Individual Details
Pearson Whittier
(3 Jun 1801 - 6 Aug 1885)
Events
| Birth | 3 Jun 1801 | Sutton, Merrimack, New Hampshire |  | ||
| Marriage | 12 Sep 1827 | Corinth, Penobscot, Maine - Elma Bragdon | | ||
| Census | 1 Jun 1850 | Corinth, Penobscot, Maine |  | | |
| Census | 1 Jun 1860 | Corinth, Penobscot, Maine | | | |
| Census | 1 Jun 1870 | Corinth, Penobscot, Maine | | | |
| Census | 1 Jun 1880 | Corinth, Penobscot, Maine | | | |
| Death | 6 Aug 1885 | Corinth, Penobscot, Maine | | ||
| Burial | Corinthian Cemetery, Corinth, Penobscot, Maine | |
Families
| Spouse | Elma Bragdon (1810 - 1883) |
| Child | Amanda Melvina Whittier (1828 - 1909) |
| Child | Sophronia Heleston Whittier (1830 - 1848) |
| Child | Stephen Thaddeus Whittier (1832 - 1882) |
| Child | Andrew Judson Whittier (1833 - 1863) |
| Child | Josiah Martin Whittier (1835 - 1869) |
| Child | Calista Elizabeth Whittier (1841 - ) |
| Child | Henry Augustin Whittier (1843 - 1917) |
| Child | Austin Wilber Whittier (1845 - 1864) |
| Child | Philosia Heleston Whittier (1848 - 1849) |
| Child | Emma Philosia Whittier (1851 - 1922) |
| Father | Francis Whittier (1762 - 1844) |
| Mother | Sally "Polly" Pearson (1772 - 1844) |
| Sibling | Sally Whittier (1797 - 1817) |
| Sibling | Betsey P. Whittier (1798 - 1883) |
| Sibling | Sylvia Whittier (1799 - 1815) |
| Sibling | Cynthia Whittier (1805 - 1864) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Whittier (1805 - ) |
| Sibling | Jonathan N. Whittier (1806 - 1840) |
| Sibling | Mary "Polly" Whittier (1808 - 1879) |
| Sibling | Lucinda H. Whittier (1810 - 1885) |
| Sibling | Charles Whittier (1814 - 1881) |
Notes
Census
Pearson Whittier was enumerated as head of household, age 48, male, farmer, value of real estate owned was $1400, and was born in New Hampshire. Other members of the household were Elma Whittier [wife], Stephen Whittier [son], Andrew Whittier [son], Josiah Whittier [son], Calista Whittier [daughter], Henry Whittier [son], and Austin Whittier [son].Census
Pearsons Whittier was enumerated as head of household, age 58, male, farmer, value of real estate owned was $1500, value of personal estate owned was $700, and was born in New Hampshire. Other members of the household were Elma Whittier [wife], Andrew J. Whittier [son], Lizzie Whittier [daughter-in-law], Calista Whittier [daughter], Henry Whittier [son], Austin Whittier [son], Emma Whittier [daughter], and Edith Whittier [granddaughter].Census
Pearson Whittier was enumerated as head of household, age 69, male, white, farmer, value of real estate owned was $900, value of personal estate owned was $380, born in New Hampshire, and was a male citizen of U.S. of 21 years of age and upwards. The other member of the household was Elma Whittier.Census
Pearson Whittier was enumerated as head of household, white, male, age 78, married, farmer, cripple, born in New Hampshire, father born in New Hampshire, and mother born in New Hampshire. The other member of his household was Elma Whittier (wife).Endnotes
1. Charles Collyer Whittier, The Descendants of Thomas Whittier and Ruth Green of Salisbury & Haverhill, Massachusetts (Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc., 1937), 66, 140.
2. "New Hampshire Birth Index, 1659-1900," Ancestry.com, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 September 2020), digital image, "Birth Record," Pearson Whittier; citing New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire.
3. Charles Collyer Whittier, The Descendants of Thomas Whittier and Ruth Green of Salisbury & Haverhill, Massachusetts (Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc., 1937), 140.
4. 1850 U.S. Census, Penobscot County, Maine, population schedule, Town of Corinth, p. 335 , dwelling 207, family 219, line 35; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 September 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, 1009 rolls.
5. 1860 U.S. Census, Penobscot County, Maine, population schedule, Town of Corinth, p. 10, dwelling 67, family 71, line 5; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 September 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls.
6. 1870 U.S. Census, Penobscot County, Maine, population schedule, Town of Corinth, p. 28, dwelling 243, family 243, line 7; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 September 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls.
7. 1880 U.S. Census, Penobscot County, Maine, population schedule, Town of Corinth, enumeration district (ED) 10, p. 1, dwelling 8, family 9, line 39; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 September 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls.
8. Charles Collyer Whittier, The Descendants of Thomas Whittier and Ruth Green of Salisbury & Haverhill, Massachusetts (Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc., 1937), 140.
9. Ancestry.com, Find-A-Grave, database with digital images (www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 September 2020), Memorial No. 43551735.