| LC control no. | n 78094056 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847 |
| Associated country | United States Canada |
| Associated place | Northwest, Pacific |
| Birth date | 1802-09-04 |
| Death date | 1847-11-29 |
| Place of birth | Rushville (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Church work Medicine |
| Affiliation | American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions College of Physicians and Surgeons of the Western District of the State of New-York |
| Profession or occupation | Missionaries Physicians |
| Found in | NUCMC data from U. of Wash. Lib. for Marshall, W.I. Papers, 1882-1915 (Marcus Whitman) DAB, 1936 (Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847; b. Rushville, NY; studied medicine; proffered his services as "physician teacher, or agriculturist" to the Am. Bd. of Commissioners for Foreign Missions; sent west in 1835 to make a missionary reconnaissance in Oregon [Country]; dissensions in the missionary fraternity engendered complaints to the Board; Board ordered one mission closed; Whitman believed this order might be withdrawn if proper representations were made at Boston, and for that reason he returned to Boston-not, as has been so often asserted to "save Oregon" politically; murdered during the Cayuse outbreak, 1847) Dictionary of Oregon history, c1956: p. 264 (Whitman, Marcus, Dr.; born Sept. 4, 1802, died Nov. 29, 1847; in 1832 awarded M.D. by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the Western District of New York) Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (website), viewed Nov.1, 2021: Guide to the Marcus and Narcissa Whitman Papers 1823-1961, cage 142 (Marcus Whitman was born on September 4, 1802 in Rushville, New York. His father's early death necessitated his living with relatives from 1810 to 1820. During this time he was educated and received religious instruction. He received his medical degree in 1824 and practiced medicine for several years in Canada, was ordained for the ministry in 1834, and married in early 1836. Narcissa Prentiss Whitman was born March 14, 1808 in Prattsburgh, New York. She attended Franklin Academy and Collegiate Institute and later a female seminary in Troy, New York that specialized in the training of teachers. Following the completion of her studies she taught in several places. The Whitmans arrived in the Oregon Territory in 1836 and settled near Fort Walla Walla, where Whitman cultivated land and practiced medicine and Mrs. Whitman started an Indian school. In 1842, he travelled to the east to argue against the closing of the Oregon Missions. On his return, he led the first major emigrant wagon train to Oregon, the forerunner of the American settlement. On November 29, 1847, Whitman, his wife, and twelve others were killed by Indians.) <http://ntserver1.wsulibs.wsu.edu/masc/finders/cg142.htm> |
| Associated language | eng |
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