MARSHALL COUNTY, TN- GOODSPEED BIOGRAPHIES - James W. Whitman
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JAMES W. WHITMAN, farmer, is a son of Rev. R.M. Whitman, a native of
Boston, Mass., born in 1804.  When a mere boy R.M. Whitman went with his
parents to Virginia, where he lived quite a number of years.  They then
immigrated to Bedford County, and here he married Almedia
Sanders (the subject's mother), and a native of Bedford County, born in
1815.  To them were born nine children.  After her death the father was
married twice; first to Mrs. Jane Reed, who died in 1857, and then to Mrs
Ann Edwards, who still lives.  The father died in Texas in 1873.  He was an
extensive farmer and stock trader, and in early life practiced
medicine.  He was also a preacher of the gospel.  Our subject was born
November 28, 1838, in the Moore fraction of Lincoln County.  He was reared
on the farm and received a poor education, owing to the demand for his
labor at home.  In 1861 he volunteered in Company K, Eighth Tennessee
Infantry,
Confederate Army, and went through four years of service without being
wounded, and was only
captured once, when he succeeded in making his escape in a few days.  He
served twelve months as captain of Company A, Twenty-eighth Tennessee
Cavalry.  After the war he went to Texas to engage in the mercantile
business, where he remained ten years.  In 1874 he returned to
Tennessee and engaged in Farming.  In 1877 he married Ann E. Hutton, a
native of Rutherford County, born August 14, 1841.  In 1882 she died, and
the following year he married Jennie P. Grigsby, of Giles County.  This
union resulted in the birth of one child, Robert G.  Mr. Whitman is a
stanch Democrat and a member of the Missionary Baptist Church.  His present
wife is a member of the Methondist Episcopal Church.  He has a good farm of
497 acres, and as a farmer and stock raiser has been quite successful.

Surnames: Edwards, Grigsby, Hutton, Reed, Sanders, Whitman
Source:  " The Goodspeeds History of Tennessee, 1886."