Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Witherstine, William September 25, 1853 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Witherstine, William, Herkimer, was born in the town of Herkimer September 25, 
1853.  His father, David Witherstine, who was a farmer, died on the 8th day of 
April, 1864, leaving a widow and five children:  Charles, Horace, William, 
Margaret and Martha, being the only children of a second wife.  The 
Witherstine family is one of the old families of New York State.  His 
grandfather, John Witherstine, was a soldier of the Revolution, having entered 
the American army at the opening of hostilities in the Mohawk Valley and 
served with honor during the entire struggle of the colonies for 
independence.   His mother, Margaret Petrie, as a granddaughter of Dr. Wm. 
Petrie, who amputated the limb of General Herkimer after he was wounded at the 
battle of Oriskany.  Mr. Witherstine received his early education in the 
common schools of Herkimer and afterwards attended school at Fairfield 
Seminary, from which he graduated in 1878.  After teaching school for some 
time he entered the law office of Smith & Steele, in Herkimer and began the 
study of law.  He was admitted to the bar October 10, 1884, and in the 
following May opened an office in the Democrat Block in Herkimer, where he is 
still engaged in a large and increasing practice of his profession.  He has 
been twice elected justice of the peace and for five years has been a member 
of the Board of Education, of which he is now president.  He has always taken 
a deep interest in the schools, and is identified with all the social and 
benevolent enterprises of the village.  In the spring of 1892 he was elected 
to the office of president of the village by the largest majority ever given 
to a candidate for that office, thus showing the high esteem in which he was 
held by the citizens of that village.  Mr. Witherstine was married December25, 
1878, to Miss Mary Western of Norway, Herkimer county, N. Y., and has two 
children, Charles J. and Emma.  He has only one brother now living, Dr. H. H. 
Witherstine, a prominent physician, also mayor of Rochester, Minn.  Mr. 
Witherstine is a member of the Reformed church of Herkimer, and also one of 
the Y.M.C.A. of the same place.

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.

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