Daniel Wadsworth Whiting

Eldest child of Nathan and Lydia Backus Whiting was born in Canaan Columbia County New York on December 28 1802 The family removed to New Haven in 1814 and the father became a Deacon in the First Church and publisher of the Religious Intelligencer a weekly periodical A brother was graduated here in 1833 and a sister married Aaron N Skinner Yale 1823 The son pursued the study of law with some interruptions from illness and was admitted to the New Haven bar He also acted for some years as assistant editor of his father's paper and was a contributor to its pages both of prose and poetry He died in New Haven after a long and suffering illness on March 2 1832 in his 30th year He was a man of original mind and much beloved

He married his first cousin, Mary Whiting, April 6, 1831. Mary was the daughter of Judge Daniel & Elizabeth Powers Whiting.

He was a graduate of Yale, a lawyer, editor and poet.