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Whiting, Lieutenant William Danforth

Male 1823 - 1894  (70 years)


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  • Name Whiting, William Danforth 
    Prefix Lieutenant 
    Born 1 May 1823  Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 19 Mar 1894  New York City, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I13890  USA
    Last Modified 9 Oct 2019 

    Father Whiting, Brigadier General Henry,   b. 28 May 1788, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Sep 1851  (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Macomb, Eliza,   b. 5 Jan 1795, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Dec 1873, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 25 Dec 1820  Belleville, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F121  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Stewart, Jane,   b. 1827, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Whiting, Jennie,   b. 1850, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Whiting, Henry,   b. 1854, Washington, United States, District of Columbia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Whiting, William Macomb,   b. 17 Jul 1855, Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Whiting, Eliza,   b. 1855, Washington, United States, District of Columbia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Whiting, Mary,   b. 1858, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Whiting, Florence,   b. 1862, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Aug 1917  (Age 55 years)
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2021 
    Family ID F5702  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • (Brigadier General Henry, Captain John, Minute Man Timothy, Samuel, Oliver, Samuel, Reverand Samuel & Elizabeth St. John immigrants, John Whiting & Margaret Bonner)
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      1850; Census Place: New York Ward 18, New York, New York; Roll: M432_557; Page: 123B; Image: 253.
      765/1807 Henry Whiting 61 male Brig Gen US Army $2000 Massachusetts
      Eliza Whiting 55 fem Michigan
      Henry McCamb Whiting 28 male 1st Lieut US Army Massachusetts
      Wm D Whiting 27 male Past Mid Shipman US Army Mass
      Mary Gilbs 35 fem Ireland
      Ann Miller 30 fem Ireland
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      1860; Census Place: Castleton, Richmond, New York; Roll: M653_850; Page: 26; Image: 26; Family History Library Film: 803850.
      181/205 Charles H Steward 60 male lawyer $30,000/20,000 Ireland
      Jane 52 fem Ireland
      William D Whiting 37 male US Lieutenant $2000/1000 Mass
      Jane 33 fem Ireland
      Jennie 10 fem New York
      Henry 06 male Dis of Columbia attended school
      Eliza 05 fem Dis of Columbia attended school
      William 04 male Dis of Columbia attended school
      Mary 02 fem New York
      Ann McDonald 28 fem Chamber Maid Ireland
      Ann Driscoll 18 fem Waitress Ireland
      John Wear 30 male Cook Ireland
      Anna F Maidfield 19 fem Nurse Bremen
      Elisa Maidfield 22 fem Nurse France
      William Hays 18 male Gardener New York
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      Birth: May 26, 1823
      Lancaster
      Worcester County
      Massachusetts, USA
      Death: Mar. 19, 1894
      New York
      New York County (Manhattan)
      New York, USA

      Civil War Union Naval Officer. Entering the United States Navy on March 1, 1841 as a midshipman, he was serving on the sloop “Levant” on July 7, 1846 when the American flag was first raised on the Pacific Coast at the capture of Monterey, California. He then attended the United States Naval Academy from 1847 to 1848 and was graduated. He was promoted to Lieutenant on September 14, 1855, and was serving on the steam frigate "Niagara" when the first Atlantic cable was laid in 1857. After the outbreak of the Civil War, he served as the executive officer of the sloop "USS Vandalia" at the capture of Port Royal in 1861, and commanded the steamer "USS Wyandotte" on the South Atlantic blockade and in the Potomac flotilla. He was promoted to Lieutenant Commander in July, 1862 and participated in the attacks on the defenses of Charleston while aboard the gunboat "USS Ottawa". From 1864 to 1865 he commanded the "USS Savannah," in the Eastern Gulf station. He held a succession of commander after the end of the war. On July 25, 1866, he received his commission as Commander and was aboard the steamer "USS Tioga", off the coast of Maine and in the Gulf. He was based at the New York Navy Yard, in Brooklyn, New York from 1867 to 1869 and from 1871 to 1872. In the North Atlantic, between 1869 and 1870, he commanded the sloop "USS Saratoga" and the monitor "USS Miantonomoh"(one of the last monitors built for the United States Navy). He was promoted to Captain, August 19, 1872, and commanded the steam sloop "USS Worcester," which was the flagship of the North Atlantic squadron from 1871 to 1875. During the first year of that cruise, he took out contributions of food and clothing from the American people for the relief of the French sufferers in the Franco-Prussian war. As there was no way to transport these contributions to the needed districts in the east of France, the stores were taken to Liverpool and London, where a favorable market realized a much larger sum of money than the actual cost of these stores in the United States. The American relief committee in France urged that the money was more needed than contributions in any other form. He was present at New Orleans during the political turmoil created by the overthrow of the Packard government. There he won the confidence of the citizens by the wise measures he initiated to stem the unrest. On June 11, 1878 he was appointed Chief of Bureau of Navigation with the rank of Commodore. Failing health and almost total blindness resulting from exposure incidental to his naval service compelled him to be relieved from this duty October 12, 1881. He was placed on the retired list, with the rank of Commodore, by special Act of Congress. (bio by: Shirley Stanton)

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      Parents:
      Henry Whiting (1788 - 1851)
      Eliza Macomb Whiting (1795 - 1873)

      Spouse:
      Jane Stewart Whiting (1827 - 1899)*

      Children:
      Florence Whiting Bernadou (1861 - 1917)*

      Sibling:
      Henry Macomb Whiting (1821 - 1853)**
      William Danforth Whiting (1823 - 1894)

      *Calculated relationship
      **Half-sibling

      Burial:
      Christ Church Cemetery
      Belleville
      Essex County
      New Jersey, USA

      Maintained by: Find A Grave
      Originally Created by: Shirley Stanton
      Record added: Aug 31, 2003
      Find A Grave Memorial# 7809640
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      New York City Deaths, 1892-1902 about William D. Whiting
      Name: William D. Whiting
      Birth Date: abt 1824
      Age: 70
      Death Date: 19 Mar 1894
      Death Place: New York, New York
      Certificate Number: 9481