Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1915
BIOGRAPHIES
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FRANK S. WHITEMAN

One of the enterprising and successful farmers of La Grange township, Harrison county, Iowa, who has succeeded in his life's vocation, largely by his own courage, persistency and good management, is Frank S. WHITEMAN, a man who believes in lending what aid he can to his neighbors and the general public, while advancing his own private and individual interests. He is regarded as one of the best citizens of Harrison county and is, therefore, entitled to representation in this volume.

Frank S. WHITEMAN was born December 11, 1865, in Jasper county, Iowa, the son of John and Martha (PEERY) WHITEMAN, the former born in 1838 in St. Louis, Missouri. John WHITEMAN was a soldier in the Civil War and a farmer. He enlisted from Jasper county, where he farmed until 1884. He then moved to Pottawattamie county, Iowa, and farmed there until his death in 1896. Martha PEERY was born in 1845 in Indiana and is now living in Logan, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. John WHITEMAN were the parents of four children, Frank S., the subject of this sketch; Charles, deceased; Mrs. Ada ADAMS, of Valley Center, Kansas; and Mack.

Frank S. WHITEMAN remained at home on the farm until twenty-two years old when he rented land in Pottawattamie county, Iowa. He farmed this land for eight years and then bought land in Madison county, Nebraska. Later he bought a farm in Harrison county, Iowa, and owned and rented land in different parts of this county. He came to Harrison county in 1895 and bought his present farm in 1906. It consists of one hundred and sixty acres. Mr. WHITEMAN keeps a high grade of stock and particularly prizes his horses which are of the Percheron breed.

In 1895, Frank S. WHITEMAN was married to Hattie BRESEE, who was born on September 20, 1879, in Pottawattamie county, Iowa, daughter of Augustus and Rebecca (HOLMAN), both of whom died when Hattie was three years of age. Eight children, all of whom are at home, have been born to this union. Charles, Stella, Lee, Blanche, Mary, Hazel, Herman and Morrell.

Mr. WHITEMAN is a Democrat and while he is not a member of any church he attends religious services regularly and is more or less active in church work. He is not a member of any secret order, but devotes his attention principally to the welfare of his family to whom he is deeply devoted. Mr. WHITEMAN is a man of splendid character, popular in the community in which he lives, industrious, frugal, a good manager and a typical American citizen in every respect.

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