Notes for THOMAS JEFFERSON WHITMAN:

Son of Walter and Louisa (Van Velsor) Whitman, Sr.
Born: July 18, 1833 in West Hills, Huntington Township, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.
Died: November 26, 1890 in St. Louis, Missouri.
Buried: Block 24, Lot 2154; Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, Missouri.
Married: Martha E "Mattie" Mitchell February 23, 1859 in Unknown.

Lived with his wife and their young daughter, Mannahatta "Hattie" at the Portland Avenue residence with Walt and the widowed Louisa Van Velsor Whitman until moving to St. Louis, Missouri in 1867 to become chief engineeer charged with building & overseeing waterworks for St. Louis.




(Source: Findagrave.com/Connie Nisinger)