The Political Graveyard: Whiting family of Whiting, Iowa

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Whiting family of Whiting, Iowa

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Charles Edwin Whiting (1821-1897) — of Iowa. Born in Sodus, Wayne County, N.Y., January 17, 1821. Democrat. County judge in Iowa, 1857-59; candidate for U.S. Representative from Iowa, 1874; member of Iowa state senate, 1883-87; candidate for Governor of Iowa, 1885. Died in Whiting, Monona County, Iowa, December 1, 1897 (age 76 years, 318 days). Interment at Whiting Cemetery, Whiting, Iowa.

		Relatives: Son of Charles Edwin Whiting (1797-1867) and Laurinda (Eveleth) Whiting (1799-1894); married to Nancy Criner (1829-1900); father of William Criner Whiting; uncle of Willard Baxter Whiting (1874-1942).
		Political family: Whiting family of Whiting, Iowa.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

William Criner Whiting (1857-1936) — also known as Will C. Whiting — of Monona County, Iowa. Born in Whiting, Monona County, Iowa, September 5, 1857. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1904. Died in Whiting, Monona County, Iowa, December 7, 1936 (age 79 years, 93 days). Interment at Whiting Cemetery, Whiting, Iowa.

		Relatives: Son of Charles Edwin Whiting (1821-1897) and Nancy (Criner) Whiting (1829-1900); married to Mary E. Elliott (1859-1927); first cousin of Willard Baxter Whiting.
		Political family: Whiting family of Whiting, Iowa.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Willard Baxter Whiting (1874-1942) — also known as Willard B. Whiting — of Whiting, Monona County, Iowa. Born in Whiting, Monona County, Iowa, August 25, 1874. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1924. Died in Whiting, Monona County, Iowa, September 9, 1942 (age 68 years, 15 days). Interment at Whiting Cemetery, Whiting, Iowa.

		Relatives: Son of William Bemis Whiting (1824-1916) and Elizabeth Urania (Morley) Whiting (1839-1881); married 1898 to Lulu Dorrance Bishop (1877-1972); nephew of Charles Edwin Whiting (1821-1897); first cousin of William Criner Whiting.
		Political family: Whiting family of Whiting, Iowa.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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