Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Whitfield, Walter 1844 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ny/nyfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nan Starjak http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00026.html#0006329 December 21, 2008, 11:28 am Author: Hardin & Willard Whitfield, Walter, German Flats, was born in Manchester, England, in 1844, and came to America in 1850, settling in Ilion. He was for many years in the gun shops here, in the pistol department. He entered the armory in 1859, but has been in the Typewriter company since its organization. In 1861 he enlisted in the 101st New York Infantry, and served two years. Mr. Whitfield is a Mason, and a member of Little Falls Commandery, No. 26. In 1865 he married Emily Iles, and they have three children living. Additional Comments: 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. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ny/herkimer/bios/whitfiel747gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nyfiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb