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Sixt_ Ge_eralio_. 24_<br />

in the staff, and was brevetted brigadier-general<br />

in '48 for his services in Mexico and elsewhere.<br />

In addition to his high standing as a citizen<br />

and soldier, Gen. Whiting was a man of fine<br />

literary tastes, fond of historical research, and,<br />

by study and application, had become an excellent<br />

scholar."<br />

(Of the children of Gen. Henry Whiting are<br />

Lieut. Henry Macomb W., U. S. A., and Lieut.<br />

Wiliiam Danforth W., U. S. N.)<br />

The other children of Gen. John Whiting,<br />

were,<br />

4- Sophia, d. I853, s. p.<br />

5. Fabius (Major U. S. A.), d. s.p., I842.<br />

6. Maria, b. i794.<br />

7- Solon, b. I797.<br />

8. Caroline Lee (Hentz), b. at Lancaster,<br />

i8oo (authoress), I825, m. Professor N. M.<br />

Hentz, at Northampton.<br />

The Annals of Lynn (p. 275 ) say, "Caroline<br />

Lee Hentz, one of the most esteemed of<br />

American prose writers, descended from this<br />

venerable minister of the Lynn Church (Rev.<br />

3I<br />

ary

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