May 5, 1828
William Clarke Whitford was born in Otsego county, N. Y.; P26 names the town as Edmeston and P45 names it as West Edmeston.
The evidence
“WHITFORD was bom in the town of Edmeston, Otsego Co., N. Y., May 5, 1828. His father, Capt.”
1879-history-of-rock-county/25-bios-milton.md, PDF p. 826 / book p. 830
Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.
Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources
On the printed page (PDF p. 826 / book p. 830) · open the whole page “William Clarke Whitford was born in West Edmeston, Otsego county, New York, May 5, 1828. His ancestors for several generations were of Puritan stock, and settled, in the colonial period, in New England.”
1908-brown-rock-county/34a-biographical-1.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 356 / book p. 851
Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.
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On the printed page (Vol. 2, PDF p. 356 / book p. 851) · open the whole page
People: William Clarke Whitford