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William Whisnand

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William E. Whisnand was a farmer and wagon-maker who moved to Monroe County in 1830.

He had married the former Elizabeth Wolf two years previously, and they had eleven children together.

In 1848 he purchased a 115-acre farm for $1100.

Elizabeth died in 1871 and Whisnand married a Mary Ridge five years later.

Whisnand was born May 26, 1807, the son of Revolutionary War spy Jacob Whisnand of Pennsylvania.