Hi gang, Was out surfing and came across this page: http://raven.cc.ukans.edu/~hisite/kancoll/books/cutler/cutler.html It has lots of wonderful information and also had this biography in case someone lost this man: KANSAS COLLECTION BOOKS William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas DONIPHAN COUNTY, Part 5 JAMES M. WHITTAKER, farmer, P. O. Doniphan, came to Kansas in the spring of the year 1855, and located in Doniphan County, where he has lived since. He was born in Huntingdon County, Pa., June 8, 1853, and lived in his native place until his third year, when he moved to Kansas with his parents. Mr. W. was married in the fail of 1876, in Doniphan County, to Louise Michaels, a native of Kansas. They have one child, a daughter, whose name is Jessie. Mr. Whittaker owns a farm of 240 acres about three and a half miles from the city of Doniphan. It is mostly upland, all cleared except twenty acres of excellent timber land, which is covered principally by oak and walnut trees. Mr. W. pays particular attention to raising grain, hogs and cattle. He has a fine orchard on his farm, which covers about four acres, and which contains about 600 bearing apple trees. The farm is supplied with plenty of good water, a fine stream running through it. His residence and farm buildings are large and new, and well adapted for the purposes for which they were intended. THE END* I didn't check for other Whitakers, I was looking for a different family at the time but there may be more there in other counties. Happy Hunting, Lynn