Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889 [page 555-556] MILES D. WHISMAN was born near Pontiac, Livingston County, Illinois, November 11, 1861, and is the son of A. J. and DELINDA E. (PRINDLE) WHISMAN. He lived in the county he was born until 1867, when his parents removed to Cherokee County, Iowa, and settled near the present town of Washta. He received his education in the common schools of the county and the Cherokee High School; he also attended the South- ern Iowa Normal School, Bloomfield, Iowa, and was graduated in the commercial course of this institution in 1882. After leaving school Mr. WHISMAN taught several terms of school in Cherokee and Woodbury counties. He went into business with his father in the fall of 1886, at the old town of Washta, and when the new town was located on the Cherokee & Dakota branch of the Illinois Central Railroad, the store was moved and was one of the first in the place. Mr. WHISMAN was married July 16, 1884, to Miss LIZZIE F. MINNIS, at Minburn, Dallas County, Iowa. Mrs. WHISMAN is a daughter of WILLIAM and FRANCES (MERRITT) MINNIS, the former a native of Ireland, and the latter of England. She was born in Buffalo, New York, August 11, 1859. One child has been born of this union, RAY, born June 24, 1885. They are among the leading members of the Congregational Church at Washta. Mr. WHISMAN is a stanch supporter of the principles of the Republican party. He is an active member of the Washta Cornet Band. ===========================================================================