Umatilla County OR Archives Biographies.....Whittaker, Harry August 27, 1859 - 
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Author: Colonel William Parsons

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HARRY WHITTAKER
	Like those of his nationality generally, we find the subject of this 
sketch manifesting great energy and thrift in all of his undertakings, while 
his marked habits of industry and his sterling qualities of manly uprightness 
and integrity have made him a prominent figure in our county as one of its 
leading agriculturists and citizens. The grand old country of England, 
Derbyshire being the local spot, is his native land, and August 27, 1859, is 
the date of his birth. His father, James Whittaker, was a real-estate holder 
of that shire, and occupied in agriculture, but passed away when this son was 
two years old. The mother,  being a woman of ability, managed the affairs, and 
in October, 1874, our subject being then fifteen years of age, she sold her 
possessions in their native place and turned to the new world. They reached 
Oregon in November, 1874, being one month and five days making the trip from 
Liverpool, England, to Oakland, Douglas county, this state, coming via New 
York. Here the family, consisting of mother, two sons and one daughter, stayed 
with the uncle, Thomas Bainbridge, for one month and then rented a farm in the 
neighborhood, occupying it for eighteen months. After this they removed to 
Green Valley and rented a farm of seven hundred acres, where they remained for 
four years. In 1878 our subject hired to D. M. Boone to drive a band of two 
thousand, five hundred sheep across the mountains into eastern Oregon, which 
he accomplished, returning to his home, where he remained until the spring of 
1879, when he again entered the employ of the same gentleman to assist in 
operating his sheep ranch. It was in the fall of that same year when he first 
came to Umatilla county and purchased the ranch where he now lives from Samuel 
Anderson. Here he has been occupied ever since in stock raising. 
	His marriage occurred in Oakland, Douglas county, on May 8, 1879, when 
Miss Susan M. Boone, daughter of D. M. Boone, daughter of D. M. Boone, a 
native of Ohio but now a farmer of Polk county, became his bride. To them have 
been born three children: Mary Elizabeth, born October 15, 1881; Nettie Grace, 
born April 12, 1883; James H., born September 4, 1889, all still at home with 
their parents; Clara Alice, born April 24, 1891, died February 30, 1892; 
Franklin W., born September 9, 1895, died January 11, 1899.  Mr. Whittaker 
affiliates with the Maccabees, Lodge No. 27, at Pendleton. He has been quite 
active in furthering improvements in the county, laying the first road from 
Camas to Pilot Rock. In school matters he participates with interest, having 
served a number of years in the public offices of the same with an acceptable 
record. He is a member of the United Brethren church and is prominent in its 
affairs, while in his life he manifests strict loyalty to his faith, which, 
with his good neighborly qualities, make him greatly esteemed.


Additional Comments:
An Illustrated History of Umatilla County by Colonel William Parsons and of 
Morrow County by W. S. Shiach with a brief outline of the early history of the 
State of Oregon.  W. H. Lever, Publisher  1902.


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