John Whitehill Biography Hancock County, WV ********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ********************************************************************** Submitted By Dale Patterson Copied from " History of the Panhandle, being Historical Collections of the Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock, West Virginia". Compiled and Written by: J.H. Newton, G.G. Nichols, and A.G. Sprankle Published by: J.A. Caldwell, 1879, Wheeling, W. VA. Biographical Sketches of Hancock County: John Whitehill: was born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, August 5th, 1828. He married Elizabeth Wilcoxon, January 1st, 1856. They settled on the farm where they are now living, located in Poe District, Hancock County, West Virginia. Their union has resulted in two children -- one son and one daughter. He has followed farming as his vocation.