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Timothy Whiting

Birth	:	7 Feb 1809 Penobscot County, Maine, USA
Death	:	6 Feb 1887 Henry County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Wornall Graveyard, Goffs Corner, Clark County, USA
Plot	:	(Old Section) Block 3, Lot 1
Description	:	Son of John Whiting and Nancy Carter Whiting. ------- Extract (edited for typos) from Portrait and Biographical Album of Henry County, Iowa (Acme Publishing Company, Chicago, 1888): ...."Timothy Whiting, the fifth member of that family, was born in Penobscot county, Maine, February 7, 1809, and was a son of Colonel John Whiting, .... Timothy Whiting was a youth of six years at that time, and when fifteen years of age he entered Prattsburg Acad- emy, where he completed a course of study. He then entered business life as a clerk, and from his earnings saved the capital which enabled him, when twenty years... Read More	Son of John Whiting and Nancy Carter Whiting. ------- Extract (edited for typos) from Portrait and Biographical Album of Henry County, Iowa (Acme Publishing Company, Chicago, 1888): ...."Timothy Whiting, the fifth member of that family, was born in Penobscot county, Maine, February 7, 1809, and was a son of Colonel John Whiting, .... Timothy Whiting was a youth of six years at that time, and when fifteen years of age he entered Prattsburg Acad- emy, where he completed a course of study. He then entered business life as a clerk, and from his earnings saved the capital which enabled him, when twenty years of age, to engage in business on his own account at Painted Post, in partner- ship with another young man. This ven- ture proved unsuccessful, however, but Mr. Whiting, with his characteristic honor, that was ever above reproach, la- ter paid off all the joint obligations of the firm. In 1835 he removed to Bath, New York, where he carried on merchandising until 1857. He then came to Mount Pleasant with his family. He purchased an interest in a banking house, which was then conducted under the firm style of Brazelton & Whiting. A year later the firm became Clark & Whiting, and so con- tinued until 1858, when it became the Mount Pleasant branch of the State Bank of Iowa, at which time Timothy Whiting was president and John H. Whiting cash- ier. Timothy Whiting continued in the presidency up to the time of his death, which occurred on the 6th of February, 1887. The institution was a prosperous one, being conducted along safe, conserva- tive lines that awakened public confidence and gained public support. Mr. Whiting was also a large land owner, making ex- tensive investments in real estate in Henry county, but was more widely known as a prominent financier. He was also interested in the university at Mount Pleasant, and left to it an endowment fund, without aspiration for public ofiice, he served, however, as a trustee of the hospital for the insane of Mount Pleasant, and for eleven years discharged his duty with the utmost fidelity and capability. A liberal supporter of the Methodist Episcopal church, he became a member of that de- nomination in 1831, and in its work took a most active and helpful part, serving as superintendent of the Sunday school, as president of the County Sunday-school As- sociation, and for twenty years as presi- dent of the Henry County Bible Society. He gave five thousand dollars to the Iowa Wesleyan University, on condition that an equal sum should be subscribed by others. He was always unostentatious in his giv- ing, but was most generous, and his spirit of benevolence stood as one of the strong traits in his upright life. He was married at Painted Post, New York, to Miss Sarah A. McCall, a daughter of Ansel and Sarah A. (Shannon) McCall, a native of that town. She was a member of the Presby- terian church, and she died at the family home at the corner of Adams and Heniy streets in Mount Pleasant, September 8, 1893...."

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Where is Timothy Whiting's memorial?
Timothy Whiting's memorial is located at: Wornall Graveyard, Goffs Corner, Clark County, USA.
When did Timothy Whiting death?
Timothy Whiting death on 6 Feb 1887 in Henry County, Iowa, USA