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Henry C. Whitaker, farmer and stock raiser in the Seventh District, was born in Trenton, N. J., November 6, 1836, the son of Joseph and Mary (Johnston) Whitaker, natives also of New Jersey. The father was a contractor and builder, born December 19, 1809, and deceased at Philadelphia, June 14, 1884. Richard, Thomas, and John are the names of Joseph’s successive ancestors, and John was born in England in 1696. Our subject, one of three sons and four daughters, was reared in Trenton, and educated at the city schools. He entered a printing office in Philadelphia when fifteen years of age, and afterward set type in various large cities in the United States. August 18, 1862, he enlisted in Company M, Second New York Cavalry, and fought in the ranks through the war. He was mustered out June, 1865, at Alexandria, Va. He then resumed his trade, and became foreman of the composing room on the Memphis Post, from 1865 to 1869. He then went to Indiana, and April 14, 1869, was married to Sallie, a daughter of Jacob Waltz, a son of Frederick Waltz, both descendants of Frederick R. Waltz, of Switzerland, who came to America in 1750; he then moved to his present home. Bertram W., Gertrude E., Dora, Jessie and Joseph, are their children.