Colonel William Whistler

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Cincinnati Daily Enquirer, Tuesday, 18 June 1861, page 3

NEWPORT NEWS

A MILITARY VETERAN-Colonel William Whistler, the senior Colonel in the United States Army, was seventy-nine years of age on Sunday last. He entered the army as a Lieutenant on the 8th of June 1801; has served sixty-nine years an seven days. Of the first fifty two years he was on duty fifty one years and four months, having only had eight months leave of absence during that time. Served actively in the War of 1812; commanded a regiment in the Florida War, and went twice to Mexico during that war in command of his regiment.

Married at nineteen years of age and Mrs. Colonel Whistler, the mother of ten children, is as active as most ladies of twenty. They both say they are ready to die in defense of the Stars and Stripes. May they live to see the Union preserved, with the Constitution unimpaired and the old glorious flag floating over a united and happy people.

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Cincinnati Daily Enquirer, Friday, 21 June 1862, page 3

NEWPORT NEWS

PERSONAL-We are pleased to state that the venerable Colonel Whistler is rapidly recovering from the effects of his late fall.

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Cincinnati Daily Enquirer, Saturday, 5 December 1863 page 3

DEATH OF A VETERAN SOLDIER-Colonel William Whistler, one of the oldest officers in the regular army of the United States, died at his residence on York-street, Newport, above Ringgold yesterday morning.  Deceased was about eighty years old.

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Cincinnati Daily Enquirer, Tuesday, December 1863, page 3

FUNERAL OF COLONEL WHISTLER-The late Colonel Whistler will be buried this morning at 9 o'clock with military and civil honors.

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Colonel Whistler was originally buried in Bishop's Cemetery in Cincinnati, but later was removed by his wife to the Helm lot at Evergreen Cemetery. He was born 3 Dec 1780 in Hagerstown, Maryland. He married Julia Fearson 30 May 1802 in Detroit Michigan.

Children of William Whistler and Julia Fearson

Meriweather Lewis Whistler b-1805 at Ft Dearborn, Chicago; d-1812 in Newport Ky
John Harrison Whistler, b-7 Oct 1807 at Ft Dearborn; d-23 Oct 1872 in Burlington Kansas; br-Mt Hope Cemetery in Burlington
Caroline Whistler b-10 Mar 1810 at Ft Wayne Indiana; d-26 Nov 1846 in Milwaukee Wis. m-William Bloodgood
Eliza Oldham Whistler b-1813 in Albany New York; d-before 1913; m-Johnson Clench
Mary Ann Whistler b-1815 at Newport Barracks; d-11 Nov 1871 in Burlington Kansas; m-Gabriel Rene Paul
Gwenthean Whistler b-20 July 1818 in Green Bay Wisc. d-9 Sep 1894 at Ft Omaha Neb. m-Robert Allen Kinzie
Louise A Whistler b-1820 in Green Bay; d-1884 in Detroit Michigan; m-Charles John Helm
Joseph Nelson Garland Whistler b-19 Oct 1822 in Green Bay, Wisc. d-20 Apr 1899 at Ft Wadsworth New York; m-Eliza Cobham Hall

 

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