When William W. Whitmer was born on 25 November 1813, in Bremen, Logan, Kentucky, United States, his father, Valentine "Felty" Whitmer, was 26 and his mother, Sarah Scott, was 27. He married Elizabeth Ann Branscomb on 22 December 1836, in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States in 1850 and Magisterial District 1, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States in 1860. He died on 29 May 1862, in Bremen, Logan, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Scott Cemetery, Bremen, Logan, Kentucky, United States.
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English: variant of Whitmore .
Americanized form of German Wittmeyer or of Wittmer .
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