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Warren P. Whitmer
Warren P. Whitmer was born January 27, 1840 in Muhlenberg County, Ky.; is the sixth of nine children - five boys and two girls now living - born to Samuel and Polly (Short) Whitmer, natives of Muhlenberg County, and of German descent. Samuel was the son of John Whitmer, who married a Miss Sheets; they were born and reared in Virginia, and came to Muhlenberg County about 1805 or 1808, and settled in the western part, where he died in 1854, at nearly eighty years of age. The mother of our subject was a daughter of Jacob Short, who married a Miss Scott; they were born and reared in Virginia, of German descent; came to Muhlenberg County, about 1810, and settled in the western part of the county, where they subsequently owned a large farm.
Warren P. was reared on a farm; he received a good common school education, and at the age of twenty-one, entered the academy at Sacramento for three years; attended West Kentucky College one year; taught one term of five months. In 1872, he moved to South Carrollton, where he purchased a livery where he has been engaged ever since, meeting with good success.
Mr. Whitmer was married, April, 1879, to Mary Kate Jones, of Muhlenberg County, Ky., daughter of Joshua and Amanda (Finch) Jones, who were reared in Muhlenberg County. Their union is blessed with three children: Bessie, Marshall and Joshua. Mr. and Mrs. Whitmer are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church; he is a member of the K. of H.
Source: Battle, J.H., W.H. Perrin, and G.C. Kniffen. Kentucky: A History of the State. Louisville, KY: F.A. Battey, 1885. Page 925.
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