James
Monroe
Whitfield
Born about in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Joseph Whitfield
and Nancy (Paul) Whitfield
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 49
in San Francisco, California, United States
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James Monroe Whitfield was an African-American poet, abolitionist, and political activist.[1]
James Monroe Whitfield was born about April 10, 1822 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States. He was a son of Joseph Whitfield and Nancy Paul.
James Whitfield attended Exeter schools until the age of nine, when his father died suddenly. His mother Nancy had died when James was seven, so James and his siblings were moved out of town, possibly by his sister.
In 1839, he was living in Buffalo, New York, as a barber. He owned the shop as well as his home on South Division Street.
Whitfield married Frances Lewey on July 11, 1843 in Cuyahoga, Ohio.[2] Together they had three children: James Lewey, Charles Henry and Walter B.
Whitfield published a small volume of poetry in 1853 entitled "America and other Poems."
James died April 23, 1871 in San Francisco, California.[3] He died of heart disease at the age of 49 and was interred at the now defunct Masonic Cemetery.
Sources
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Monroe_Whitfield
- ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8P5-QY4 : 29 September 2021), James M. Whitfield and Francis Lerney, 1843.
- ↑ California Deaths and Burials, 1776-2000", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HGC6-8XW2 : 4 February 2020), J.m. Whitfield, 1871.
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH5T-9QJ : 18 February 2021), James Whitfield, 1860.
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