This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Whitman Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZS.2ADI/432 Message Board Post: I AM WORKING ON THE WHITMAN GENEALOGY,MOSTLY OF THE ONES IN SOUTH ALABAMA. MY GRANDFATHER, IRA NEWTON WHITMAN,(OPP, AL) WAS A BROTHER TO DOC WHITMAN. THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER BROTHERS AND SISTERS. I HAVE A GOOD BIT OF INFORMATION ON SOME OF THEM AND JUST A LITTLE ON THE OTHERS. I ALSO HAVE THE DEATH CERTIFICATE OF THEIR FATHER, JAMES M. WHITMAN WHO DIED IN ELBA, AL IN 1922. IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO CAN SUPPLY ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THIS FAMILY, PLEASE E-MAIL ME AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS. I'LL ALSO BE GLAD TO SHARE ANY OF THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE WITH YOU. D. S. (DOC) WHITMAN was born June 1889 in Alabama (probably Lee County or the surrounding area). Doc married Ethel THOMAS on July 19, 1916, in Coffee County, Alabama. She was born about 1902 in Alabama.