Welcome Riley Whiting was born April 2, 1827 in Tompkins County, NY according to the Census of Hartsville of 1855. Welcome Riley and his wife, Electra McGraw, had 4 children:
Gertrude, no date of birth available, in Alfred, NY
Ida (Idaho) Whiting, no date of birth available, in Canisteo, NY
Kansas Whiting, born about December 1854 in Harstville, NY
Frederick David Whiting, born 20 August 1861 in Hartsville, NY
Welcome Riley Whiting was a Silo Carpenter according to the Census. He died in 1902 in Hornell, Steuben Co., NY. No specific date is available. No photographs of Welcome Riley Whiting has been found.
The Census of 1855 of Hartsville, NY shows WR Whiting as 28 years of age born in Tompkins Co., NY with wife Electa McGraw, 19 years and their child "Cansas", 7/12 year old. His occupation stated was Carpenter. His father-in-law, Dennis McGraw, is also recorded on same page as a Carpenter. They lived in same house or next to each other. Source:
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