Charles Cavit Whiting (1832 - 1906)

Born 2 Feb 1832 in Posey County, Indiana

Ancestors

Husband of Louisiana (Craig) Whiting — married 11 Oct 1855 in Posey County, Indiana

Descendants

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Biography

Charles was born in 1832, the son of Clement Whiting and Sarah Nash. Charles Cavit Whiting married Louisiana CRAIG, daughter of Dr. Richey CRAIG, and ----- -SMITH. C.C. Whiting passed away in 1906, and was buried at IOOF Cemetery, Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana.^[1]

Children included: i. Ella May WHITING, ii. Charles Oscar WHITING, d. at age 23, a few months after completing a medical college course. iii. Margaret Amelia WHITING, iv. Jessie Clement WHITING, v. Sarah Angelina WHITING,

Charles Cavit Whiting was a member of Company A. 58th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He served during the Civil War, first as Orderly Sergeant, second, as Second Lieutenant, then as First Lieutenant, and afterwards as Captain (when William DAVIS was mustered out as Captain) until the close of the war. He was wounded at the battle of Stone River.

LIST OF KILLED AND WOUNDED.
COMPANY A.
"Killed--Sergeant William McGary. Privates: Elias Skelton, Joseph Reavis, Alfred B. Endicott, Alfred Traftser, James B. Drysdale, George Burchfield.
"Wounded--Lieutenant and Regimental Adjutant, Chas. C. Whiting; Corporal Abner M. Bryant. Privates: Joseph N. Davis, George Willis, Wylie Knowles, Jesse Knowles, John Crow, Moses C. Witherspoon, Sylvester Minnis, Stephen V. Hay, William T. Witherspoon, Henry Beck, George Hutchinson."^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 34593460
2. ↑ Stormont, Gilbert R., History of the Fifty-Eighth Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Its Organization, Campaigns and Battles from 1861 to 1865. from the Manuscript Prepared by the Late Chaplain John J. Hight, During His Service with the Regiment in the Field. Compiled by His Friend and Comrade, Gilbert R. Stormont, [formerly Corporal Co. B] Past Department Commander Indiana G. A. R. Editor Princeton (IND.) Clarion. Illustrated with Maps of Campaigns and Marches, and Portraits of a Number of Officers and Enlisted Men of the Regiment. Princeton : Press Of The Clarion. 1895. Page 126.