Eli Whitmore Sr was born in 1813, in Massachusetts, United States. He married Celia Ann Hobbs on 15 March 1843, in Eel River Township, Allen, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Madison Township, Allen, Indiana, United States in 1850 and Indiana, United States in 1870.
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Indiana is the 19th state.
Historical Information: 1840: Allen, Indiana, United States
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
English: habitational name from Whitmoor (Devon) or Whitmore (Staffordshire and Dorset), or from any of numerous other places in England with names denoting a white moor or mere (from Old English hwīt ‘white’ + mōr ‘moor’ or mere ‘pool’).
History: Francis Whitmore settled in Cambridge, MA, before 1648.
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