When Whisenand was born about 1852, in Bloomington, Perry Township, Monroe, Indiana, United States, his father, John Knisely Whisenand, was 48 and his mother, Mary W. Kirby, was 44. He died on 19 October 1928, at the age of 77.
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Some characteristic forenames: German Fritz.
Americanized form of Swiss French Visinand (see Whisenant ).
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