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Louisa Whitman (Van Velsor)

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Birthplace: Huntington, Suffolk, New York, United States
Death: May 23, 1873 (77)
Huntington, Suffolk, New York, United States
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Daughter of Cornelius Van Velsor and Naomi Van Velsor
Wife of Walter Whitman, Sr.
Mother of James Jesse Whitman; Walter "Walt" Whitman; Mary Elizabeth van Nostrand; Hanna Louise Heyde; Infant Whitman and 5 others

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About Louisa Whitman

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/dag/item/2004664391/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10325839/louisa-whitman

Wife of Walter Whitman and mother to: Jesse Whitman (1818) (died in lunatic asylum), Walter Whitman Jr. (1819), Mary Elizabeth Whitman [Van Nostrand] (1822), Hannah Louise Whitman [Hyde] (1823), unnamed boy (1825)(died at 6 months), Andrew Jackson Whitman (1827), Col. George Washington Whitman (1829), Thomas Jefferson Whitman (1833), and Edward Whitman (1835) (who was mentally and physically challenged).

Son Walter became a distinguished poet/essayist, son George was a Civil war Colonel who was wounded in action at the battle of Fredericksburg.

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Louisa Whitman's Timeline

1795
September 22, 1795
Huntington, Suffolk, New York, United States
1818
April 2, 1818
Long Island, NY
1819
May 31, 1819
West Hills, Suffolk, New York, United States
1821
February 3, 1821
1823
November 28, 1823
1825
March 12, 1825
1827
April 7, 1827
1829
November 28, 1829
1833
July 18, 1833