The Hoyt Sentinel Jackson County Saturday November 22, 1902 Atchison County Pioneer Dead. Atchison.--(Special.) H.L. WHITTAKER, one of the pioneers of Atchison county, died suddenly Sunday night at his home in Lancaster, Kan. His death was caused by heart trouble and a fall in which a blood vessel in his head was ruptured. The deceased came to Atchison County in 1855 and settled on a claim at Pardee, Kan. Later he moved to Atchison and engaged in the hardware business. About nine years ago he located in Lancaster, and was proprietor of the Whittaker house at the time of his death. Mrs. Emaline TRUAX, mother of the deceased, is a resident of Lancaster and is 92 years of age. Mr. Whittaker was 65 years of age and is survived by a widow and nine children.