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American Revolutionary War Patriot
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EbenezerWhiting (1761-1836) is stated in his 1818 pension record (#7107, Kinderhook, New York) CLICK for LARGE IMAGE states that he served as a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Ward of Massachusetts for one year.

He is believed to be buried in Racine County. The Wisconsin Historical Society lists Whiting to have died at age 75 in Racine in 1836. The SAR Graves Register states Whiting was buried in the Root River Cemetery. The old cemetery, which was near the lakefront, may have been washed away. A bronze "In Memory Of" marker has been placed in the Racine Mound Cemetery in tribute to Ebenezer.

A Wisconsin Historic Marker to Whiting and three other patriots is located near the Mound Cemetery entrance.

GPS coordinates -- N42.71988°; W087.81456°

(Portions reprinted from Solders of the American Revolution Buried in Wisconsin by Robert G. Carroon, who was Curator of Research Collections for the Milwaukee Country Historical Society in 1975.)

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by the Wisconsin Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.
 Contact Compatriot Harold Klubertanz for additional Information.
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