Caleb M. Whiting
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Revised May 21, 2008
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Generation No. 1

1. DANIEL P. WHITING, was born July 3, 1799 in Yorkshire, Cattaraugus, New York (or Vermont), and died July 29, 1849 in Waupun, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He married AURILLA A. PHELPS in 1823 in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. She was born 1804 in Yorkshire, Cattaraugus, New York, and died 1882 in Claremont, Dodge, Minnesota.

Daniel Whiting could possibly be the Daniel Whiting who was born March 6, 1799, Readsboro, Vermont, to Caleb and Lucy (Ross) Whiting.  His grandfather, Caleb M. Whiting, served in the  Revolutionary War. 

Susan (Fairbank) Whiting mentions Uncle Daniel and Aunt Aurilla in her Recollections and that Uncle Daniel died in 1849.  She also mentions other Whiting relatives.  Her husband, Newell, was a great-grandson of Caleb M. Whiting.

The Fairbanks family migrated from Dedham, Massachusetts, to Readsboro, Vermont, to Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties, New York, and then on to Wisconsin.  Daniel Whiting's ancestors may have followed the same migration route, as other Whitings had done during the same time period.

Verification of my "theory" is needed.  Any information or input is appreciated.  Please contact me for details about my "theory" and to compare notes.

Children of DANIEL WHITING and AURILLA PHELPS are:
i. SIMEON PHELPS
(or PHILO) WHITING (2), b. July 25, 1824, Cattaraugus County, New York; d. March 21, 1911, Claremont, Dodge, Minnesota.
ii. PLYNN (OR PHYLON) WHITING, b. July 7, 1826; d. August 15, 1837,
age 11y 1m 8d; bur Clear Creek  Cemetery, Ellington, Chautauqua, New York.
iii. ANDREW JACKSON WHITING (3), b. July 24, 1828, New York; d. February 9, 1907.
iv. EBER KELLY WHITING, b. February 23, 1832, Cattaraugus, New York; d. January 4, 1904, Dodge Center, Dodge, Minnesota; m. LEVANTIA C. (FANNIE) RIDDLE (or LEVANTIA SIMONS?), December 20, 1876, Columbia County, Wisconsin.
v. BAILEY WHITING, b. Abt. 1834.
vi. ______ WHITING, b. 1836.
vii. ELIJAH B. WHITING, b. April 13, 1838; d. May 27, 1841, age 3y 1m 14d
; bur Clear Creek  Cemetery, Ellington, Chautauqua, New York.
viii. MINERVA J. WHITING, b. 1840, New York.
 

Generation No. 2

2. SIMEON PHELPS WHITING was born July 25, 1824 in Cattaraugus County, New York, and died March 21, 1911 in Claremont, Dodge, Minnesota. He married EMELINE WOODWARD April 12, 1850 in Waupun, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, daughter of ALBA WOODWARD and ALMIRA PETTIBONE. She was born March 7, 1832 in Stockholm twsp., St. Lawrence, New York, and died February 6, 1911 in Claremont, Dodge, Minnesota. Both bur. Claremont Street Cemetery, Claremont, Dodge, Minnesota.

Children of SIMEON WHITING and EMELINE WOODWARD are:
i. DANIEL B. WHITING (4), b. April 2, 1851, Waupun, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin; d. January 15, 1927.
ii. DELIA ALMIRA WHITING
(5), b. May 6, 1853, Waupun, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin; d. September 29, 1944, Wasioja, Dodge, Minnesota.
iii. JOHN CHARLES FREMONT WHITING
(6), b. Abt. 1856, Wisconsin; d. December 27, 1935, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon.
iv. ERNEST HERBERT WHITING
(7), b. May 30, 1858, Claremont, Dodge, Minnesota; d. September 27, 1931, Pine City, Pine, Minnesota.
v. EVA WHITING, b. Abt. 1859, Minnesota.
vi. ARTHA WHITING, b. December 1862, Claremont, Dodge, Minnesota; d. July 21, 1864, Claremont, Dodge, Minnesota: bur. Claremont Street Cemetery, Claremont, Dodge, Minnesota.
vii. SIMEON PHILO WHITING (8), b. April 21, 1872, Claremont, Dodge, Minnesota; d. October 8, 1948, Claremont, Dodge, Minnesota.
viii. AURILLA WHITING, b. Abt. 1864, Dodge County, Minnesota; d. September 8, 1903


3. ANDREW JACKSON WHITING was born July 24, 1828 in New York, and died February 9, 1907; bur. Bellevue Cemetery, Ontario, San Bernardino, California. He married URANIA R. BROWN. She was born 1825, and died 1875 in Claremont, Dodge, Minnesota; bur. Claremont Street Cemetery, Claremont, Dodge, Minnesota.

Children of ANDREW WHITING and URANIA BROWN are:
i. CLARENCE M. WHITING, b. 1855, Wisconsin; d. 1872, Claremont, Dodge, Minnesota: bur. Claremont Street Cemetery, Claremont, Dodge, Minnesota.
ii. LESLIE LEE WHITING
(9), b. March 8, 1858, Claremont, Dodge, Minnesota; d. June 3, 1927, Riverside, Riverside, California.
iii. ARTHUR LELAND WHITING
(10), b. December 3, 1859, Claremont, Dodge, Minnesota; d. January 3, 1949, Ventura, California.


Generation No. 3

4. DANIEL B. WHITING was born April 2, 1851 in Waupun, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and died January 15, 1927. He married SARAH EUNICE ADAMS September 4, 1872, daughter of CHRISTOPHER ADAMS and SARAH FRANKLIN. She was born August 17, 1856 in Dane County, Wisconsin, and died April 4, 1891.

Children of DANIEL WHITING and SARAH ADAMS are:
i. ELECTRA ANN WHITING
(11), b. October 26, 1873, Dodge County, Minnesota; d. March 27, 1941, Hubbard County, Minnesota.
ii. MILO RUSSELL WHITING, b. August 23, 1877.
iii. WALTER LEE WHITING, b. January 16, 1879.
iv. AMANDA JANE WHITING, b. January 31, 1881.
v. EMELINE LEONA WHITING, b. September 7, 1884.
vi. EUNICE VIOLA WHITING, b. July 24, 1888.
vii. ______ WHITING (daughter), b. November 18, 1890; d. November 18, 1890.
 

5. DELIA ALMIRA WHITING was born May 6, 1853 in Waupun, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and died September 29, 1944 in Wasioja, Dodge, Minnesota: bur. Claremont Street Cemetery, Claremont, Dodge, Minnesota. She married OLIVER DEWITT HITCHCOCK 1871 in Brandon, Fond du Lac County, Minnesota. He was born June 24, 1852 in Brandon, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and died January 28, 1933 in Beaver, Roseau, Minnesota; bur. January 30, 1933, Beaver Cemetery, Beaver, Roseau, Minnesota

Children of DELIA WHITING and OLIVER HITCHCOCK are:
i. WINFORD HITCHCOCK, b. Abt. 1876.
ii. EMALINE HITCHCOCK, b. Abt. 1879.
iii. EVA FLORENCE HITCHCOCK
(12), b. August 25, 1885, Wasioja, Dodge, Minnesota; d. August 31, 1963, Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington.
iv. GRAY D. HITCHCOCK, b. May 1888.
v. HARRY HITCHCOCK, b. July 1890.
 

6. JOHN CHARLES FREMONT WHITING was born Abt. 1856 in Wisconsin, and died December 27, 1935 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon. He married IDA MAY DAVIS October 25, 1882 in Eagle Lake, Blue Earth, Minnesota.  She was born January 3, 1863 in Newburg Township, Pike County, Illinois, and died Aft. 1888.

Children of JOHN WHITING and IDA DAVIS are:
i. ELVA HENRIETTA WHITING, b. May 15, 1884, Davison, Dakota Territory (South Dakota); d. January 8, 1967, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon. He married JESSIE LEONA MEADE in 1911.  She was born April 30, 1890 in California, and died March 13, 1955, Oregon.
ii. IRA DAVID WHITING
(13), b. December 24, 1886, Davison, Dakota Territory (South Dakota).
iii. MABEL WHITING, b. Abt. 1888.
 

7. ERNEST HERBERT WHITING was born May 30, 1858 in Claremont, Dodge, Minnesota, and died September 27, 1931 in Pine City, Pine, Minnesota. He married LUCY ADELLE FRANKLIN November 13, 1881 in Alexandria, Douglas, Minnesota. She was born March 1, 1863 in Dodge Center, Dodge, Minnesota, and died July 31, 1953 in Pine City, Pine, Minnesota.

Children of ERNEST WHITING and LUCY FRANKLIN are:
i. BERNARD WHITING.
ii. HERBERT WILLIAM WHITING, b. November 1, 1882, Alexandria, Douglas, Minnesota; d. October 31, 1969, Pine County, Minnesota.
iii. CLINTON R. WHITING, b. October 13, 1887, Alexandria, Douglas, Minnesota.
iv. HIRAM H. WHITING, b. June 9, 1891, Alexandria, Douglas, Minnesota.
v. BERNIE S. WHITING, b. September 16, 1894, Alexandria, Douglas, Minnesota.
 

8. SIMEON PHILO WHITING was born April 21, 1872 in Claremont, Dodge, Minnesota, and died October 8, 1948 in Claremont, Dodge, Minnesota. He married LIZZIE VIOLA STEVENS. She was born March 21, 1869 in Claremont, Dodge, Minnesota, and died May 8, 1941 in Claremont, Dodge, Minnesota. Both bur. Claremont Street Cemetery, Claremont, Dodge, Minnesota.

Child of SIMEON WHITING and LIZZIE STEVENS is:
i. DOROTHY EMELINE WHITING, b. March 7, 1909, Dodge County, Minnesota; d. April 22, 1918, Claremont, Dodge, Minnesota; bur. Claremont Street Cemetery, Claremont, Dodge, Minnesota.
 

9. LESLIE LEE WHITING was born March 8, 1858 in Claremont, Dodge, Minnesota, and died June 3, 1927 in Riverside, Riverside, California. He married ELLA ESTELLA INGALLS November 29, 1883 in Dakota Territory, daughter of PETER INGALLS and ELIZA QUINER. She was born January 23, 1865 in Wisconsin, and died March 9, 1945 in Riverside, Riverside, California.

Children of LESLIE WHITING and ELLA INGALLS are:
i. EARL LELAND WHITING, b. January 19, 1885, South Dakota; d. August 5, 1954, Riverside, Riverside, California; bur. San Jacinto Valley Cemetery;
services held at First Baptist Church, Hemet, California.
ii. FLOYD NEWCOMB WHITING, b. July 15, 1887, South Dakota; d. November 23, 1953, Stanislaus County, California.
iii. HARRY JACKSON WHITING, b. September 9, 1891, California; d. May 10, 1947, Orange County, California.
iv. CLARENCE M. WHITING
(14), b. September 21, 1894, California; d. December 3, 1944, Los Angeles County, California.
 

10. ARTHUR LELAND WHITING was born December 3, 1859 in Claremont, Dodge, Minnesota, and died January 3, 1949 in Ventura, California; bur. Bellevue Cemetery, Ontario, San Bernardino, California. He married ALICE JOSEPHINE INGALLS March 20, 1881 in Wabasha, Minnesota, daughter of PETER INGALLS and ELIZA QUINER. She was born April 23, 1862 in Wisconsin, and died January 30, 1934; bur. Bellevue Cemetery, Ontario, San Bernardino, California.

Children of ARTHUR WHITING and ALICE INGALLS are:
i. ALTHA ALICE WHITING, b. September 18, 1883, Minnesota; d. April 24, 1957, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; m. ______ TAYLOR.
ii. JAY RILEY WHITING, b. 1887; d. 1905;
bur. Bellevue Cemetery, Ontario, San Bernardino, California.
iii. ROY Q. WHITING, b. September 9, 1889, California; d. February 27, 1975, Ventura, California; m. PEARL ________.
iv. FREDERICK ARTHUR WHITING
(15), b. December 18, 1891, California; d. February 17, 1965, Santa Cruz, California.
v. VENA LOIS WHITING, b. 1899; d. 1970; m. ______ CLARKE.
 

Generation No. 4
 

11. ELECTRA ANN WHITING was born October 26, 1873 in Dodge County, Minnesota, and died March 27, 1941 in Hubbard County, Minnesota. She married JOHN DUDLEY, Major, November 24, 1892 in Dodge Center, Dodge, Minnesota, son of JOHN DUDLEY and MARY FLEENER. He was born February 2, 1865 in Wasioja, Minnesota, and died April 13, 1922 in Hubbard County, Minnesota.

Children of ELECTRA WHITING and JOHN DUDLEY is:
i. LILA IRENE DUDLEY, b. May 11, 1894, Nisswa, Minnesota; d. September 5, 1984; m. EDWARD SCHMIDT.
ii. ELSIE MAE DUDLEY, b. August 27, 1897, Park Rapids, Minnesota (or Colorado?); d. December 20, 1982, Portland, Oregon; m. HAROLD WILLIAM BUSS, January 1, 1917; b. September 23, 1899, Illinois; d. August 20, 1950.
iii.
ALBERTA AMANDA DUDLEY, b. August 7, 1899; d. December 16, 1970, Vancouver, Washington; m. (1) WAYNE PHELPS; m. (2) FRANKLYN PEARL HOOKS.
iv. REGINALD ALLEN DUDLEY, b. July 23, 1903; d. July 7, 1982, Hubbard County, Minnesota; m. MADENE LOUISE SITZ.
v. EVELYN ADELE DUDLEY, b. June 21, 1905; d. January 13, 1966; m. ERVIN BOGH.
vi. RUTH HAZEL DUDLEY, b. March 16, 1907; d. March 23, 1986; m. MILTON KUNTZ.
vii. LAURENCE LEE DUDLEY, b. November 9, 1911, Nisswa, Minnesota; m. ARLENE CHRISTINE WHITE, July 25, 1934.
viii. PEARL DOROTHY DUDLEY, b. July 26, 1915; m. (1) DAVE SMITH; m. (2) DALE CHRISTIANSON; m. (3) CLAY SMALLWOOD.
xi. ROY MERTON DUDLEY, b. May 15, 1917; d. January 22, 1998; m. (1) GENEVIEVE ________; m. (2) CLARA ________.


12. EVA FLORENCE HITCHCOCK was born August 25, 1885 in Wasioja, Dodge, Minnesota, and died August 31, 1963 in Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington; bur. Mountain View Cemetery, Silverdale, Kitsap, Washington. She married (1) LOUIS CHRISTENSON. She married (2) ROY DAVID MCCRADY 1903. He was born January 31, 1878 in Owatonna, Steele, Minnesota, and died November 24, 1938 in Oneka township, Washington, Minnesota; bur. November 26, 1938, Owatonna, Steele, Minnesota.

Children of EVA HITCHCOCK and ROY MCCRADY are:
i. VIOLA IRENE MCCRADY, b. June 2, 1905, Foley, Benton, Minnesota; d. January 28, 1938, Moorhead, Clay, Minnesota, giving birth to Charles; bur. January 31, 1938, St. Mary's Assumption Catholic Cemetery, Barnesville, Clay, Minnesota. She m. WALTER HUBERT MOTSCHENBACHER, November 8, 1923; b. February 1, 1902, Sabin, Clay, Minnesota; d. April 4, 1974, Alliance, Clay, Minnesota; bur. April 8, 1974, St. Mary's Assumption Catholic, Cemetery Barnesville, Clay, Minnesota.
ii. WALTER HITCHCOCK MCCRADY, b. December 8, 1908, Steele County, Minnesota; d. May 27, 1994, Denver, Adams, Colorado; m. (1) ______ SORENSON; m. (2) LEONE I. STAMNESS, 1947; d. February 1, 1970, Bremerton, Mason, Washington.
iii. GERTRUDE ELSIE MCCRADY, b. October 9, 1910, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota; d. July 10, 1966, Albert Lea, Freeborn, Minnesota; bur. Silver Lake Lutheran Cemetery, Worth County, Iowa. She m. JAMES K. LEEGAARD, June 8, 1930; b. October 23, 1908, Emmons, Freeborn, Minnesota; d. January 31, 2002, Albert Lea, Freeborn, Minnesota.
iv. MAXINE MCCRADY, b. September 5, 1912, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota; d. November 10, 1988, Bullhead City, Mojave, Arizona; m. WILTON W. HENNING, October 12, 1940; b. February 18, 1915, North Dakota; d. August 24, 2001, Bullhead City, Mohave, Arizona.
v. MARGUERITE MAE MCCRADY, b. August 9, 1914, Ruskin, Minnesota; d. February 11, 1993, Albert Lea, Freeborn, Minnesota; bur. Hillcrest Cemetery, Albert Lea, Freeborn, Minnesota. She m. ______ FLANAGAN.
vi. DELIA VERA MCCRADY, b. March 11, 1916, Owatonna, Steele, Minnesota; d. May 15, 1987, Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington; bur. Mountain View Cemetery, Silverdale, Kitsap, Washington
.  She m. (1) DOMINIC WAKEFIELD, September 3, 1932; b. April 13, 1912, Minnesota; d. April 26, 1984, Eugene, Lane, Oregon; m. (2) CLAUDE E. CALLAWAY, 1947; b. May 2, 1908; d. December 29, 1961, bur. Mountain View Cemetery, Silverdale, Kitsap, Washington; m. (3) JACK FINSRUD, Aft. 1947; b. May 1, 1925, Laurence, Washington; d. March 16, 1999, Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington.
vii. ______ MCCRADY, b. 1917, Minnesota; d. 1917, Minnesota.
viii. EVERETTE EARL MCCRADY, b. August 6, 1918, Sabin, Elmwood township, Clay, Minnesota; d. July 11, 1993, Puyallup, Pierce, Washington; bur. Mountain View Cemetery, Lakewood, Pierce County, Washington.  He m. (1) ______ SMITH; m. (2) INGRID MARIE WAHLSTROM, August 11, 1951, Tacoma, Pierce County, WA; b. November 7, 1920, National, Pierce County, WA; d. May 1, 1969, Tacoma, Pierce County, WA; m. (3) MARIE ELIZABETH RISTIG, February 21, 1970, Tacoma, Pierce County, WA; b. January 30, 1925, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA; d. January 19, 2003, Shalimar, Okaloosa County, Florida.
ix. FLOYD LESTER MCCRADY, b. May 16, 1920, Albert Lea, Minnesota; d. August 31, 1974, Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington; bur. Mountain View Cemetery, Silverdale, Kitsap, Washington; m. ______ JOHNS.
x. LUCILLE I. MCCRADY, b. November 27, 1921, Minnesota; d. March 4, 1994, Spanaway, Pierce, Washington; m. ALBERT C. EDWARDS, 1949; b. August 26, 1922; d. December 22, 1980, Tacoma, Pierce, Washington.


13. IRA DAVID WHITING was born December 24, 1886 in Davison, Dakota Territory (South Dakota). He married JESSIE L. ________. She was born in California. Ira, Jessie, and the three children below were listed in the 1930 census as living in Portland, Oregon; Ira was a janitor in a hospital.

Children of IRA WHITING and JESSIE ________ are:
i. MELVIN F. WHITING, b. Abt. 1913, Washington.
ii. VESTA L. WHITING, b. Abt. 1916, Washington.
iii. ELMIRA MAE WHITING, b. Abt. 1923, Washington.
 

14. CLARENCE M. WHITING was born September 21, 1894 in California, and died December 3, 1944 in Los Angeles, County, California. He married LULA A. VELIE. She was born August 1897 in California.

Children of CLARENCE WHITING and LULA VELIE are:
i. ______ WHITING.
ii. CLARENCE LESLIE WHITING, b. October 13, 1916, California; d. May 22, 1988, Ventura County, California.
iii. JACKSON ALBERT WHITING, b. April 25, 1922, California; d. April 13, 1990, Orange County, California.
 

15. FREDERICK ARTHUR WHITING was born December 18, 1891 in California, and died February 17, 1965 in Santa Cruz, California. He married GRACE M. SCOTT.

Children of FREDERICK WHITING and GRACE SCOTT are:
i. MARY ALICE WHITING, b. November 18, 1916; d. December 26, 1990; m. (1) ______ RICHMANN; m. (2) ______ FARES.
ii. RACHEL GRACE WHITING, b. July 5, 1918; m. (1) DWIGHT ________; m. (2) CHARLES BAKER.
iii. ELIZABETH ANNETTE WHITING, b. October 17, 1920; d. September 28, 1992, Lewis Hammond.
iv. ARTHUR FREDRICK WHITING, b. September 14, 1923; d. October 23, 1987; m. (1) KATHRYN YVONNE MABEN; m. (2) CHARMAINE CALLOWAY; m. (3) KATHRYN YVONNE MABEN (remarried).


Updates

5/23/08 - Added Clear Creek Cemetery info for Plynn and Elijah Whiting.
1/25/08 - Corrected date of death for Leslie Lee Whiting.

1/25/08 - Added place of burial for Andrew Jackson Whiting, Jay Riley Whiting, Arthur Leland Whiting and Alice Josephine Whiting.
 


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