Charles Octavius Whitmore

1807 - 1885  (78 years)

• Name	Charles Octavius Whitmore  [1, 2]
  Birth	2 Nov 1807	Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Nov 1885	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [3, 5, 6]
  Burial	Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [5]
  Person ID	I13690	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TSW
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	William Dickman Whitmore,   b. 3 Nov 1781, Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine d. 17 Feb 1819, Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine (Age 37 years)
  Mother	Rhoda Woodward,   b. 11 Apr 1783, Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine d. 6 Jan 1815 (Age 31 years)
  Marriage	30 Jan 1805	Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine   [6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Family ID	F8574	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lovice Ayres,   b. 3 Aug 1805, Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. 27 Sep 1849, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	22 Dec 1830	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [4, 11, 12, 13]
  Children	+ 1. William Henry Whitmore,   b. 6 Sep 1836, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts d. 14 Jun 1900, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F8573	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 May 2018

  
  

• Notes

  Of the firm of Lombard & Whitmore, merchants. "Charles Octavius, after the death of his father, went to the West Indies and lived in Barbadoes with his uncle, Isaiah C. Whitmore. He returned to New England and resided in Boston from 1825 to his death in 1885. In 1826 he formed a partnership with Israel Lombard, which continued until 1855. He retired from active business in 1872, remaining President of the Market Bank from 1860 to 1885, and holding different offices in the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Agricultural Club, and kindred societies. From 1852 to 1862 his summers were passed in Lexington, where he had an estate which he devoted to experiments in the cultivation of fruits, vegetables and landscape gardening. He was Vestryman and Warden of Emmanuel Church, Boston, for many years. He spent the last years of his life in the enjoyment of his large library, collection of pictures, and the society of his family and friends. He was a man of active mind, quick wit, and excellent memory, combined with honesty, integrity, and absolute fearlessness." [The Whitmore Genealogy]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1910] A Record of the Descendants of Captain John Ayres of Brookfield, Mass. by William Henry Whitmore. Boston: T. R. Marvin & Son, 1870. [S1965] Genealogy of the Binney Family in the United States by Charles J. F. Binney. Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1886. [S1788] The Whitmore Genealogy: A Record of the Descendants of Francis Whitmore of Cambridge, Massachusetts (1625-1685) by Jessie Whitmore Patten Purdy. 1907. [S1640] Record of the Descendants of Francis Whitmore of Cambridge, Massachusetts by W. H. Whitmore. Boston: John Wilson and Son, 1855., date only. [S1936] Find a Grave page for Charles Octavius Whitmore. [S478] Some Descendants of Nathaniel Woodward Who Came from England to Boston Around 1630 by Harold Edward Woodward. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1984. [S1640] Record of the Descendants of Francis Whitmore of Cambridge, Massachusetts by W. H. Whitmore. Boston: John Wilson and Son, 1855., "20 Jan 1805". [S1788] The Whitmore Genealogy: A Record of the Descendants of Francis Whitmore of Cambridge, Massachusetts (1625-1685) by Jessie Whitmore Patten Purdy. 1907., "20 Jan 1805". [S1939] Alice C. Ayres, "The Whitmores of Medford and Some of Their Descendants." The Medford Historical Register 8:64, July 1905., "20 Jan 1805". [S1944] William Henry Whitmore, "Gleanings.--No. 9." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 18:264, July 1864., date only. [S1788] The Whitmore Genealogy: A Record of the Descendants of Francis Whitmore of Cambridge, Massachusetts (1625-1685) by Jessie Whitmore Patten Purdy. 1907., date only. [S1936] Find a Grave page for Charles Octavius Whitmore., date only. [S1940] Frank E. Woodward, "Descendants of William Woodward of Bath, Maine, with Some Account of His Ancestry." Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder 7:23, January 1893.