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- 1850; Census Place: Pleasant Valley, Marquette, Wisconsin; Roll: M432_1002; Page: 112; Image: 216.
797/797 Ellis F. Whiting 47 male farmer 1000 Massachusetts
Sorinda 45 fem New York
Edwin P. 21 male New York
Ann W or N 17 fem New York
Ethan A. 13 male New York
Polly R. 09 fem Wisconsin
Edward L. 03 male Wisconsin
800/800 Mason Whiting 28 male farmer New York
Almira 22 fem New York
Effie A. 03 fem Wisc
George P. 01 male Wisc
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1870; Census Place: Princeton, Green Lake, Wisconsin; Roll: M593_1715; Page: 475; Image: 956.
48/64 Whiting Mason 48 male white farmer $4000/1000 Massachusetts
Almira 42 fem white keeping house New York
George P.20 male white works on farm Wisconsin
Alice A. 18 fem white at home Wisconsin
Ella A. 15 fem white at home Wisconsin
Bertine 11 male white at school Wisconsin
Carrie A. 07 fem white at school Wisconsin
Ida A. 05 fem white Wisconsin
Orlean 01 male white Wisconsin
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1880; Census Place: Saint Marie, Green Lake, Wisconsin; Roll: T9_1428; Family History Film: 1255428; Page: 391.1000; Enumeration District: 73; .
Household Record 1880 United States Census
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Mason WHITING Self M Male W 58 MA Farmer MA MA
Almira WHITING Wife M Female W 53 NY Keeping NY NY
George WHITING Son S Male W 28 WI At Home MA NY
Bertine WHITING Son M Male W 21 WI Farmer MA NY
Nellie WHITING DauL M Female W 26 WI At Home MA NY
Carrie WHITING Dau S Female W 17 WI At Home MA NY
Allettie WHITING Dau S Female W 13 WI At Home MA NY
Orlean WHITING Son S Male W 11 WI At Home MA NY
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Source Information:
Census Place St. Marie, Green Lake, Wisconsin
Family History Library Film 1255428
NA Film Number T9-1428
Page Number 391A
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MASON WHITING was born February 28, 1822 in Douglas, Massachusetts, and died February 17, 1899 in St. Marie, Wisconsin, buried at Mt. Tom Cemetery near Princeton, Wisconsin. He married ALMIRA RICE October 9, 1845 in Johnston, Wisconsin, daughter of BENJAMIN RICE and JUDITH CALVIN. She was born November 26, 1827 in Boston, New York, and died December 1, 1900 in Princeton, Wisconsin, buried at Mt. Tom Cemetery near Princeton.
At a young age he moved with his parents to Boston, Erie Co., New York. It is assumed that Mason and his family came to Wisconsin shortly before Wisconsin became a state. Mason was a farmer and was nearly 43 years old when he was enlisted into the Civil War on Dec. 31, 1864, for one year, serving with Company D, 13th Regt., Wisconsin. He was issued a horse, saddle, and a rifle in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and told to report to his unit in Huntsville, Alabama. From Chicago, he road on the top of freight cars to Alabama to join his group, serving in Kentucky, Alabama, Louisiana Tennessee and Georgia. His general duty was the protection of communication lines and railroads moving supplies to the troops.
While serving in the military, Mason was the victim of severe food poisoning, a major contributor to deaths in the Civil War due to a lack of refrigeration. He was last paid on April 30, 1865, in the amount of $36.95 for clothing and $8.40 for transportation from San Antonio, Texas. It was determined that food poising contributed to his blindness 21 years later. For his disability, Mason received a pension of $8.00 per month.
After the Civil War, Mason and his wife, Almira, farmed near St. Marie, Wisconsin, and he held several positions in county government, as county treasurer, on the county board of supervisors and as the head of the St. Marie Cemetery. Mason was the first of his family to visit Dakota Territory and western Minnesota. The Princeton Republic newspaper stated that Mason Whiting left on a six-week trip to Dakota Territory on April 10, 1868. That was 40 years before his son, Bertine, homesteaded in South Dakota.
Above, left, is Mason and Almira (Rice) Whiting.
Children of MASON WHITING and ALMIRA RICE are:
i. JOSEPH WHITING.
ii. EFFIE A. WHITING (40), b. April 24, 1847, Wisconsin; d. April 17, 1925.
iii. GEORGE PARLEY WHITING, b. July 14, 1849, St. Marie, Wisconsin; d. November 21, 1906, Princeton, Wisconsin.
iv. ALICE ANGELA WHITING (41), b. August 13, 1851, Princeton, Wisconsin; d. May 22, 1927.
v. ELLA MADORA WHITING, b. November 11, 1853; d. April 16, 1856.
vi. ELLA ARMINA WHITING (42), b. April 25, 1856.
vii. BERTINE WHITING (43), b. November 8, 1858, Princeton, Wisconsin; d. December 20, 1930, Milbank, South Dakota.
viii. CARRIE A. WHITING, b. January 4, 1861, Princeton, Wisconsin; d. February 19, 1940, Milbank, South Dakota.
ix. IDA ALLETTIE (LITTIE) WHITING (44), b. September 28, 1863; d. October 8, 1896.
x. ORLEAN N. WHITING (45), b. March 24, 1869, St. Marie, Wisconsin; d. June 23, 1914, Milbank, South Dakota. -------------------------------------------------------
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1822 - 1899 (76 years)