My Genealogy Hound

DAVID J. WHITMORE, farmer and stock-dealer; P. O. Casstown; born in Miami Co.; is a son of Henry and Sarah (Jones) Whitmore; Mr. Whitmore was born in Virginia and his wife in Kentucky; in 1831, he bought and located upon the farm where his son David now lives; they were parents of five children, viz.: Mary Jane (deceased), David J., Elizabeth (now Mrs. Thomas J. Webb, living in Indiana), Sarah E. and Martha A. (twins—deceased); his wife died in 1843, and, in 1845, he was married to Mary Stephenson, daughter of Jacob and Rachel Saylor; Henry, the father, took his farm mostly in the woods, cleared the land and erected all the buildings by his own labor and industry, but, in his later years, was enabled to enjoy the fruits of his labors, and to leave to his children a nice home; he died Sept. 21, 1879; his wife is still living with David. Mr. David Whitmore was united in marriage, in 1858, to Mary W., daughter of John and Mary Odaffer, who were born in Pennsylvania, and came to this county at an early day; they had two children, viz., Henry M. and John C. (deceased); Mr. Whitmore lost his wife in 1864, and, in 1866, was married to Cassie A., daughter of Edmund D. and Deborah M. Lewis; they have had three children, viz., Mary L., Edmund S. and Estella V. Mr. W. has been Township Treasurer one year, and Township Trustee for seven years.