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January 2011
Generations 1,2,3,4,5 etc. are numbered 1,3,5,7,9 etc. Additional spouses are 2,4,6,8 etc.
Compiled by Gordon Speer, 3304 Woodlawn Road, Sterling, IL 61081
1 Samuel WHITEMAN (about 1755-1817) m. 12/25/1798 Rachel PAXTON
They moved from York Co, PA to Rockbridge Co. VA (High Bridge Church) after 1780.
Many of the weddings were performed at High Bridge by the Reverend Samuel Houston,
who was an uncle of the famous Texan.
3 Rachel WHITEMAN (1780-8/8/1854) m. 12/27/1797 Samuel PAXTON IV (10/15/1777-
5/15/1854) Rockbridge Co, VA - Child: Jonathan m. 2/7/1798 Agnes 'Nancy' GILMORE
3 Samuel Paxton WHITEMAN (ca1782- ) m. 6/4/1805 Elizabeth WOOD Rockbridge Co, VA
4 m. 2nd 1822 Elizabeth THOMAS
3 Matthew WHITEMAN (ca1784- ) m. 12/11/1806 Jean POAGE Rockbridge Co, VA
Hopewell Church and Cemetery, Eaton, Ohio
3 James WHITEMAN (1786-8/20/1831) m. 2/1/1810 Rebecca Lackey MILLER (11/27/1785-
9/11/1877) served in the war of 1812, moved from Rockbridge, VA to Fairhaven, OH
in 1824, buried in the Hopewell Church Cemetery
5 Margaret WHITEMAN (1810-8/30/1835) m. 1/15/1829 Samuel PAXTON (1804-10/2/1834) Preble Co. OH
7 Children: James, Jonathan
5 Sarah P. WHITEMAN (9/26/1813-1901) m. 11/17/1831 Eli PAXTON (4/21/1811-12/19/1857)
7 Child: James Whiteman PAXTON
6 m. 2nd 12/11/1861 Jesse B. NICCUM (1809- )
5 Eliza WHITEMAN m. 1837 Stephen COONS moved from Ohio to Indiana
7 a son moved to Illinois
5 Samuel Miller WHITEMAN (1/18/1818- ) m. 3/12/1851 Mary Elizabeth REYNOLDS
7 Sarah M. WHITEMAN ( -1905) m. G.W. STILWELL Topeka, KS 3 children
7 Mary Isabella WHITEMAN m. A. M. ARMSTRONG Oakland, IA
7 Alda Rebecca WHITEMAN m. Alfred McGEE Wilton, IA
7 Margaret WHITEMAN ( -1906) m. Samuel GOWDY Canton, MS
7 John Reynolds WHITEMAN (12/3/1852- ) m. 12/25/1876 Fannie ROCKWELL
(10/8/1858- ) music teacher
9 Helen N. WHITEMAN (1877- ) m. S.B. WHEELER
9 Louisa C. WHITEMAN (1879- ) m. Charles D. PALMER
10 m. 2nd J. C. WEBER
9 Janet Alda WHITEMAN (1885- ) m. J. Victor YEOMAN
9 Archa Reynolds WHITEMAN (1888-1889)
9 Esther WHITEMAN (6/20/1894- ) nurse
7 Wilberforce James WHITEMAN (1857-1936) m. Elfreda M. DALLISON
extraordinary musicians, Denver, CO
9 Ferne Elizabeth WHITEMAN (1886- ) m. H. Paul SMITH contralto soloist
9 Paul Samuel WHITEMAN (3/28/1890-12/29/1967) m. 1908 Nellie STACK
violist, conductor, Internationally Famous as the King of Jazz,
Bing Crosby was his "boy singer" and George Gershwin was his piano player!
10 m. 2nd Alfrica (Jimmie) SMITH
10 m. 3rd 1922 Mildred V. VANDERHOFF (2/18/1899-9//1991) Ziegfeld girl dancer using the
stage name Vanda Hoff, Follies of 1920 ("separated Feb 1931" TIME Magazine)
11 Paul WHITEMAN, Jr. drummer in his own 5-piece band
10 m. 4th 8/18/1931 Margaret LIVINGSTON
11 Margo L. WHITEMAN m. Thomas Clark HAAS
11 Richard L. WHITEMAN
11 Jan L. WHITEMAN m. Daniel D. MARTINO
11 Julie L. WHITEMAN m. David Norman KELLEY
7 Walter Raleigh WHITEMAN (1870-1936) m. Mabel Snow JACKSON, Jersey City, NJ
9 Margaret WHITEMAN (1899-1972) m. William FEITNER
11 John W. FEITNER (1926-1996)
11 Elizabeth Jane FEITNER (1928- )
9 Walter Hugh WHITEMAN (1914-2004) m. Edythe KOLTER
11 Hugh Malcolm WHITEMAN (1938-8/2/2008) m. Viola CICETTI
13 Susan Elizabeth WHITEMAN (1968- ) m. John E. NORDLOF
15 Annika Viola NORDLOF (1997- )
15 Victor Kenneth Nordlof (2005- )
13 John Eric Alan WHITEMAN (1971- ) m. Laura JONES
15 Michael Walter WHITEMAN (2005- )
15 Katelyn Jane WHITEMAN (1/13/2008- )
11 Walter Eric (Rick) WHITEMAN (1942- ) unmarried
11 Ralph WHITEMAN (1944- ) Lynn AUSTIN
13 Roger Andrew WHITEMAN (1970- ) m. 1997 Kristin SHELAR
15 Chelsea KALLMAN (1990- )
15 Taylor WHITEMAN (2000- )
13 Janna Lynn WHITEMAN (1973- ) m. Douglas Allen KIRKLAND (1963- )
15 Morgan Nancy Ross KIRKLAND (1995- )
15 Alison Kendall KIRKLAND (2000- )
9 Lucille GOWDY (adopted niece, daughter of Margaret Whiteman and Sam Gowdy)
8 m. 2nd Ann BOYCE
5 Thomas Lackey WHITEMAN (7/14/1820-8/13/1834) age 14
5 Nancy Miller WHITEMAN (1821-1864) m. 1851 Jeremiah CRAMER no descendants
5 James Paxton WHITEMAN (1823-1878) unmarried, buried in Preble Co. OH
5 Henry Miller WHITEMAN (12/25/1825-9/27/1899) m. 3/12/1851 Elizabeth Foster McDILL
(11/16/1832-6/7/1914) They moved to Henderson County, IL in October, 1853 by
covered wagons. Established the present Whiteman homestead in 1855, where their
son Charles, granddaughter Beth, and great-grandson Vince have continued farming.
A staunch Republican, he was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives
in 1880 where he served one term. In 1883 he became the president of the
newly-formed First National Bank of Biggsville, IL where he spent the remainder
of his working life.
7 James Thomas WHITEMAN (7/14/1852-1920) m. Margaret McKINLEY (1862-1938)
made the trip to Illinois at age 1
7 David Albert WHITEMAN (3/14/1854-1917) m. Elizabeth CAMERON (1858-1945)
farmer (she was the Henderson County School Superintendent)
9 Mark Graham WHITEMAN (9/22/1886-1964) m. Marjorie Duncan BLOOMGREN
11 Mary Lou WHITEMAN
9 Mary Elizabeth Cameron "Bessie" WHITEMAN (2/2/1888-1964) graduate of
Monmouth College '09, Iowa English Teacher
9 Henry Dean WHITEMAN (7/8/1892-1951) m. Helen BOYD (1895-1985)
11 Robert Dean WHITEMAN (1923-9/30/2008) m. Marlene ..... Hillsboro, MO
13 Wendy WHITEMAN m. Lloyd BURNS
13 (Bobby) Dean WHITEMAN m. Cindy .....
15 Dalton WHITEMAN
9 Cary "Louise" WHITEMAN (12/10/1893- ) m. John GRIDLEY
7 Mary Jane WHITEMAN (6/2/1856- ) m. 3/12/1890 James P. MYERS (1/19/1857- )
Biggsville poultry breeder
9 Mary Elizabeth MYERS (3/3/1891- ) m. 2/1912 Walter LIEBENGOOD
9 James Albert MYERS (11/16/1892- )
9 Jennie "Maude" MYERS (9/9/1896- )
9 Frank Miller MYERS (11/12/1898- )
7 Henry Oliver "Ollie" WHITEMAN (2/28/1858-1950) m. 8/11/1881 Mary Ellen SPEARS
Burlington, IA farmer
9 Mabel Foster WHITEMAN (7/26/1882- ) m. I. Karl BEALL
9 Jessie WHITEMAN (11/28/1884- )
9 Mary "Claire" WHITEMAN (10/19/1886- )
9 Roy Miller WHITEMAN (2/17/1893- ) m. Merle McCONNELL
11 Roy McConnell "Conn" WHITEMAN m. Dorothy GIBB
13 Connie WHITEMAN
13 Nancy WHITEMAN
9 Ruth Elizabeth WHITEMAN (3/29/1895-1952) m. Herman CARTWRIGHT ( -1943)
Dallas City, Illinois
11 Ruth Eleanor CARTWRIGHT m. Fred BURMASTER Burlington, Iowa
13 Dale BURMASTER
9 Helen Melissa WHITEMAN (4/12/1899- ) m. Willis SWARTZ
children: Barbara Ellen, Cynthia
7 Melissa Elizabeth WHITEMAN (7/11/1860-3/12/1900) unmarried
7 Flora Rachel WHITEMAN (8/28/1862-6/1899) unmarried
7 John Young WHITEMAN (1/7/1865-1942) m. 8/27/1891 Alma AULD (1870-11/24/1932)
Biggsville Bank Cashier - Monmouth Presbytery Treasurer & Monmouth College Senator
9 Martha Auld WHITEMAN (4/12/1901- ) m. 3/1923 Gail EDWARDS
children: Don, Glenn,Leslie, Dean, Kitty
9 Mary June WHITEMAN (9/4/1910-3/1922) drowned
8 m. 2nd 5/21/1935 Jean SPEARS
7 William Miller WHITEMAN (3/18/1867-1945) m. 1894 Elizabeth Jane MILLEN (1874-1954)
Biggsville, IL farmer
9 Ray Miller WHITEMAN (twin) (12/13/1894-3//1981) m. 4/1/1918 Elsie GLENN (1895-1972)
11 (Ralph) Glenn WHITEMAN (10/1/1921-9/4/2007) m. Leanore Nell SAPP (3/2/1920-3/11/1996)
13 Karl K. WHITEMAN (1/13/1952- ) m. 7/21/1984 Vicki MERWIN (8/27/1950- )
Ordained May 21, 1989 by the United Church of Christ
14 m. 2nd 4/21/1991 Janis E. STEINKE (11/15/1951- )
Karl and his wife, Jan, served as missionaries to the Marshall Islands and the
Federated States of Micronesia from June 1996 to July 2003 with Common Global
Ministries of the United Church of Christ and the Christian Church Disciples of
Christ. He is currently Sr. Pastor of Union Memorial Church (UCC & UMC), Milford, IA
11 Jane Elizabeth WHITEMAN (3/16/1925-10/18/1954) m. Joseph WATSON California
13 William Joseph WATSON (10/19/1945- ) m. Merry Lee MUENCH
Child: David
13 Kevin WATSON (2/10/1947-8/3/2004) m. Jan ....... CPA, Green Beret - Viet Nam
Children: Michelle, Monica, Jane Elizabeth, Michael
13 Carol Jane WATSON (12/28/1951- ) m. Kenneth CARDOZA California
9 Ralph McGaw WHITEMAN (twin) (12/13/1894-1895) died as an infant
9 John Lloyd Gordon WHITEMAN (12/10/1895-1975)
9 David Arthur WHITEMAN (11/22/1903- ) died as an infant
9 William Frederick WHITEMAN (6/20/1908-5/14/1989) m. 6/17/1939 Blanche Winifred
WHITE (9/22/1911-2/21/1999) Biggsville
11 Stanley William (Stan) WHITEMAN (4/16/1946- ) m.5/30/1970 Jane GSCHWENDTNER
(9/3/1946- ) Bailey's Harbor, WI retired
13 Charles Stanley (Charlie) WHITEMAN (3/5/1972- ) m. 4/29/1995 Cindy TKACH Geneseo, IL
television producer at WQAD Rock Island
15 Kaitlyn WHITEMAN (4/18/1996- )
15 Ryan William Anthony WHITEMAN (3/30/1999- )
15 Elizabeth Anne WHITEMAN (2/14/2003- )
13 Scott William WHITEMAN (10/2/1974- ) m. Kazuha Inoue Edwards(2/19/ ) Japan
15 Mina Inoue WHITEMAN (6/29/2009- )
13 Jeffrey Alan WHITEMAN (3/8/1977- ) m. 9/25/2004 Jill Ellen JENSEN Chicago, architect
9 Kenneth Millen WHITEMAN (9/20/1909-2/10/1976) m. Mildred LAWLER ( -1/1939)
7 Samuel Chauncey "Chan" WHITEMAN (3/28/1869-1956) m. 9/3/1891 Mary Emma ERVIN
9 Samuel Ervin WHITEMAN (8/8/1905- ) m. 1/14/1940 Fern KNISLEY
9 Chauncey Everett WHITEMAN (7/7/1909- )
7 Alexander Francis "Frank" WHITEMAN (12/8/1871-1965) m. 11/30/1898 Jessie Belle McMILLAN
(1/9/1874-7/3/1947) farmer, Biggsville
9 Harold McMillan "Mac" WHITEMAN (10/18/1899-1993) m. Lillian Bertha POTTER trucker
11 Franklin Potter WHITEMAN (1940-10/1940) died in infancy
11 David Lee WHITEMAN (9/16/1944- ) m. 3/1967 Mary Ann MURINE (7/25/1944- )
13 Kirk David WHITEMAN (4/23/1970- ) m.Angela Leigh BROWN (4/17/1971- ) Avon, IL
15 Kameron Davis WHITEMAN (5/31/2002- )
13 Garth Harold "Toby" WHITEMAN (6/26/1972- )
11 Dean Edward WHITEMAN (11/21/1946- ) m. Marilyn Winifred McNICHOL
13 Jennie Lillian WHITEMAN (10/11/1974- )
9 Wendell Francis WHITEMAN (4/29/1901-1/30/1992) m. Gladys Lucille ZIMMERMAN
(1901-1982) banker
11 Donald Graham WHITEMAN (5/22/1926- ) m. Joann Ruth WEAKLY (1928- )
13 Thomas Graham WHITEMAN (1952-1971)
13 Wendy Laine WHITEMAN (1954- ) m. Warren WHITE
13 Nancy Alison WHITEMAN (1956- ) m. Richard HEADIFEN
13 Douglas Scott WHITEMAN (1959- )
11 Ralph Edwin WHITEMAN (2/12/1928- ) m. Louise BROWN (1930- )
13 Cynthia Louise WHITEMAN (1952- ) m. Tom BURKE
14 m. 2nd David RUSZKOWSKI
13 Laurie Patrice WHITEMAN (1954- )
13 Cheri Kay WHITEMAN (1956- )
12 m. 2nd Virginia ATWELL
13 Robert Thomas WHITEMAN (1974- )
12 m. 3rd Martha WILLIAMS McCLINTOCK
11 Richard Wendell WHITEMAN (1/23/1942- ) m. Harriet SUTHERLAN (1/31/1943- ) Rockwood, TN
13 Charles Richard WHITEMAN (7/30/1969- ) m. Ellen Kay WILLIAMS (9/4/1970- ) Ft.Lauderdale, FL
15 Audrey Makay WHITEMAN (3/14/2004- )
15 Brooke Elizabeth WHITEMAN (9/14/2006- )
13 Amanda Leigh WHITEMAN (7/5/1972- ) m. David FULLER (4/23/1970- ) Gainesville, FL
children: Aidan, Ava
9 Edith Pauline WHITEMAN (1/29/1903-1978) Washington, DC secretary
9 Robert Henry WHITEMAN (7/29/1905- ) m. Sarah Elizabeth KEISTER
11 Barbara Joyce WHITEMAN (11/25/1927- ) m. Edward Henry GARLAND
Children: Olen, Robert, Sara Jan
11 Constance Lee "Connie" WHITEMAN (1930-1931)
9 Russell Edward WHITEMAN (6/6/1907-1992) m. Opal Esther EATON (1907-1975) Colorado
11 Constance Jeanne "Connie" WHITEMAN (1938- ) m. Alvin WILSON
Children: Robert, Alyssa
12 m. 2nd Donalt BITTLE Ch. Alicia
11 James Neil "Jim" WHITEMAN (1939- ) m. Frances STRATTON
13 Susan Elizabeth WHITEMAN m. Don WASHBURN
13 James Russell WHITEMAN (1964- ) m. Debbie .....
11 Scott Eaton WHITEMAN (1944- )
11 Michael Edward WHITEMAN (1946- ) m. Debbie .....
13 Angie WHITEMAN
13 Teresa WHITEMAN
13 Scott T. WHITEMAN
13 Stephanie WHITEMAN
9 Margaret Josephine "Peggy" WHITEMAN (11/1/1909-4/22/1991)m. John Rollyn "Skip" KELLY
Navy, insurance
11 Jayne KELLY m. Kent HAMILTON Oquawka, IL grocer
13 Todd HAMILTON (10/18/1965- ) 2004 PGA British Open Golf Tournament Champion,
m. Jaqueline SABEN, Children: Tyler (4/2/98), Kaylee (6/20/00), Drake (4/18/03) Roanoke, TX
12 m. 2nd ..... PEARSON Quad Cities of IA-IL
11 Rollyn "Skipper" KELLY
9 Howard Graham WHITEMAN (2/6/1915-10/13/1918) died at age 3
7 Charles Milton WHITEMAN (1/10/1874-3/22/1949) m.10/19/1898 Mayre Josephine BARNES
(6/20/1878-4/30/1958) Biggsville, IL farmer. His farm, half a mile south of
Union School, is still farmed by the Vincent P. Whiteman family.
9 Mildred Elizabeth "Beth" WHITEMAN (9/1/1899-9/10/1998) m. 10/29/1920
Robert Andrew GLENN Biggsville, IL farmer
11 Mayre Eleanor GLENN (4/1/1926- ) m. 6/28/1948 Donald Keith McCLANAHAN
(2/16/1927- ) Las Cruces, NM
11 Mildred Agnes GLENN (5/6/1929- ) m. 12/5/1949 Frank Dale ANDERSON
(10/14/1928- ) Stronghurst, IL farmer
11 Elizabeth Lucille GLENN (9/10/1933- ) m. 9/3/1955 Gordon Eugene SPEER
(12/25/1933- ) Sterling, IL high school science teacher
9 Charles Roland Dale WHITEMAN (6/14/1907-10/7/1986) m.11/5/1938
Mildred Sara HAMILTON (3/14/1908-1974) Sears Store Mgr
11 Sara Dale "Sally" WHITEMAN (6/2/1941- ) m. 11/5/1938 John BRANDT
Lawrence, KS college professors
13 Richard Charles "Rich" BRANDT (12/14/1967- ) Lenexa, KS engineer
13 Michael Ryan BRANDT (9/7/1970- ) Chicago theatre
11 Charles Hamilton "Chuck" WHITEMAN (8/14/1954- ) m. 7/16/1988 (Sarah)
Claire SELZER (1954- ) U of Iowa Professor of Economics, Iowa City
13 William Charles WHITEMAN (11/26/1991- )
13 Sarah Elizabeth WHITEMAN (11/26/1993- )
10 m. 2nd Jean ASKEW Rogers, AR realtor
9 Milton Barnes WHITEMAN (8/29/1920-12/3/1992) m. 9/10/1955 Cheryl Louise
TERPENING (9/30/1934- ) TX teachers of Music and Language Arts
11 Milton Anthony "Tony" WHITEMAN (6/17/1956- ) m. 8/19/1978 Sherill
RADETSKY San Antonio, TX teacher-contractor
13 Aimee Michelle WHITEMAN (6/13/1983- )
13 Paul Anthony WHITEMAN (2/9/1985- )
13 Emily Elizabeth WHITEMAN (3/6/1987- )
11 Vincent Paul "Vince" WHITEMAN (5/3/1957- ) m. 6/22/1985 Melinda Rae HARDEN
4th generation on the Whiteman Homestead Farm, Biggsville
13 Kristin Noel WHITEMAN (12/11/1986- )
13 Kayla Ruth WHITEMAN (11/4/1989- )
5 Rachel Jane WHITEMAN (1826-1900) m. John D. COCHRAN (1819-1896) Biggsville farmer
7 William COCHRAN m. Elizabeth McDILL
7 James COCHRAN (1864-1942) m. Margaret E. ..... (1867-1945)
7 Margaret COCHRAN
5 Rebecca WHITEMAN (1828-1867) unmarried
3 Robert WHITEMAN
3 Margaret WHITEMAN (1794- ) m. James GRAHAM moved from Rockbridge VA to
Preble Co. OH in 1824
3 Nancy WHITEMAN
3 Elizabeth WHITEMAN
3 Sarah WHITEMAN m. 5/3/1806 ....... PINKERTON
3 Jane WHITEMAN
