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A Whittemore family bible

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This family bible was passed to me, Dana Burns from Allison (Finch) Williams, daughter of Henrietta W. (Whittemore) Wood (my great aunt) on June 23, 2021. Thanks to my sister, Martha Burns, and cousin Scott Whittemore, whose hands it passed through on its' way to me.

To do:

  • I need to write Allison a letter asking her to document where she got it from.
  • for each image, add tags for the profiles listed
  • determine who the people are referenced on the inside cover. These may be the authors of the first pages appearing inside. So far, it looks like Dexter Whittemore (1798 - 1865), since it starts with him, goes on to his children, then his parents...

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I have photographed the family information pages, the rest of it being the Holy Bible.

Inside cover

Contents

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All the information on it matches what is in the following profiles:

Dexter Whittemore (1798 - 1865)

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P2

John Whittemore (1806 - 1879)

Morrill Gilman (1805 - 1888)


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Parents of Dexter...

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Thomas Wright (1766 - 1796)

Samuel Stone (1750 - 1841)

To do: bible says b. Dec 12 ?

P4

P4

Children of Josiah

John Whittemore (1775 - 1855)

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Joel Whittemore (1823 - 1892)

Henry Joel Whittemore (1870 - 1924)

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Thomas Wright Whittemore (1825 - 1885)

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Charles Whittemore (1828 - 1904)

Henry Whittemore's family and their children

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P8

Abraham Jenkins (1811 - 1861)

Henrietta W. (Whittemore) Finch

  • Henry Joel Finch, b. July 14, 1937 m. Helen Dunton Dec. 31, 196?
  • Douglas Wilson Finch Jr., b. April 14, 1934, m. Patricia Tenney, child Aaron Charles
  • Allison Agnes (Finch) Williams, b. April 24, 1932 , m. 1954: Almon (Grey?) Williams
    • Adam Gregory Williams, b. April 3, 1959, d. June 1, 2012
    • April Kate Williams (chosen), b. Sept. 15, 1963
    • Hope Inez Finch, b. Jan. 13, 1965
    • Heidi Marie Finch
    • Alise Netta Williams (chosen child), b. Nov. 25, 1966

Obituary

Obituary

I also found a copy of an obituary within its' pages, apparently for Mary Whittemore, which I will transcribe here: "Miss Whittemore was a member of the well known Whittemore family, so prominent in the early history of Jones County. Her brother Barrett Whittemore, taught the second school in the city of Debuque. Subsequently, and during the year 1838, he settled in Bowen's Prairie, where he shortly afterwards opened the first school in Jones County. Hon. Otis Whittemore, another early settler, and for many years before his death a resident of Monticello, was also her brother, She is survived by one brother, Wm. Whittemore of this city. Miss Whittemore was born at Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, April 12, 1808, and was the fifth child of Wm. Snow Whittemore and Polly Locke. Her father was the eldest of fourteen children, and was born before the revolutionary war. Miss Whittemore remained in New England until about 1865, when she came to Bowen's Prairie, and a few year's later entered the family of her brother Otis. She resided with his widow until the time of her death. She ws of Puritan descent, and always remained a faithful adherent of the Congregational church. The funerl services which were short and simple, because of the illness of Mrs. Otis Whittemore, and the latter's brother, Ms. L. C. Eaton, were conducted at the Whittemore homestead last Monday afternoon by Rev. J. W. Davis, who founded his remarks upon the notes that Miss Whittemore jotted down in her bible more than half a century ago. He also read the favorite poem of the deceased Harriet Kimball"... "The remains were interred in the Bowen's Prairie cemetery."





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