John Hiram Whitmer
John Hiram Whitmer was born on April 25, 1843, in Bluffton, Indiana, to Michael and Volumnia Whitmer. His father was a farmer who owned $2,000 of real estate and $1,000 of personal property by 1860. He grew up and attended school in Bluffton, and by 1860, he was working as a farmer.
He enlisted in the Union army on December 13, 1861, and he mustered in as a sergeant in Company H of the 47th Indiana Infantry. The regiment took part in the Vicksburg campaign.
He settled in Burr Oak, Michigan, after the war and resumed his work as a farmer. He married Cornelia Thompson on August 27, 1867, and they had at least two children: Eva, born around 1868; and May, born around 1869. They also adopted a son named Richard, who was born around 1890. They moved to Sturgis, Michigan, in the late 1800s, and he worked as a lumber dealer there. He also served as president of the National Bank of Sturgis. He died of acute endocarditis in Sturgis on June 10, 1931.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (907) | Whitmer, John Hiram | 1843-04-25 | 1931-06-10 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Soldier
- Rank in: Sergeant
- Rank out: Sergeant
- Rank highest: Sergeant
- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (2435) [writer] ~ John H. Whitmer to Samuel J. Keller, 25 January 1864
People - Records: 1
- (907) Whitmer, John Hiram is the [friend of] (883) Keller, Samuel J.
Places - Records: 2
Regiments - Records: 1
- (283) [enlisted] [H] ~ 47th Indiana Infantry
SOURCES
1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Michigan Marriage Records, 1867-1952, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; The Star Press (Muncie, IN), 13 June 1931
