History of White County, Illinois, 1883
Burnt Prairie Twp., page 670-671
JAMES W. WHETSTONE
James W. Whetstone, one of the pioneer children and representative farmers of White County, was born in Gray Township, near the Little Wabash River, Dec. 22, 1837. His parents were John and Nancy (McCarty) Whetstone. He was a farmer and was born in Pennsylvania, and she in Kentucky. He was a member of the Presbyterian church. James W. was the oldest son and second child of four children. When about four years of age he went with his parents to Evansville, Ind., where the father died, and some two years after mother and family returned to White County, Ill., and settled with her parents in Burnt Prairie Township, where she died about 1831. [This is what this historical article says about Nancy's death, "1831", but is obviously a typographical error. She actually died in 1844.]
James W. remained on the farm with his grandfather, attending school winters, until seventeen, when he began to work for himself. He farmed in Burnt Prairie Township with Noah Staley, one of the oldest settlers of Burnt Prairie; worked with him one season, and then went with a friend, Stephen Williams, to Iowa. Mr. Whetstone hired out here on a farm and in a lime kiln two years, when he went to Pike County, Ill., and remained about four years; then returned to White County and hired to a farmer in Phillips Township one season; then returned to Burnt Prairie Township and bought a farm, and has resided in this township ever since.
Was married here to Abigail Hunsinger, Dec. 23, 1863. She was born in White County, and was a daughter of John and Nancy (Crowder) Hunsinger, early settlers of White County. Mr. and Mrs. Whetstone are members of the Regular Baptist church.
They have a family of ten children: George, born Dec. 4, 1864; John, born Oct. 12, 1866; William, born May 10, 1868; Charley, born Oct. 3. 1869; Elizabeth, born July 2, 1871; Susan M., born April 1, 1873; Louis D., born March 23, 1875; Laura E., born Jan. 27, 1877; Ida, born Feb. 4, 1879; and James H., born Dec. 4, 1880.
Mr. Whetstone owns a fine farm of 285 acres, 175 under cultivation and well stocked. In politics Mr. Whetstone is a Democrat. He is one of the old settlers and enterprising, representative men of the county. He started in life a poor, homeless boy, but by hard work and fair dealing has earned a fine property where he and family reside. He has seen White County change from its wild, uncultivated state, to its present prosperous condition.
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1901 White County Atlas & Biographical Sketches
James W. Whetstone, a large landowner and prominent citizen of this township, was born in Burnt Prairie township December 23, 1837, and is a son of John and Nancy (McCarty) Whetstone, who lived in Vanderburgh county Indiana, until the death of Mr. Whetstone, Sr., which occurred 1843. Then the mother moved to White county, Illinois, where she lived at the time of her death in 1844.
December, 1863, James Whetstone married Abigail Hunsinger, daughter of John and Nancy Hunsinger, who lived in White county until their death many years ago.
To this marriage were born eleven children, six of whom are living. This wife died in September, 1899, and in August, 1900, Mr. Whetstone married Catherine Williams, widow of George Williams.
Mr. Whetstone has 288 acres of fine land, belongs to the Missionary Baptist church and is a Democrat, having cast his first vote for Stephen A. Douglas.
He is a man whom to know is to respect, and his neighbors all speak in highest terms of his worth as a citizen. And by our neighbors we are known.
Burnt Prairie Twp., page 670-671
JAMES W. WHETSTONE
James W. Whetstone, one of the pioneer children and representative farmers of White County, was born in Gray Township, near the Little Wabash River, Dec. 22, 1837. His parents were John and Nancy (McCarty) Whetstone. He was a farmer and was born in Pennsylvania, and she in Kentucky. He was a member of the Presbyterian church. James W. was the oldest son and second child of four children. When about four years of age he went with his parents to Evansville, Ind., where the father died, and some two years after mother and family returned to White County, Ill., and settled with her parents in Burnt Prairie Township, where she died about 1831. [This is what this historical article says about Nancy's death, "1831", but is obviously a typographical error. She actually died in 1844.]
James W. remained on the farm with his grandfather, attending school winters, until seventeen, when he began to work for himself. He farmed in Burnt Prairie Township with Noah Staley, one of the oldest settlers of Burnt Prairie; worked with him one season, and then went with a friend, Stephen Williams, to Iowa. Mr. Whetstone hired out here on a farm and in a lime kiln two years, when he went to Pike County, Ill., and remained about four years; then returned to White County and hired to a farmer in Phillips Township one season; then returned to Burnt Prairie Township and bought a farm, and has resided in this township ever since.
Was married here to Abigail Hunsinger, Dec. 23, 1863. She was born in White County, and was a daughter of John and Nancy (Crowder) Hunsinger, early settlers of White County. Mr. and Mrs. Whetstone are members of the Regular Baptist church.
They have a family of ten children: George, born Dec. 4, 1864; John, born Oct. 12, 1866; William, born May 10, 1868; Charley, born Oct. 3. 1869; Elizabeth, born July 2, 1871; Susan M., born April 1, 1873; Louis D., born March 23, 1875; Laura E., born Jan. 27, 1877; Ida, born Feb. 4, 1879; and James H., born Dec. 4, 1880.
Mr. Whetstone owns a fine farm of 285 acres, 175 under cultivation and well stocked. In politics Mr. Whetstone is a Democrat. He is one of the old settlers and enterprising, representative men of the county. He started in life a poor, homeless boy, but by hard work and fair dealing has earned a fine property where he and family reside. He has seen White County change from its wild, uncultivated state, to its present prosperous condition.
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1901 White County Atlas & Biographical Sketches
James W. Whetstone, a large landowner and prominent citizen of this township, was born in Burnt Prairie township December 23, 1837, and is a son of John and Nancy (McCarty) Whetstone, who lived in Vanderburgh county Indiana, until the death of Mr. Whetstone, Sr., which occurred 1843. Then the mother moved to White county, Illinois, where she lived at the time of her death in 1844.
December, 1863, James Whetstone married Abigail Hunsinger, daughter of John and Nancy Hunsinger, who lived in White county until their death many years ago.
To this marriage were born eleven children, six of whom are living. This wife died in September, 1899, and in August, 1900, Mr. Whetstone married Catherine Williams, widow of George Williams.
Mr. Whetstone has 288 acres of fine land, belongs to the Missionary Baptist church and is a Democrat, having cast his first vote for Stephen A. Douglas.
He is a man whom to know is to respect, and his neighbors all speak in highest terms of his worth as a citizen. And by our neighbors we are known.
History of White County, Illinois, 1883
Burnt Prairie Twp., page 670-671
JAMES W. WHETSTONE
James W. Whetstone, one of the pioneer children and representative farmers of White County, was born in Gray Township, near the Little Wabash River, Dec. 22, 1837. His parents were John and Nancy (McCarty) Whetstone. He was a farmer and was born in Pennsylvania, and she in Kentucky. He was a member of the Presbyterian church. James W. was the oldest son and second child of four children. When about four years of age he went with his parents to Evansville, Ind., where the father died, and some two years after mother and family returned to White County, Ill., and settled with her parents in Burnt Prairie Township, where she died about 1831. [This is what this historical article says about Nancy's death, "1831", but is obviously a typographical error. She actually died in 1844.]
James W. remained on the farm with his grandfather, attending school winters, until seventeen, when he began to work for himself. He farmed in Burnt Prairie Township with Noah Staley, one of the oldest settlers of Burnt Prairie; worked with him one season, and then went with a friend, Stephen Williams, to Iowa. Mr. Whetstone hired out here on a farm and in a lime kiln two years, when he went to Pike County, Ill., and remained about four years; then returned to White County and hired to a farmer in Phillips Township one season; then returned to Burnt Prairie Township and bought a farm, and has resided in this township ever since.
Was married here to Abigail Hunsinger, Dec. 23, 1863. She was born in White County, and was a daughter of John and Nancy (Crowder) Hunsinger, early settlers of White County. Mr. and Mrs. Whetstone are members of the Regular Baptist church.
They have a family of ten children: George, born Dec. 4, 1864; John, born Oct. 12, 1866; William, born May 10, 1868; Charley, born Oct. 3. 1869; Elizabeth, born July 2, 1871; Susan M., born April 1, 1873; Louis D., born March 23, 1875; Laura E., born Jan. 27, 1877; Ida, born Feb. 4, 1879; and James H., born Dec. 4, 1880.
Mr. Whetstone owns a fine farm of 285 acres, 175 under cultivation and well stocked. In politics Mr. Whetstone is a Democrat. He is one of the old settlers and enterprising, representative men of the county. He started in life a poor, homeless boy, but by hard work and fair dealing has earned a fine property where he and family reside. He has seen White County change from its wild, uncultivated state, to its present prosperous condition.
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1901 White County Atlas & Biographical Sketches
James W. Whetstone, a large landowner and prominent citizen of this township, was born in Burnt Prairie township December 23, 1837, and is a son of John and Nancy (McCarty) Whetstone, who lived in Vanderburgh county Indiana, until the death of Mr. Whetstone, Sr., which occurred 1843. Then the mother moved to White county, Illinois, where she lived at the time of her death in 1844.
December, 1863, James Whetstone married Abigail Hunsinger, daughter of John and Nancy Hunsinger, who lived in White county until their death many years ago.
To this marriage were born eleven children, six of whom are living. This wife died in September, 1899, and in August, 1900, Mr. Whetstone married Catherine Williams, widow of George Williams.
Mr. Whetstone has 288 acres of fine land, belongs to the Missionary Baptist church and is a Democrat, having cast his first vote for Stephen A. Douglas.
He is a man whom to know is to respect, and his neighbors all speak in highest terms of his worth as a citizen. And by our neighbors we are known.
Burnt Prairie Twp., page 670-671
JAMES W. WHETSTONE
James W. Whetstone, one of the pioneer children and representative farmers of White County, was born in Gray Township, near the Little Wabash River, Dec. 22, 1837. His parents were John and Nancy (McCarty) Whetstone. He was a farmer and was born in Pennsylvania, and she in Kentucky. He was a member of the Presbyterian church. James W. was the oldest son and second child of four children. When about four years of age he went with his parents to Evansville, Ind., where the father died, and some two years after mother and family returned to White County, Ill., and settled with her parents in Burnt Prairie Township, where she died about 1831. [This is what this historical article says about Nancy's death, "1831", but is obviously a typographical error. She actually died in 1844.]
James W. remained on the farm with his grandfather, attending school winters, until seventeen, when he began to work for himself. He farmed in Burnt Prairie Township with Noah Staley, one of the oldest settlers of Burnt Prairie; worked with him one season, and then went with a friend, Stephen Williams, to Iowa. Mr. Whetstone hired out here on a farm and in a lime kiln two years, when he went to Pike County, Ill., and remained about four years; then returned to White County and hired to a farmer in Phillips Township one season; then returned to Burnt Prairie Township and bought a farm, and has resided in this township ever since.
Was married here to Abigail Hunsinger, Dec. 23, 1863. She was born in White County, and was a daughter of John and Nancy (Crowder) Hunsinger, early settlers of White County. Mr. and Mrs. Whetstone are members of the Regular Baptist church.
They have a family of ten children: George, born Dec. 4, 1864; John, born Oct. 12, 1866; William, born May 10, 1868; Charley, born Oct. 3. 1869; Elizabeth, born July 2, 1871; Susan M., born April 1, 1873; Louis D., born March 23, 1875; Laura E., born Jan. 27, 1877; Ida, born Feb. 4, 1879; and James H., born Dec. 4, 1880.
Mr. Whetstone owns a fine farm of 285 acres, 175 under cultivation and well stocked. In politics Mr. Whetstone is a Democrat. He is one of the old settlers and enterprising, representative men of the county. He started in life a poor, homeless boy, but by hard work and fair dealing has earned a fine property where he and family reside. He has seen White County change from its wild, uncultivated state, to its present prosperous condition.
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1901 White County Atlas & Biographical Sketches
James W. Whetstone, a large landowner and prominent citizen of this township, was born in Burnt Prairie township December 23, 1837, and is a son of John and Nancy (McCarty) Whetstone, who lived in Vanderburgh county Indiana, until the death of Mr. Whetstone, Sr., which occurred 1843. Then the mother moved to White county, Illinois, where she lived at the time of her death in 1844.
December, 1863, James Whetstone married Abigail Hunsinger, daughter of John and Nancy Hunsinger, who lived in White county until their death many years ago.
To this marriage were born eleven children, six of whom are living. This wife died in September, 1899, and in August, 1900, Mr. Whetstone married Catherine Williams, widow of George Williams.
Mr. Whetstone has 288 acres of fine land, belongs to the Missionary Baptist church and is a Democrat, having cast his first vote for Stephen A. Douglas.
He is a man whom to know is to respect, and his neighbors all speak in highest terms of his worth as a citizen. And by our neighbors we are known.
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