Civil war veteran and shingle maker
The Whitehills in America (Heroes and Heroines) written and edited by Samuel Milliken Whitehill, Jr., Patricia Whitehill Halter, and Cassius Furman Whitehill, Jr. (Family Heritage Publishers) p. 168
1850, 1860 Federal US Census
There are conflicting birth dates
Whitehill book: May 31, 1839 1850 Census: 1839 1860 Census: 1841
Year: 1850; Census Place: Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania; Roll: 767; Page: 2B
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXPV-CN9 : 30 December 2015), Marion Whitehill, 1860.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZGH-95Y : 17 October 2014), Marion Whitehill, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 3, family 16, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,825.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWXP-KBG : 10 August 2016), Marion Whitehill, Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 66, sheet 93C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1117; FHL microfilm 1,255,117.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M392-525 : 22 January 2015), Marion Whitehill, Clarion borough, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 13B, family 287, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,394.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:S1ZG-GD9 : accessed 2016-10-17), entry for Francis Marion /Whitehill /.
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