We are looking for the family of Samuel Whitaman, his wife Mariah, and son Ezekial or Ezekiel. The latter was in 20th ME inf. Civil War and m. my gr unlces John P. Barnes dau. Lydia Frances Barnes. in ME. They migrated to Independence, Henn. Co. Minn. about 1879. Lydia died of measles following child birth in 1882, Ezekial at Medina, Minn. 10-19-1883. Eugene V. Barnes