Background
Whitmer, Robert Forster was born on January 25, 1864 in at Hartleton, Union Company, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William and Catharine A. (Forster) Whitmer.
Whitmer, Robert Forster was born on January 25, 1864 in at Hartleton, Union Company, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William and Catharine A. (Forster) Whitmer.
Bachelor of Arts, Lafayette College, 1885.
Upon the death of his father, 1896, succeeded to presidency of Dry Fork R.R., Condon Lane Lumber Company, Wm. Whitmer & Sons, Inc. (Philadelphia), William Whitmer & Sons Company (Sunbury, Pennsylvania), Parsons Pulp & Lumber Сompany. Vice president Buffalo Lumber Company, West Virginia.
Clubs: Union League, Racquet, Philadelphia Country.
Married Mary Packer, of Sunbury, Pennsylvania, April, 1891.