Whitfield was enumerated as a farmer, with his sons Guy and Otis listed as farm labourers
Name: Anna Nowlin Home in 1900: Miller, Dearborn, Indiana Age: 40 Estimated birth year: abt 1860 Birthplace: Indiana Relationship to head-of-house: Wife Spouse's name: Whitfield C Race: White Household Members: Name Age Whitfield C Nowlin 44 Anna Nowlin 40 Guy L Nowlin 18 Lulu B Nowlin 16 Otis C Nowlin 14 Eva L Nowlin 12
...On Feb. 11, 1880, soon after purchasing his farm, he was married to Miss Anna Judd, a daughter of Orin and Mary J. (Cook) Judd, both natives of Dearborn county, where Mrs. Nowlin's grandfather, Job Judd, was one of the pioneers.