Amos (Whidden) Whitten (1824 - 1902)

Born 2 Mar 1824 in Canaan, Somerset, Maine, United States

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Died 9 Aug 1902 at age 78 in Canaan, Somerset, Maine, United States

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Biography

According to his birth certificate, he was the son of James Whidden and Polly. According to the 1860, 1870 and 1880 census, both his parents were born in Maine.

There is a photo of him, and a photo of his gravestone on Find-A-Grave.Find A Grave: Memorial #148496153

In the 1900 he is living with his daughter Lizzie and her husband Chas W. Bunker in Benton town, Unity plantation, Kennebec, Maine.

His gravestone shows his last name as Whitten (instead of Whidden) with a death date of 9 Aug 1902.

Sources

• "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4S1-RNY : 14 January 2020), Amos B. Whidden, 1824.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6V7-VSL : 22 December 2020), Amos Whittam, Canaan, Somerset, Maine, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDCC-GYR : 18 February 2021), Amos Whidden, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6D1-6GJ : 29 May 2021), Amos Whitten, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFQS-V3N : 14 January 2022), Amos Whitten, Canaan, Somerset, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMLK-W73 : accessed 14 January 2022), Amos Whitten in household of Chas W Bunker, Benton town, Unity plantation, Kennebec, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 111, sheet 1B, family 12, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,593.