Abraham Whitmer
Abraham Whitmer was born in Union County, Pa., June 20, 1820. He is a son of Abraham Whitmer, who was a native of Lancaster County, Pa. His father, John Whitmer, was a native of Germany, and emigrated to America a short time prior to the Revolution, and located in Pennsylvania.
Abraham Whitmer, subject of this sketch, moved to Ohio in 1842, and located in Miami County, where on the 5th of October, 1845, he married Miss Mary Deeter, of Miami County, who was born November 5, 1828, daughter of David and Elizabeth Deeter. Mr. and Mrs. Whitmer settled on a farm in Miami County and remained until the spring of 1865, when they came to Shelby County and purchased and moved on the farm on which Mr. Whitmer now resides. He is a blacksmith by trade, which business he conducted with success, in connection with farming, for about twenty-five years, or until 1865, when he retired from his trade, and has since given his entire attention to farming. He now owns a good farm of one hundred and sixty acres. His wife died November 17, 1877. He reared a family of seven children, viz., Elizabeth, Harriet, David, Henry C., Lovina, Joshua, and Anna.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883