Son of Edward & Mary Elizabeth Roark Whiteman. Corporal in the US Army, Co. C., 159th IN infantry - Spanish-American War. Died from complications due to typhoid fever.
14 Apr 1899
"Harry Whiteman died on the 11th inst. at a hospital in Washington City where he had been under treatment for some time. While a member of Co. C 159 Indiana at Camp Alger he was attacked with thyphoid fever and after his recovery was so affected by the disease that he was sent to the Government Hospital for the Insane at Washington, where died from exhaustion. The remains will be brought to New Albany for burial. He is the third member of the family to die within a year."
16 April 1899
"The remains of Harry E. Whiteman will be taken on their arrival this evening from Washington to the residence of Walter Whiteman, 120 Cottom Ave. and North State St. from whence the funeral will take place Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. All the members of Co. C 159th Indiana, of which the deceased was a member will attend the funeral, and the city officials and many leading citizens will also be present to pay the last sad rites to the young soldier. The members of Co. C will meet at the City Hall to complete arrangements for the funeral."
17 April 1899
"There was a large attendance at the funeral of the late Harry E. Whiteman on Sunday afternoon. Co. C 159th of which deceased was a member, the city officials and a larage concourse of the personal friends of the deceased were present and his former comrades in arms gave him a full military interment. The religious ceremonies were conducted by Dr. Clokey who was the first chaplain of the regiment. The burial was at the Layden graveyard."
The Courier-Journal 22 Feb 1899
Private Whiteman, Just Well of Fever, Returns To Find Father and Brother Dead.
Harry Whiteman, a private of Company C., One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Indiana volunteers, who was taken of typhoid fever while the regiment was at Camp Alger, in Virginia, and became deranged from the effects of the disease, has completely recovered him mental faculties and will be home in a few days.
He was cared for in the army hospital at Washington for six months. His father and brother died within the last few weeks."
14 Apr 1899
"Harry Whiteman died on the 11th inst. at a hospital in Washington City where he had been under treatment for some time. While a member of Co. C 159 Indiana at Camp Alger he was attacked with thyphoid fever and after his recovery was so affected by the disease that he was sent to the Government Hospital for the Insane at Washington, where died from exhaustion. The remains will be brought to New Albany for burial. He is the third member of the family to die within a year."
16 April 1899
"The remains of Harry E. Whiteman will be taken on their arrival this evening from Washington to the residence of Walter Whiteman, 120 Cottom Ave. and North State St. from whence the funeral will take place Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. All the members of Co. C 159th Indiana, of which the deceased was a member will attend the funeral, and the city officials and many leading citizens will also be present to pay the last sad rites to the young soldier. The members of Co. C will meet at the City Hall to complete arrangements for the funeral."
17 April 1899
"There was a large attendance at the funeral of the late Harry E. Whiteman on Sunday afternoon. Co. C 159th of which deceased was a member, the city officials and a larage concourse of the personal friends of the deceased were present and his former comrades in arms gave him a full military interment. The religious ceremonies were conducted by Dr. Clokey who was the first chaplain of the regiment. The burial was at the Layden graveyard."
The Courier-Journal 22 Feb 1899
Private Whiteman, Just Well of Fever, Returns To Find Father and Brother Dead.
Harry Whiteman, a private of Company C., One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Indiana volunteers, who was taken of typhoid fever while the regiment was at Camp Alger, in Virginia, and became deranged from the effects of the disease, has completely recovered him mental faculties and will be home in a few days.
He was cared for in the army hospital at Washington for six months. His father and brother died within the last few weeks."
Son of Edward & Mary Elizabeth Roark Whiteman. Corporal in the US Army, Co. C., 159th IN infantry - Spanish-American War. Died from complications due to typhoid fever.
14 Apr 1899
"Harry Whiteman died on the 11th inst. at a hospital in Washington City where he had been under treatment for some time. While a member of Co. C 159 Indiana at Camp Alger he was attacked with thyphoid fever and after his recovery was so affected by the disease that he was sent to the Government Hospital for the Insane at Washington, where died from exhaustion. The remains will be brought to New Albany for burial. He is the third member of the family to die within a year."
16 April 1899
"The remains of Harry E. Whiteman will be taken on their arrival this evening from Washington to the residence of Walter Whiteman, 120 Cottom Ave. and North State St. from whence the funeral will take place Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. All the members of Co. C 159th Indiana, of which the deceased was a member will attend the funeral, and the city officials and many leading citizens will also be present to pay the last sad rites to the young soldier. The members of Co. C will meet at the City Hall to complete arrangements for the funeral."
17 April 1899
"There was a large attendance at the funeral of the late Harry E. Whiteman on Sunday afternoon. Co. C 159th of which deceased was a member, the city officials and a larage concourse of the personal friends of the deceased were present and his former comrades in arms gave him a full military interment. The religious ceremonies were conducted by Dr. Clokey who was the first chaplain of the regiment. The burial was at the Layden graveyard."
The Courier-Journal 22 Feb 1899
Private Whiteman, Just Well of Fever, Returns To Find Father and Brother Dead.
Harry Whiteman, a private of Company C., One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Indiana volunteers, who was taken of typhoid fever while the regiment was at Camp Alger, in Virginia, and became deranged from the effects of the disease, has completely recovered him mental faculties and will be home in a few days.
He was cared for in the army hospital at Washington for six months. His father and brother died within the last few weeks."
14 Apr 1899
"Harry Whiteman died on the 11th inst. at a hospital in Washington City where he had been under treatment for some time. While a member of Co. C 159 Indiana at Camp Alger he was attacked with thyphoid fever and after his recovery was so affected by the disease that he was sent to the Government Hospital for the Insane at Washington, where died from exhaustion. The remains will be brought to New Albany for burial. He is the third member of the family to die within a year."
16 April 1899
"The remains of Harry E. Whiteman will be taken on their arrival this evening from Washington to the residence of Walter Whiteman, 120 Cottom Ave. and North State St. from whence the funeral will take place Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. All the members of Co. C 159th Indiana, of which the deceased was a member will attend the funeral, and the city officials and many leading citizens will also be present to pay the last sad rites to the young soldier. The members of Co. C will meet at the City Hall to complete arrangements for the funeral."
17 April 1899
"There was a large attendance at the funeral of the late Harry E. Whiteman on Sunday afternoon. Co. C 159th of which deceased was a member, the city officials and a larage concourse of the personal friends of the deceased were present and his former comrades in arms gave him a full military interment. The religious ceremonies were conducted by Dr. Clokey who was the first chaplain of the regiment. The burial was at the Layden graveyard."
The Courier-Journal 22 Feb 1899
Private Whiteman, Just Well of Fever, Returns To Find Father and Brother Dead.
Harry Whiteman, a private of Company C., One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Indiana volunteers, who was taken of typhoid fever while the regiment was at Camp Alger, in Virginia, and became deranged from the effects of the disease, has completely recovered him mental faculties and will be home in a few days.
He was cared for in the army hospital at Washington for six months. His father and brother died within the last few weeks."
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