P[hilip] W. Whiting, lumberman, Sterling, was born in Connecticut, December 8, 1821, a son of Daniel and Elizabeth Whiting, also natives of the Nutmeg State. When a child he went to New Hampshire, where he lived with a brother-in-law until he was twenty-one years old, working for him on a farm. In 1847 he came to Sterling and worked as a common laborer one year, then became a member of the firm of Noyes & Co., lumbermen, and later bought a farm, which he has carried on in addition to attending to his other business, and has been successful in all his operations. He has been a prominent man; in 1862 was elected county commissioner, and served three years. December 15, 1850, Mr. Whiting married Miss Nancy Huff, a daughter of Edmund and Polly Huff, who settled in Cameron county in 1823. Mr. and Mrs. Whiting have six children: Lina (wife of Newton Brooks), Melvin, Milton, Elmer, Edward and Carrie.

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