When Whitman Woodburn was born on 3 March 1799, in Cherry Valley, Otsego, New York, United States, his father, Naphtali Woodburn, was 30 and his mother, Rebecca Lewis, was 23. He married Lydia A Brainard on 8 January 1824. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He died on 6 June 1833, in Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 34.