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Obituary of William Whitman of Fisherville
Posted By Norman Gasbarro on February 21, 2018
The obituary of William Whitman, Civil War veteran, appeared in the Elizabethville Echo, 8 April 1915:
DEATHS & FUNERALS
William Whitman
William Whitman, whose death occurred at his son’s home here on 30 March 1915, was born in Jackson Township, Dauphin County, 30 July 1832, bringing his age to 82 years, 8 months, and 27 days.
He was baptized in infancy by the Rev. J. N. Hempling and united with the Reformed Church in his youthful days. After his marriage to Miss Susan Enders on 5 April 1857 he became a member of the Lutheran Church. Two sons and three daughters were born to them, but the mother and three daughters preceded the father to the grave. Two sons, William A. Whitman and Isaac Whitman of this place, and one sister, Mrs. Levi Straw of Matamoras and three grandchildren survive.
Mr. Whitman enlisted as a soldier in the Union Army in September 1864 for the term of one year and saw active service as a member of Company A, Capt. Solomon Bowerman, 210th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers [210th Pennsylvania Infantry], Col. Witman, late of Harrisburg, commanding. The regiment was attached to the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5h Army Corps and was in the engagements at Hatchet Run, Gravel Run, Five Forks, and was resent when Lee surrendered at Richmond in April 1865.
After the war he returned to Jackson Township where he passed a peaceful, honorable life as a farmer where his childhood days were spent until four years ago, since which he lived with his son at this place.
Funeral services were held at his late home at 9:30 on Sunday morning, conducted by Rev. J. F. Stabley, C. C. Baker of Halifax, funeral director. Upon the casket were the Stars and Stripes – the dear flag of our country – and aged comrades in arms, and former school comrades were there to show their respect to this aged man who lived so nobly, and died with all his faculties unimpaired having been conscious to the very end.
The body was taken to Fisherville, services held in the Lutheran and Reformed Church, which was filled with relatives and former neighbors and friends. Rev. Stabley preached the Sermon upon the strong text selected by Mr. Witman and found in 2 Timothy 4:7.
Interment in the Fisherville Cemetery. The pall bearers were: P. W. G. Raker, D. D. Helt, John Kroah and George Kerstetter.
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Transcribed from article found on Newspapers.com.
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