Mecosta County MI Archives Biographies.....Whitbeck, Nelson January 26, 1834 - 
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Author: Chapman Brothers

NELSON WHITBECK, farmer, sec. 22, Mecosta Tp., was born in Wayne Co., N.Y., 
Jan. 26, 1834.  His parents, 

Jasper and Mary (Ropp) Whitbeck, were natives of the State of New York.  His 
mother died in Michigan, in 

the spring of 1878, aged 93 years.  His father died in Oakland Co., Mich., in 
the fall of 1882.  He was a 

centenarian, and distinctly remembered the first election of Washington to the 
Presidency of the United 

States by ballot.  He ws a soldier of 1812, and lived to see the fifth 
generation of his descendants grow 

up about him.  The family removed from New York to Michigan, leaving the 
Empire State, Nov. 4, 1838, where 

the boyhood, youth and early manhood of Mr. Whitbeck were passed.  After 
reaching his majority he attended 

to the conduct of his father's farm, and finally the old homestead passed into 
his possession.  In the 

fall of 1882 he came to Mecosta Tp., and bought 160 acres of land, with 120 
acres in good condition for 

farming purposes.  On this Mr. Whitbeck is at present engaged in progressive 
farming.

He was married March 19, 1857, to Sarah, daughter of Horace and Annie (House) 
Atwood, of Roe, Oakland Co., 

 where she was born June 16, 1838.  Her father was born in New York and is 
still living.  The mother was a 

native of New Hampshire.  Ada G., born April 27, 1859, and Howard M., born 
Feb. 1, 1852, are the two 

children of Mr. and Mrs. Whitbeck.

Additional Comments:
8813 Portrait & Bio Alumbum of Mecosta Co., MI.

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