When Joseph Whitmer was born on 30 May 1837, in Bremen, Logan, Kentucky, United States, his father, John W. Whitmer, was 36 and his mother, Susannah Gossett, was 28. He married Caroline "Callie" Whitmer on 31 October 1860, in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in District 1, Spencer, Kentucky, United States in 1860 and Summer's Magisterial District, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years. He died on 15 September 1891, in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Salem Cemetery, Bremen, Logan, Kentucky, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
English: variant of Whitmore .
Americanized form of German Wittmeyer or of Wittmer .
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