Son of ZOLVA WHITMORE, Sr. & HANNAH DAY
Occupation: Minister, committed abolitionist
Married (1): Oct 16, 1821, CARILE MARY CONE, East Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut
Married (2): Jan 21, 1824, SARAH NOYES, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut
Five children:
1. Carile Mary WHITMORE
1824 – 1907
2. Eunice Noyes WHITMORE
1827 – 1829
3. Mary Ann WHITMORE
1829 – in 1850 census
4. Matthew Noyes WHITMORE
1831 – 1893/1903
5. James Holbrook WHITMORE
1833 – 1833
Married (3): Sep 8, 1835, CYNTHIA ANN BARTLETT, Jr., Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut
Four children:
1. Sarah Cornelia WHITMORE
1837 – 1891
2. John Bartlett WHITMORE
1839 –
3. Susan Amelia WHITMORE
1846 –
4. James Day WHITMORE
1849 –
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The Connecticut agents of the underground road were "heart and soul" in the business; and, generally speaking, they were as sagacious as they were earnest. One of these was Rev. Zolva Whitmore of North Guilford, for a quarter of a century minister of the Congregational church. In his work for the runaways he was aided by the Bartletts and others of his parishioners. Those still living remember that one Sunday evening he helped a darkey on his way to the next station, carrying him concealed in a load of hay, on a farm wagon. The Whitmores and their anti-slavery friends were strict observers of the Sabbath. But they doubtless thought that aiding a fugitive slave on his way toward freedom was one of the "acts of necessity and mercy" that were allowed even by the most Puritanical of Sabbatarians. One of the minister's daughters asked her mother, "What is papa going off with the load of hay Sunday night for?" And the answer was, "Daughter, please don't ask any questions." The girl when grown was informed of the meaning of this Sunday evening hay carting. Some of his parishioners were opposed to his course in this cause, and finally made things so unpleasant for him that, after 25 years of faithful work as a pastor and as a preacher of the gospel and of that righteousness that includes justice for all, he resigned his pastorate and sought for a field, elsewhere. This he found in Massachusetts, where he labored four score of years, dying at a good old age esteemed by all who knew him and respected there and by his anti-slavery friends in Connecticut for what he did for the oppressed.
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Early Florence History & Underground Railroad Studies, by Aella Greene for the Sunday Republican
Copyright © 2013 the David Ruggles Center - All Rights Reserved
Occupation: Minister, committed abolitionist
Married (1): Oct 16, 1821, CARILE MARY CONE, East Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut
Married (2): Jan 21, 1824, SARAH NOYES, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut
Five children:
1. Carile Mary WHITMORE
1824 – 1907
2. Eunice Noyes WHITMORE
1827 – 1829
3. Mary Ann WHITMORE
1829 – in 1850 census
4. Matthew Noyes WHITMORE
1831 – 1893/1903
5. James Holbrook WHITMORE
1833 – 1833
Married (3): Sep 8, 1835, CYNTHIA ANN BARTLETT, Jr., Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut
Four children:
1. Sarah Cornelia WHITMORE
1837 – 1891
2. John Bartlett WHITMORE
1839 –
3. Susan Amelia WHITMORE
1846 –
4. James Day WHITMORE
1849 –
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The Connecticut agents of the underground road were "heart and soul" in the business; and, generally speaking, they were as sagacious as they were earnest. One of these was Rev. Zolva Whitmore of North Guilford, for a quarter of a century minister of the Congregational church. In his work for the runaways he was aided by the Bartletts and others of his parishioners. Those still living remember that one Sunday evening he helped a darkey on his way to the next station, carrying him concealed in a load of hay, on a farm wagon. The Whitmores and their anti-slavery friends were strict observers of the Sabbath. But they doubtless thought that aiding a fugitive slave on his way toward freedom was one of the "acts of necessity and mercy" that were allowed even by the most Puritanical of Sabbatarians. One of the minister's daughters asked her mother, "What is papa going off with the load of hay Sunday night for?" And the answer was, "Daughter, please don't ask any questions." The girl when grown was informed of the meaning of this Sunday evening hay carting. Some of his parishioners were opposed to his course in this cause, and finally made things so unpleasant for him that, after 25 years of faithful work as a pastor and as a preacher of the gospel and of that righteousness that includes justice for all, he resigned his pastorate and sought for a field, elsewhere. This he found in Massachusetts, where he labored four score of years, dying at a good old age esteemed by all who knew him and respected there and by his anti-slavery friends in Connecticut for what he did for the oppressed.
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Early Florence History & Underground Railroad Studies, by Aella Greene for the Sunday Republican
Copyright © 2013 the David Ruggles Center - All Rights Reserved
Son of ZOLVA WHITMORE, Sr. & HANNAH DAY
Occupation: Minister, committed abolitionist
Married (1): Oct 16, 1821, CARILE MARY CONE, East Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut
Married (2): Jan 21, 1824, SARAH NOYES, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut
Five children:
1. Carile Mary WHITMORE
1824 – 1907
2. Eunice Noyes WHITMORE
1827 – 1829
3. Mary Ann WHITMORE
1829 – in 1850 census
4. Matthew Noyes WHITMORE
1831 – 1893/1903
5. James Holbrook WHITMORE
1833 – 1833
Married (3): Sep 8, 1835, CYNTHIA ANN BARTLETT, Jr., Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut
Four children:
1. Sarah Cornelia WHITMORE
1837 – 1891
2. John Bartlett WHITMORE
1839 –
3. Susan Amelia WHITMORE
1846 –
4. James Day WHITMORE
1849 –
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The Connecticut agents of the underground road were "heart and soul" in the business; and, generally speaking, they were as sagacious as they were earnest. One of these was Rev. Zolva Whitmore of North Guilford, for a quarter of a century minister of the Congregational church. In his work for the runaways he was aided by the Bartletts and others of his parishioners. Those still living remember that one Sunday evening he helped a darkey on his way to the next station, carrying him concealed in a load of hay, on a farm wagon. The Whitmores and their anti-slavery friends were strict observers of the Sabbath. But they doubtless thought that aiding a fugitive slave on his way toward freedom was one of the "acts of necessity and mercy" that were allowed even by the most Puritanical of Sabbatarians. One of the minister's daughters asked her mother, "What is papa going off with the load of hay Sunday night for?" And the answer was, "Daughter, please don't ask any questions." The girl when grown was informed of the meaning of this Sunday evening hay carting. Some of his parishioners were opposed to his course in this cause, and finally made things so unpleasant for him that, after 25 years of faithful work as a pastor and as a preacher of the gospel and of that righteousness that includes justice for all, he resigned his pastorate and sought for a field, elsewhere. This he found in Massachusetts, where he labored four score of years, dying at a good old age esteemed by all who knew him and respected there and by his anti-slavery friends in Connecticut for what he did for the oppressed.
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Early Florence History & Underground Railroad Studies, by Aella Greene for the Sunday Republican
Copyright © 2013 the David Ruggles Center - All Rights Reserved
Occupation: Minister, committed abolitionist
Married (1): Oct 16, 1821, CARILE MARY CONE, East Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut
Married (2): Jan 21, 1824, SARAH NOYES, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut
Five children:
1. Carile Mary WHITMORE
1824 – 1907
2. Eunice Noyes WHITMORE
1827 – 1829
3. Mary Ann WHITMORE
1829 – in 1850 census
4. Matthew Noyes WHITMORE
1831 – 1893/1903
5. James Holbrook WHITMORE
1833 – 1833
Married (3): Sep 8, 1835, CYNTHIA ANN BARTLETT, Jr., Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut
Four children:
1. Sarah Cornelia WHITMORE
1837 – 1891
2. John Bartlett WHITMORE
1839 –
3. Susan Amelia WHITMORE
1846 –
4. James Day WHITMORE
1849 –
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The Connecticut agents of the underground road were "heart and soul" in the business; and, generally speaking, they were as sagacious as they were earnest. One of these was Rev. Zolva Whitmore of North Guilford, for a quarter of a century minister of the Congregational church. In his work for the runaways he was aided by the Bartletts and others of his parishioners. Those still living remember that one Sunday evening he helped a darkey on his way to the next station, carrying him concealed in a load of hay, on a farm wagon. The Whitmores and their anti-slavery friends were strict observers of the Sabbath. But they doubtless thought that aiding a fugitive slave on his way toward freedom was one of the "acts of necessity and mercy" that were allowed even by the most Puritanical of Sabbatarians. One of the minister's daughters asked her mother, "What is papa going off with the load of hay Sunday night for?" And the answer was, "Daughter, please don't ask any questions." The girl when grown was informed of the meaning of this Sunday evening hay carting. Some of his parishioners were opposed to his course in this cause, and finally made things so unpleasant for him that, after 25 years of faithful work as a pastor and as a preacher of the gospel and of that righteousness that includes justice for all, he resigned his pastorate and sought for a field, elsewhere. This he found in Massachusetts, where he labored four score of years, dying at a good old age esteemed by all who knew him and respected there and by his anti-slavery friends in Connecticut for what he did for the oppressed.
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Early Florence History & Underground Railroad Studies, by Aella Greene for the Sunday Republican
Copyright © 2013 the David Ruggles Center - All Rights Reserved
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