Individual Details
Austin Wilber Whittier
(26 Sep 1845 - 20 Aug 1864)
Events
| Birth | 26 Sep 1845 | Corinth, Penobscot, Maine |  | ||
| Census | 1 Jun 1850 | Corinth, Penobscot, Maine |  | | |
| Census | 1 Jun 1860 | Corinth, Penobscot, Maine | | | |
| Military | 10 Dec 1863 - 20 Aug 1864 | during the Civil War. He enlisted on 10 December 1863 in the First Maine Heavy Artillery, Company H, as a private. | | ||
| Death | 20 Aug 1864 | exhaustion following extensive surgery, according to the surgeon's report. He had received a gun shot wound to the left leg at the siege of Petersburg. The official cause of death is listed as erysipelas - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Burial | Corinthian Cemetery, Corinth, Penobscot, Maine | |
Families
| 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 | Josiah Martin Whittier (1835 - 1869) |
| Sibling | Calista Elizabeth Whittier (1841 - ) |
| Sibling | Henry Augustin Whittier (1843 - 1917) |
| Sibling | Philosia Heleston Whittier (1848 - 1849) |
| Sibling | Emma Philosia Whittier (1851 - 1922) |
Notes
Census
Austin Whittier was enumerated in the household of Pearson Whittier [father], age 4, male, born in Maine, and had attended school within the year.Census
Austin Whittier was enumerated in the household of Pearsons Whittier, age 17, male, farmer, 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.
2. "Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918," Ancestry.com, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 September 2020), digital image, Whittier, Austin W.; citing FamilySearch, 2016.
3. 1850 U.S. Census, Penobscot County, Maine, population schedule, Town of Corinth, p. 335 , dwelling 207, family 219, line 42, Austin Whittier; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 September 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, 1009 rolls.
4. 1860 U.S. Census, Penobscot County, Maine, population schedule, Town of Corinth, p. 10, dwelling 67, family 71, line 11; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 September 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls.
5. , "The Death of a Soldier," Corinth (Maine) Historical Society Newsletter (January 2006): 5.
6. "U.S., Civil War Soldiers Records and Profiles, 1861-1865," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 September 2020), Austin W Whittier transcribed information; Original Data: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine; citing Historical Data Systems, Kingston, Massachusetts.
7. "Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918," Ancestry.com, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 September 2020), digital image, Whittier, Austin W.; citing FamilySearch, 2016.
8. , "The Death of a Soldier," Corinth (Maine) Historical Society Newsletter (January 2006): 5.
9. Charles Collyer Whittier, The Descendants of Thomas Whittier and Ruth Green of Salisbury & Haverhill, Massachusetts (Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc., 1937), 140.
10. "U. S., Civil War Roll of Honor, 1861-1865," Ancestry.com, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 September 2020), digital image, "Union States Soldiers interred in Pennsylvania," p. 45 (image 35 of 42); citing Quartermaster General's Office. Roll of Honor. Names of Soldiers Who Died in Defence of the American Union. Volumes VIII-XXVII. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1867.
11. "Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918," Ancestry.com, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 September 2020), digital image, Whittier, Austin W.; citing FamilySearch, 2016.
12. , "The Death of a Soldier," Corinth (Maine) Historical Society Newsletter (January 2006): 5.
13. "Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918," Ancestry.com, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 September 2020), digital image, Whittier, Austin W.; citing FamilySearch, 2016.
14. Ancestry.com, Find-A-Grave, database with digital images (www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 September 2020), Memorial No. 43551553.