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Whiting #1 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; married to Nancy Criner; father of William Criner Whiting; uncle of Willard Baxter Whiting; second cousin twice removed of Jabez Upham and George Baxter Upham; third cousin once removed of James Phineas Upham; third cousin thrice removed of Francis Dana; fourth cousin once removed of Monroe Marsh Sweetland.
  Political family: Whiting #1 family of Whiting, Iowa (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  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 and Nancy (Criner) Whiting; married to Mary E. Elliott; first cousin of Willard Baxter Whiting; second cousin thrice removed of Jabez Upham and George Baxter Upham; third cousin twice removed of James Phineas Upham.
  Political family: Whiting #1 family of Whiting, Iowa (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  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 and Elizabeth Urania (Morley) Whiting; married 1898 to Lulu Dorrance Bishop; nephew of Charles Edwin Whiting; first cousin of William Criner Whiting; second cousin thrice removed of Jabez Upham and George Baxter Upham; third cousin twice removed of James Phineas Upham.
  Political family: Whiting #1 family of Whiting, Iowa (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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