditches, made under Swamp Land Act, by special assessment on lands benefited, and his bill for this purpose has just passed the senate unanimously. He, at this writing, has a bill pending for the state to survey certain inland streams, so as to show to land owners their interest in straightening and clearing the channels, preparatory to a new law enabling them to combine for this purpose. He is in favor of "compulsory education;" has always favored temperance legislation that can be executed. When we last met Senator Whiting and a number of others of our Solon's,— men of practical wisdom, discretion, versed in affairs of state, we proposed to him the advocacy of our measure for the correction and reformation of all the abuses and evils the body politic is now heir to,—"compulsory voting"—which is no less than compelling every citizen of the state to vote at all elections. This was only a suggestion, a subject for thoughtful study, that has a great many good reasons in its favor, which we do not propose giving in this place.
Our acquaintance with Senator Whiting dates back to near 1850, but was not intimate till the winter of 1860, since which time we have been somewhat familiar with his "goings to and fro." He has been married twice; his first marriage at Clayville, N. Y., to Miss Lucretia C. Clement, to whom were born three children, now living; his second marriage to Miss Eriphy C. Robinson, formerly of Brooklyn, New York. His daughter, Miss Lilian Whiting, educated at Galesburg and Mt. Carroll Seminary, is one of the editorial staff of the Boston Traveller, and eastern correspondent of the Inter-Ocean and several other western papers and magazines. She has already achieved quite a literary reputation, and bids fair to take rank among the rising authors of the future.
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H. C. (Henry C.) Bradsby .
History of Bureau County, Illinois
. (page 108 of 111)

BIOGRAPHICAI> SKETCHES. 093 Mr. D. L. Whittin is a stanch Kepublioan in politics, as was also bis father. HON. LORENZO DOW 'WHITING, Tis- kilwa, is a native of Wayne County, N. Y., his birth being dated at Arcadia, November 17, 1819. His father, Samuel Whiting, was a farmer and contractor on the Erie Canal, and did at one time a lumber business on the Genesee River; was born in Connecticut; and his mother, whose maiden name was Zilpha Mather, was a lineal descendant of Cotton Mather, and a native of Connecticut. Sam- uel Whiting, Sr., the gi-audfather of Loren- zo, was a New Englander, and a young sol- dier in the Continental Army. The Whitings are of English descent. Our suljjoct re- ceived an academic education, and was a merchant's clerk at Olcott, Niagara County, until eighteen years of age. He came West in 1838, and was engaged in the patent right business in Illinois fom- years, and then returned to New York State. For the ne.^t seven years he was engaged in teaching and acting as Town Superintendent of schools in Newfane. Niagara County, filling also the office of Justice of the Peace most of the time. , In 1849 Mr. Whiting returned to Illinois, made a jiurchase of a quarter section of land near Tiskilwa, and for the first three seasons was engaged in farming and teaching. Since he ceased teaching he has given his whole time to agi-icultural pursuits, adding to his land from time to time until he now has nearly 600 acres largely under excellent improvement. Mr. Whiting served as Super- visor of Indiantown for five or six years. He was elected to the Illinois House of Kepre- , sentatives in 1868, to the Constitutional Con
vention in 1869, to the State Senate in 1870, and still holds the latter office, having been a member of the upper house for twelve con- secutive years, and of the Legislature four- teen consecutive years. In the Constitutional Convention Mr, Whiting was first to pro- pose the insertion of a provision in the Con- stitution requiring the General Assembly to pass laws regulating railroad charges; and as Senator was active in carrying through the bill which embodied a law against unjust discrimination and extortionate charges known as the Granger Laws. He was the pro- jector of the Hennepin Canal scheme and the originator of other bills looking to the inter- nal improvement of the State. He was the author of several important laws relating to agriculture, roads and drainage, and of the bill which passed and became a law ceding the Illinois & Michigan Canal to the United States on certain conditions. For the last four or five years he labored in the Senate very earnestly to secure a more just revenue law, whereby all property shall be taxed once and no property doubly taxed. Cheap transportation and equal taxation are leading objects with him. No man in the Senate has a clearer head than ,Mr. Whiting, or labors more zealously to secure equal rights and equal justice to all classes of his con- stituents, and of the citizens of Illinois. In 1809 he was among the most active in oppos- ing the lake front scheme, whereby threerailroad corporations sought to possess them- selves of the shore line of the outer and .future harbor of Chicago. In 1878 he led the opposition in the defeat of Senate bill 114, which was to effect the release of a com- bination of railroads from a large amount of taxes adjudged by the courts to be due to the public. His championship of measures relating to the producers, and his watchful- ness of the public interest when assailed by special and coi'porato greed, have made him known as the " farmer's statesman." These powerful interests which he has so often foiled generally stir up a lively opposition to his repeated re-elections, but the people whom he lias so faithfully served have so far successfully rallied to his support, having elected him seven times in succession toeerve at the State capital. Senator Whiting is a Kepnl)lican of Democratic antecedents. He was first married in 1846 to Miss Lncretia C. Clement, of Oneida County, N. Y. She died in 1872, leaving throe children, two sons and one daughter. Senator Whiting was married the second time in 1S74, to Miss Eriphyle Robinson, of Brooklyn, N. Y. She is the daughter of the laie Dr. Daniel Rob- inson, of New York, a thorough scholar, with good taste for mathematics, horticulture and mechanics, and was a member of the New York Historical Society. Mrs. Whiting's mother's name was Caroline M. Crop.sy, an accomplished lady of French descent; her

Lorenzo married Clements, Lucretia Calista. Lucretia was born in 1823 in New York, United States; died before 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1850; Census Place: , Bureau, Illinois; Roll: M432_99; Page: 293A; Image: 222.
895/950 L D Whiting 30 male farmer $700 New York
Lucretia C 27 fem New York
Emily D 02 fem New York
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1860; Census Place: Indiantown, Bureau, Illinois; Roll: M653_158; Page: 222; Image: 222; Family History Library Film: 803158.
1560/1592 Lorenzo D Whitny 40 male farmer $5000/2000 New York
Lucretia C 37 fem New York
Emily L 12 fem New York
Adelbert C 03 male Illinois
Herbert L 01 male Illinois
Cornelius Conklin 21 male $400/200 Ireland
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1870; Census Place: Indiantown, Bureau, Illinois; Roll: M593_190; Page: 324B; Image: 336; Family History Library Film: 545689.
214/214 Whiting L D 50 male white farmer $20,000/2000 New York
Lucretia 47 fem white housekeeping New York
Emily 22 fem white teacher New York
Adelbert 13 male white on farm Illinois attended school
Herbert 11 male white on farm Illinois attended school

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1880; Census Place: Indiantown, Bureau, Illinois; Roll: T9_177; Family History Film: 1254177; Page: 149.4000; Enumeration District: 12; Image: 0302.
Household Record 1880 United States Census
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
L. D. WHITING Self M Male W 60 NY Farmer CT CT
Eriphyle St. J. WHITING Wife M Female W 42 GA Keeping House CT NY
Clement A. WHITING Son S Male W 23 IL Farming NY NY
Herbert N. WHITING Son S Male W 21 IL Farming NY NY
Cora HOCK Other S Female W 18 IL Servant IL PA
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Source Information:
Census Place Indiantown, Bureau, Illinois
Family History Library Film 1254177
NA Film Number T9-0177
Page Number 149D
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1850; Census Place: Newfane, Niagara, New York; Roll: M432_561; Page: 394B; Image: 289.
343/349 Samuel Whiting 63 male Shoe maker $1000 Massachusetts
Zilpha 63 fem Conn
LoFaun 34 fem NY
James Brown 52 male farmer $400 NY
Fernando C 32 male farmer NY
Malvina 17 fem NY
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If long service in public life be taken by a legislator as an approval of the representative's acts while serving his constituents, then the subject of our sketch stands forth as the most thoroughly endorsed amongst our many able statesmen and lawmakers.
Lorenzo Dow Whiting was born at Arcadia, Wayne county, New York, November 19, 1819, son of Samuel and Zilpha Whiting, Ins mother being a lineal descendent of Cotton Mather. His grand-father, Samuel Whiting, was a soldier in the revolution. History of Bridgewater p. 352

WHITING.-Marlborough Whiting (from Pembroke) settled in E. B., and m. wid. Abigail French, D. of Joshua Howard of Braintree, 1796, and had Martin 1797, Sumner 1799, John Adams 1800, Ephraim Howard 1805, d. 1826; he d. 1830, æ. 75.
Joseph m. Abigail, D. of Isaac Alden, 1778.-William m. Sarah Ramsdell 1748.-Ruth m. Marlbray Ripley 1787.-Sally of Attleboro' m. Daniel Lathrop 1787.-Polly m. Benja. Pincin Jr. 1798.-Isaac m. Polly Jones 1804.-Sam'l m. Abigail Willis 1805.-Margaret m. William Pincin Jr. 1807.-Ruth m. Levi Beal of Hingham 1810.-Polly or Patty m. John Stock Jr. 1809. Amos m. Polly Howard 1810.-William of Stoughton m. Rachel Turner 1811.-Mercy of Plympton m. Elisha Hayward 1760.
This name in the early records is often written Whiton and Whitten.-James Whiton (so written) was at Hingham 1647, and was probably the ancestor of Marlboro', first above mentioned, and of all the others perhaps.
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1850; Census Place: Caroline, Tompkins, New York; Roll: M432_605; Page: 7A; Image: 21.
97/99 Samuel Whiting 67 male Massachusetts
Abigail 67 fem Mass
Familia 44 fem Mass
Joseph W 25 nake New York
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Samuel T. Wiley .
Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of the Nineteenth Congressional District, Pennsylvania

HENRY CLAY WHITING, Ph. D., professor of Latin in Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., is a son of Samuel and Mary (Keeney) Whiting, and was born at Speedville, Tompkins county. New York, March 27, 1845. The Whitings are of English origin and are decended from three brothers who left England on account of re- ligious persecution and came to this coun- try at an early day. One located in
Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia. Boston, the second settled in Virginia, and the third made a home for himself in the far South. Dr. Whiting is a member of the Boston branch of the Whiting fam- ily and his grandfather, Samuel Whiting, removed from Boston to Speedville, New York, where he continued to reside until his death, which occurred in 1851, at the age of sixty-seven years. His son, Samuel Whiting, was the eldest of a large family of children and first saw the light of day in Boston, on March 6, 1816. He removed to New York, and became a leading business man there, where he died November 6, 1875. He was an active Methodist and temperance man, being a trustee and one of the chief officials of his church and a leading and influential member of his Lodge, Sons of Temperance. Mr. Whiting married Mary Keeney, who was a daughter of William Keeney, of Speedville, New York, and passed away June 16, 1848, aged 24 years, leaving two children: Dr. Henry Clay and Josephine G., who married Daniel Smith and is now dead. Dr. Whiting was thrown upon his own re- sources during his youthful days and after attending Oswego and Ithaca Academies he entered Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., from which he was graduated in the class of 1867. Leaving college he served as principal of Franklin Academy, Prattsburg, New York, for one year, and of the classi- cal department of the Schenectady Union schools for two years and then entered Drew Theological Seminary. In this institution (Drew) he also served as Adj-Professor of Ancient Language for four years at Madison, New Jersey, from which he was graduated in 1873. After graduation he served as professor of an- cient languages in Centenary Collegiate In- stitute of Hackettstown, New Jersey, from 1874 to 1878, as vice-president of Penning- ton Seminary, of Pennington, New Jersey, for one year, and in June, 1879, was elected Professor of Latin and German in Dickin- son College, CarHsle, Pennsylvania. Four years later he was elected Professor of Latin alone and has brought his department up to a high standard of efficiency and excellence. Dr. Whiting was graduated from Ithaca Academy and while at Union College was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Psi Upsilon Societies and President of the Philomethean Society, be- sides serving as editor of the Union College magazine and acting as captain of its base ball nine. He has served since 1885 as treasurer of Dickinson College. In 1886 he formed the first chapter there of the Phi Beta Kappa Society in the State of Penn- sylvania and became the President. On November 21, 1867 Dr. Whiting mar- ried Mary Louise Freeman, a daughter of J. R. Freeman, of Schenectady, New York, and to their union have been born six chil- dren: Henry F., adjunct professor of Latin and Mathematics in Dickinson College; Leonora; Earl, deceased; Helen; Mabel, deceased, and Paul. Dr. Whiting is a member of St. John's Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and is interested in the Lindner Shoe Com- pany, which he helped to organize in 1892, and of which he served as president and tieasurer for some time. He is a trustee and steward of Allison Memorial Metho- dist Episcopal church of Carlisle, and is also a member of the Central Pennsyl- vania Conference. Dr. Whiting aside from his immediate collegiate duties has written much of interest and usefulness. He is the author of an edition of "Seneca's Morals," published by Harper Brother in 1875, and has besides contributed several articles to McClintock and Strong's Theological En- cyclopedia. He furnishes numerous articles to the general press. Dr. Whiting received the degree of A. B. from Union College in NiKETEENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
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From: > Subject: My Whiting Line Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 19:38:09 EDT
I am posting this again, since there are new people. I am still looking for the parents of the following and all of the rest of the information is everything I have on the family:1. Samuel Whiting, Sr was born 2 May 1783 in MA, and died 12 Feb 1851 in Tompkins County, Speedsville, NY. He married Abigail Willis 17 Aug 1805 in Plymouth County, Brockton and Bridgewater(1806), MA, daughter of John Willis and Mary Egerton. She was born 31 Mar 1784 in Plymouth County, Bridgewater, MA. Notes for Samuel Whiting, Sr: Individual: Whiting, Samuel, County/State: Tompkins Co., NY, Location: Caroline, Page #: 007, Year: 1850 On page 58 of the Town Census for 1850, there is a listing of: Whiting, Samuel Sr. 67 Mass. blacksmith Abigail 67 " Familia (f) 44 " Joseph W. 25 N.Y. The Whiting marker is in the Speedsville Cemetery. It is about 4 feet tall and it had the following inscriptions: (Four sides) Samuel Whiting, Sr. 1783-1851 ------------------ ============================================ Samuel Whiting, Jr. 1815-1875 Caroline Ford his wife 1827-1904 ============================================ Gone but not Forgotten------------- George & Allie infant children of Samuel & Caroline WHITING ============================================ Frank S. Son of Samuel & Caroline WHITING Birth and death dates are questionable for this Samuel Whiting. Notes for Abigail Willis:Per Lin Wright's Plymouth Co., MA cd - Abigail Willis may be the same b. Bridgewater 31 Mar 1784, dau. John and Molly (Egerton) Willis who were married there 5 Jul 1781. Birth per Vital Records of Bridgewater Massachusetts to the Year 1850 Volume I-Births. Marriage Notes for Samuel Whiting and Abigail Willis: Information on the date of marriage is from the International Genealogical Index 4.00 - North America 17 Aug 1805 - Date found 1849, Source: 873755 ITEM 2, Type: Book 17 Aug 1806 - Date found 1850, Source: 164691, 164692, Type: Film Also per the book "The History of Bridgewater" under the Willis Family: Abigail, dau. of John and Mary [Egerton] Willis, married Samuel Whiting, Aug. 17, 1805. Found on line: Genealogybooks.com at Family Tree Maker. Marriage per Vital Records of Bridgewater Massachusetts to the Year 1850 Volume II-Marriages and Deaths. Aug. 17, 1806 [date in later handwriting] Children of Samuel Whiting and Abigail Willis are: 2 i. Familia2 Whiting, born Abt. 1806 in Massachusetts. 3 ii. Samuel Whiting, Jr., born 1815 in Massachusetts; died 1875 in Tompkins County, Speedsville, NY. He married (1) Mary M. Keeney Abt. 1844; born 18 May 1824 in per death record stating age at death as 24 yr 1 mo 7 da; died 25 Jun 1848 in Tompkins County, Speedsville, NY. He married (2) Caroline Ford Abt. 1847; born 1827 in NY; died 22 Nov 1904 in Tompkins County, Speedsville, NY. Notes for Samuel Whiting, Jr.: Individual: Whiting, Samuel, County/State: Tompkins Co., NY, Location: Caroline, Page #: 007, Year: 1850 On page 58 of the Town Census for 1850, there is a listing of: Whiting, Samuel Jr. 34 Mass. blacksmith. Caroline 23 N.Y. Henry 5 " Josephine 4 " Randolf 1 " On the same page was listed a Whiting, Samuel, Sr. (see his notes) U.S. Selected States/Counties, 1860. Individual: Whiting, Samuel County/State: Tioga Co., NY Location: Berkshire Page #: 233 Year: 1860 Page 4 Berkshire 15 June 1860 Louis P. Legg enumerator PO Jenksville #28 Samuel Whiting 44 Blacksmith $3000 rlest $300 personal b. MA Caroline 33 b. NY Henry C 15 School J C 13 fem School P R 10 mal School Persa J. 4 fem Frank S. 2 Romeo J 1/12 Page 14 Berkshire 1865 June 15 A. P. Belcher enumerator #103 Framed $1000 Samuel Whiting 49 MA married twice Blacksmith Speedsville landowner Caroline 37 5children once married Henry C. b. Tompkins student Josephine G. 18 Tompkins Randolph 15 farmer b. Tompkins Persa J. 9 Tioga Frank S. 7 Romeo H. 5 Charley L. 1 11/12 Page 28 Berkshire 1870 27 June Berkshire PO Squire Rightmire #135/147 Samuel Whiting 54 $2500/400 b. MA Caroline 42 Josephine 23 School Randolph 20 Persie J. 14 School Frank S. 12 School Romeo H. 10 School Charles 6 School Berkshire 1875 June 3 Squire Rightmire #35 Samuel 59 MA Blacksmith Caroline 47 Randolph 25 b. Tompkins Blacksmith Persa 19 Tioga Schoolteacher Frank 17 Romeo H. 15 Charles C. 11 Cora J. 2 Notes for Mary M. Keeney: per tombstone inscription in Speedville Cemetery in Speedville, Tompkins County, NY. Whiting, Mary M., wife of Samuel Whiting, Jr. d. June 25, 1848 ae 24 yr 1 mo 7 da Notes for Caroline Ford: Per Lookup by D. R. Vasilow at the Tioga Co. Museum - Card Files Whiting Caroline #386 (73-104) died 22 Nov 1904 age 77 of Chronic Hepetitis in Lestershire (Johnson City Broome Co.) buried 26 Nov 1904 in Speedsville. On page 158 of the Town of Berkshire was stated: 85. Marcus Ford, a blacksmith, b. at Lenox, MA, 13 Feb 1796, lived just north of the corner opposite the Congregational Church. He never married. His sister, Margaret Ford, who was born at Lenox, 29 Apr 1798, kept his house during his life. He died 17 Jun 1838. In 1820 when the census was taken, their brother, Charles Backus Ford, b. at Lenox, 28 Aug 1791, a shoemaker, lived in the house with them. They came to Berkshire about 1814. Margaret Ford m. 7 Jul 1846, with David Smith, of China, NY. (Note: What about Charles Backus Ford, was he ever married and could he be Caroline's father?) On page 159 of the Town of Berkshire was stated: Ichabod Ford was born in Norwich, CT, and came to this town with his family in 1822. He married twice, first Rebecca Thomas, of Barnstable, MA, and reared eight children, viz: Charles B., Susan T., Marcus, Margaret, Elijah T., Caroline, (Note: Could this be Caroline's father?) 4 iii. Philip Whiting, born Abt. 1818 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA. Notes for Philip Whiting: Have no proof that he is a son of Samuel Whiting, Sr. Just listed him in the group for info purposes. BUFFALO BARRACKS Master Roster for 1835 - 1846 Name WHITING, Philip Age 23 Eyes hazel Hair dark Complexion dark Height 5' 6.5" Birth Place Bridgewater, Massachusetts Occupation Blacksmith Date June 18, 1841 Where Buffalo By Lieut. Townsend Regiment 2nd Artillery Company IDischarge Date - Cause - Died - Deserted September 23, 1841 Apprehended - Enlistment -Remarks - 5 iv. Joseph W. Whiting, born Abt. 1825 in NY. Sorry it might be a little long for some, but I wanted to include everything I have, so that people know what I do have on the family. Thank you for any help. Lisa LKWCROSS@aol.com

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Looking for parents of subject. This is what I have: 1 Samuel Whiting, Sr. b: 2 May 1783 in MA d: 12 Feb 1851 in Tompkins County, Speedsville, NY +Abigail Willis b: 31 Mar 1784 in Plymouth County, Bridgewater, MA m: 17 Aug 1805 in Plymouth County, Brockton and Bridgewater(1806), MA 2 Familia Whiting b: Abt. 1806 in MA 2 Samuel Whiting, Jr. b: 1815 in MA d: 1875 in Tompkins County, Speedsville, NY +Mary M. Keeney b: 18 May 1824 in per death record stating age at death as 24 yr 1 mo 7 da m: Abt. 1844 d: 25 Jun 1848 in Tompkins County, Speedsville, NY3 Henry Clay Whiting b: 27 Mar 1845 in Tompkins County, Speedsville, NY d: 1 Feb 1901 in Cumberland County, Carlisle, PA +Mary Louise Freeman b: 16 Jun 1847 in Schenectady County, Schenectady, NY m: 21 Nov 1867 in Schenectady County, Schenectady, NY d: 20 May 1910 in Orange County, Newburgh, NY 3 Josephine C. Whiting b: Abt. 1846 in Tompkins County, Speedsville, NY *2nd Wife of Samuel Whiting, Jr.: +Caroline Ford b: 1827 in NY m: Abt. 1847 d: 22 Nov 1904 in Tompkins County, Speedsville, NY 3 P. Randolph Whiting b: Abt. 1849 in Tompkins County, Speedsville, NY 3 George Whiting b: 28 Jan 1852 d: 13 Feb 1852 in Tompkins County, Speedsville, NY3 Alma J. Whiting b: 23 Nov 1853 d: 23 Mar 1854 3 Persa J. Whiting b: 1856 in Tioga County, Berkshire, NY d: 1939 in Tioga County, Weltonville Cemetery, Berkshire, NY +Claron M. Blewer b: 1851 d: 1926 in Tioga County, Weltonville Cemetery, Berkshire, NY 3 Frank S. Whiting b: Abt. 1858 in Tioga County, Berkshire, NY d: 18 Aug 1891 in Tompkins County, Speedsville, NY 3 Romeo H. Whiting b: 10 Jan 1860 in Tioga County, Berkshire, NY d: 10 May 1940 +Jennie E. Armstrong m: 16 Sep 1885 3 Charles L. Whiting b: Jul 1864 in Tioga County, Berkshire, NY 3 Cora J. Whiting b: Abt. 1873 in Tioga County, Berkshire, NY 2 Philip Whiting b: Abt. 1818 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA 2 Joseph W. Whiting b: Abt. 1825 in NY

Samuel married Mather, Zilphia in 1811 in Olcott, Niagara, New York, United States. Zilphia (daughter of Mather, Cotton and Huxley, Zilpha) was born on 10 Aug 1781 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died on 2 Dec 1865 in Olcott, Niagara, New York, United States; was buried in Olcott, Niagara, New York, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Early Settlers of New York State: their ancestors and descendants, Volume 1
By Janet Wethy Foley page 335 Tombstone Inscriptions, Methodist Cemetery, Olcott, Niagra Co.
Whiting, Zilphia Mather , wife of Samuel, born in Connecticut, Aug 10, 1781 - Dec 2, 1865
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1850; Census Place: Newfane, Niagara, New York; Roll: M432_561; Page: 394B; Image: 289.
343/349 Samuel Whiting 63 male Shoe maker $1000 Massachusetts
Zilpha 63 fem Conn
LoFaun 34 fem NY
James Brown 52 male farmer $400 NY
Fernando C 32 male farmer NY
Malvina 17 fem NY
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1860; Census Place: Newfane, Niagara, New York; Roll: M653_823; Page: 1199; Image: 625; Family History Library Film: 803823.
52/52 Zilphia Whiting 79 fem Conn
Lafau Ann 40 fem Milliner $600/750 NY
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Fought in Revolution
If long service in public life be taken by a legislator as an approval of the representative's acts while serving his constituents, then the subject of our sketch stands forth as the most thoroughly endorsed amongst our many able statesmen and lawmakers.
Lorenzo Dow Whiting was born at Arcadia, Wayne county, New York, November 19, 1819, son of Samuel and Zilpha Whiting ,his mother being a lineal descendent of Cotton Mather. His grand-father, Samuel Whiting, was a soldier in the revolution.

Cotton married Huxley, Zilpha about 1769 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Zilpha (daughter of Huxley, Thomas and Seymour, Lois) was born on 24 May 1752 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]