Person:Orrin Whitmore (2)

Orrin reports his birth date as 25 February 1820, which means that he was seven years old at the time of his mother's death in 1820. He tells us he was born in Bristol, Ontario County, New York, which was the home of his grandparents, Aaron and Anna (Yale) Rice. While his grandparents were probably dead by 1820, his mother's brother, Reuben Rice was living in Bristol that year and it is possible he was born there. We know nothing of his life between 1827 and 1860, and it is also possible that he became a part of Reuben Rices family after his mother's death.

It is interesting to note that the children and grandchildren of Orrin's siblings, Sarah Ann (Wetmore) Hawley, Myron Wetmore, Horace Whitmore, Monroe Whitmore and Orestus Wetmore remained in touch into the twentieth century. I have found nothing to indicate that the families of any of these had any contact with Orrin or his family..

Orrin was enumerated as head of household on the 1850 census of Webster, Wastenaw County, Michigan, as Orrin Whitmore, age 30. His household consisted of Susan Whitmore, age 25; Salinda Whitmore, age 4 and Marcus J. Whitmore, age 2. The 1860 census of Hudson Lenawee County, Michigan, reported the following Whitmores household: Orin, age 40; Susen, age 35, Jane, age 14; Jesse, age 12; Nancy, age 20; Marion, age 7 and Harriet, age 1. Two years later, leaving his wife at home with their young children, he enlisted in Battery I of the 1st Michigan Light Artillary and served for almost three years.

1. ↑ Compiler: Ruby W. (Sanders) Tanner. Family of Orrin Yale Whitmore, Location: Nevada City, CA, Version: 4.19. (downloaded 31 August 2005)
   Microfilm: None, Submission AF93-108887.
2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Compiler: Mary Althaver. Index to the Homer Index, Location: Calhoun County GenWeb, Url: www.rootsweb.com/~micalhou/homer index l-z.htm. (June 27, 2002)
   His death was reported in the Homer Index, July 2, 1902.
3. ↑ Compiler: Mary Altharer. Fairview Cemetery, Calhoun County Michigan, Location: Michigan, Calhoun County GenWeb, Url: www.rootsweb.com/~. (June 27, 2002)
   Orrin Whitmore(no dates are reported. Marker also shows "Co I? Mich LA?" suggesting service in the Civil War.
4.   The Hudson Baptist: List of Members of the First Baptish Church, Volume: v. 1, n. 1. (August, 1883)
   as Oren Whitmore.
5. ↑ ^5.0 5.1 Orrin Yale Whitmore, in Find A Grave.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Michigan Certificate and Record of Death, 267, Orrin Y. Whitmore, dated 2 July 1902.

   father's Name: Peter [sic] Whitmore, born England, Mother's Name: unknown & unknown birthplace. Cause of death: Heart Disease

7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Michigan. Adjutant-General's Dept. Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers In the Civil War, 1861-1865. (Kalamazoo, Mich.: Ihling bros. & Everard, printers, 190 ).
   42:189.
8. ↑ Webster, Washtenaw, Michigan, 1850 U. S. Census, Population Schedule.
9. ↑ Hudson, Lenawee, Michigan, 1860 U. S. Census, Population Schedule.
10. ↑ Hudson, Lenawee, Michigan, 1870 U. S. Census, Population Schedule.