Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Whiteman, Henry 1819 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Whiteman, Henry, Little Falls, was born in the town of Thompson, Windham 
county, Conn., 1819.  His father died when he was nine years old, leaving a 
wife and three small children.  He and his sister were put to work in a 
factory immediately after his father's death.  In the year 1830 his mother 
with her children moved to Utica, N.Y., caring for them by taking boarders.  
He was engaged in various pursuits until 1846, when he engaged in mercantile 
business, continued two years at De Ruyter, Madison county, N.Y.  He was 
married in De Ruyter, in 1846, to Mary Jane Colkins, daughter of Washington 
Colkins, of Earlville, N.Y.  He followed other occupations until 1854, when he 
removed to Little Falls, N.Y., where he has since remained.  In 1869 he 
received the appointment of collector of canal tolls from a Democratic canal 
board, which position he held for four successive years.  In 1873 he engaged 
as general agent for the Warrior Mower Machine Company, which position he held 
for about sixteen years.  His business as general agent took him through all 
the northern States and territories.  During his engagement with the Warrior 
Mower Company he made a fine geological collection, which will compare 
favorably with any private geological collection in the State.  In 1870 he was 
appointed overseer of the poor of the town of Little Falls, which position he 
yet retains.


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source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.

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