of Yates County, New York · documented from the public record
The family in the record
Byron G. Whitaker b. 1835
parentsIsaac Whitaker & Achsah Cushman
Byron G. Whitaker⚭ Lucinda Holmes
childrenAnna May Whitaker
Source: History of Washtenaw County, Michigan (1906)
Their story
What the record says
History of Washtenaw County, Michigan (1906).
Born Yates Co., N.Y., May 30, 1835.
Son of Isaac and Achsah (Cushman) Whitaker, both natives of New York, of English descent.
Family came to Washtenaw county when he was a baby.
Educated at Ypsilanti High School.
Farmed in Lima tp., served as Township Treasurer and Supervisor.
Traveled as salesman for the Champion Reaper Co. 1875-1879.
Partner in Warner & Whitaker, dealers in lumber and machinery, Dexter.
Married Dec. 17, 1861 to Lucinda Holmes.
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