Diana D (Leavitt) Whitman (1798 - 1856)

Born 16 May 1798 in Turner, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Whitman — married 12 Nov 1820 in Turner, Oxford, Massachusetts, United States

Died 24 Jan 1856 at age 57 in Pittsfield, Somerset, Maine, United States

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Biography

Diana was born in 1798, the daughter of Isaac Leavitt and Ruth Perry.

She married Samuel Whitman on 12 November 1820 at Turner, Maine. They were married by Charles L Turner, Justice of the Peace. They were the parents of ten known children:

1. Horatio Franklin Whitman b. 3 May 1821 at Turner, Maine, d. 3 May 1890 in Wisconsin
2. Otis M Whitman b. 17 Mar 1823 at Turner, d. 1 Feb 1909 at Palmyra, Maine
3. Jane M Whitman b. 17 Feb 1825 at Turner, d. 19 Mar 1858 in Maine
4. Leonora Leavitt Whitman b. 25 May 1827 at Palmyra, d. 19 Jan 1894 at Palmyra
5. Clarinda S Whitman b. 23 Nov 1829 at Palmyra
6. Augustus Samuel Whitman b. 26 Dec 1830 at Palmyra, d. 2 Jun 1913 at Pittsfield, Maine
7. Isaac L Whitman b. Aug 1832 at Palmyra, d. 15 Sep 1852 in Maine
8. Oren P Whitman b. 8 Apr 1838 at Palmyra
9. Sarah B Whitman b. Jan 1840 at Palmyra, d. 8 Mar 1913 at Palmyra
10. Martha E Whitman b. Mar 1843 at Palmyra, dd. 2 Sep 1860 at Palmyra

The 1850 USA census for Palmyra, Somerset County, Maine lists residents Samuel Whitman (52), a farmer who owns real estate valued at $500, Diannah [sic] Whitman (52), Jane M Whitman (25), Augustus Whitman (19) a student within the past year, Isaac Whitman (17), a student, Orin Whitman (12), a student, Sarah Whitman (10), a student, and Martha Whitman (7), a student.

Diana passed away in 1856 and is buried at the Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Palmyra, Maine.

Sources

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HK5-PQC : Tue Oct 31 22:31:06 UTC 2023), Entry for Diana Leavitt and Isaac Leavitt, 16 May 1798.

• "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4DY-2ZC : 22 July 2021), Diana Leavitt in entry for Samuel Whitman, 1820.

• "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6V7-H1W : Thu Oct 05 13:31:31 UTC 2023), Entry for Samuel Whitman and Diannah Whitman, 1850.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132881539/diana-d-whitman), memorial page for Diana D. Leavitt Whitman (16 May 1798–24 Jan 1856), Find a Grave Memorial ID 132881539, citing Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Palmyra, Somerset County, Maine, USA.

• "Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-SZ5T : 1 March 2021), Diana Whitman, 1856; citing Palmyra, Somerset, Maine, United States, Pooler Cemetery, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,316,329.