Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Whiteman, Wilbert 1869 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

WILBERT WHITEMAN.

   Prominent in the political life of Madison township, which he served
faithfully and efficiently as trustee during the six years ending December 31,
1914, and well-known in the fraternal circles of Carroll county, Indiana,
Wilbert Whiteman is a successful farmer, who was born on the farm where he lives
and where he has spent all of his life, save one year.

   Mr. Whiteman was born on July 21, 1869, and is the son of James P. and Mary
I. (Dawson) Whiteman. James P. Whiteman was born in Tippecanoe county, Indiana,
December 6, 1829. His father was John Whiteman, who came from Tennessee to
Indiana, and who was born in the Old Dominion state. John Whiteman died in
Carroll county, Indiana. James P. Whiteman was reared in Tippecanoe county and
in Carroll county. He married Mary I. Dawson, who was born on July 28, 1845, and
some time during the fifties moved to Carroll county, Indiana, locating in
Democrat township. Later, however, he moved to Madison township. He was a
Democrat in politics. By his marriage to Mary I. Dawson, there were born five
sons and three daughters, who are now living, Florence, the widow of Albert
Draper; Samuel G., a farmer on the old farm; Wilbert, the subject of this
sketch; Florida, the wife of Benton W. Stone, of Bloomington, Indiana; John, a
farmer in Democrat township; Jason and Grover C, who are partners with Wilbert
in the grain business at Ockley, Indiana; and Uda, the wife of Charles Lupper.

   James P. Whiteman died October 27, 1915, on the old home farm, which has been
the Whiteman homestead for forty-eight years. Mrs. Mary I. Whiteman is still
living; Wilbert resides with her.

   When old enough, Wilbert Whiteman attended the neighborhood school in Madison
township, during the winter, but worked on the farm during the summer. Afterward
he engaged in farming on his own responsibility. Elected trustee of Madison
township in 1909, he served six years or until December 31, 1914. Mr. Whiteman
is a member of Cutler Lodge No. 571, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is
the past grand in the lodge. He is also a member of Rebekah Lodge No. 602, and
of Carroll Encampment No. 127.

   Mr. Whiteman's prominence as a citizen of Carroll county is connected
intimately with his high standing as a member of the Masonic lodge. He is a York
Rite Mason, a member of Mount Olive Lodge No. 48, Free and Accepted Masons, of
Delphi Chapter, No. 21, Royal Arch Masons; of Delphi Commandery No. 40, Knights
Templar; and of Murat Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at Indianapolis.



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Biographical Section of
HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana

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