Individual Details
Josiah Martin Whittier
(12 Dec 1835 - 28 Oct 1869)
Events
| Birth | 12 Dec 1835 | Corinth, Penobscot, Maine |  | ||
| Census | 1 Jun 1850 | Corinth, Penobscot, Maine |  | | |
| Marriage | 30 Oct 1858 | Corinth, Penobscot, Maine - Mary A. Jordan | | ||
| Military | during the Civil War. He enlisted on 5 January 1864 in the First Maine Heavy Artillery, Company M. He was wounded in the leg at Burgiss Mills and after lying wounded on the ground all night he was taken prisoner and confined in a tobacco warehouse until he was paroled on 5 February 1865. | | |||
| Death | 28 Oct 1869 | chronic diarrhea and heart problems (suffered since his return home from his Civil War service) - Corinth, Penobscot, Maine | | ||
| Burial | Corinthian Cemetery, Corinth, Penobscot, Maine | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary A. Jordan (1839 - 1905) |
| Child | Dora Jane Whittier (1881 - 1881) |
| Child | Annie Mabel Whittier (1864 - 1924) |
| Child | Eva Estelle Whittier (1869 - ) |
| Father | Pearson Whittier (1801 - 1885) |
| Mother | Elma Bragdon (1810 - 1883) |
| Sibling | Amanda Melvina Whittier (1828 - 1909) |
| Sibling | Sophronia Heleston Whittier (1830 - 1848) |
| Sibling | Stephen Thaddeus Whittier (1832 - 1882) |
| Sibling | Andrew Judson Whittier (1833 - 1863) |
| Sibling | Calista Elizabeth Whittier (1841 - ) |
| Sibling | Henry Augustin Whittier (1843 - 1917) |
| Sibling | Austin Wilber Whittier (1845 - 1864) |
| Sibling | Philosia Heleston Whittier (1848 - 1849) |
| Sibling | Emma Philosia Whittier (1851 - 1922) |
Notes
Census
Josiah Whittier was enumerated in the household of Pearson Whittier [father], age 14, male, born in Maine, and had attended school within the year.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), 140, 266.
2. 1850 U.S. Census, Penobscot County, Maine, population schedule, Town of Corinth, p. 335 , dwelling 207, family 219, line 39, Josiah Whittier; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 September 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, 1009 rolls.
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, 266.
4. , "The Death of a Soldier," Corinth (Maine) Historical Society Newsletter (January 2006): 5-6.
5. , "The Death of a Soldier," Corinth (Maine) Historical Society Newsletter (January 2006): 6.
6. Charles Collyer Whittier, The Descendants of Thomas Whittier and Ruth Green of Salisbury & Haverhill, Massachusetts (Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc., 1937), 266.
7. , "The Death of a Soldier," Corinth (Maine) Historical Society Newsletter (January 2006): 6.