Background
Whitman, William was born on May 9, 1842 in Round Hill, Nova Scoti. Son of John and Rebecca (Cutler) Whitman.
Whitman, William was born on May 9, 1842 in Round Hill, Nova Scoti. Son of John and Rebecca (Cutler) Whitman.
Educational public schools, Annapolis (Nova Scoti) Academy. Doctor of Laws from Middlebury (Vermont) College in 1926.
Began at 12 in wholesale dry goods store, Saint John, North.B. Moved to Boston at 14 and entered employ of James M. Beebe, Richardson & Company, continuing 11 years. Treasurer Arlington Woolen Mills, Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1867-1869.
Treasurer, 1869-1902, president, 1902-1913, Arlington (Massachusetts) Mills (covering 62 acres floor space). President of Whitman Mills, 1905-1909, Manomet Mills, since 1905, Nonquitt Spinning Company, since 1906, Nashawena Mills, June since 1909, Belleville Warehouse Company, since 1916(all of New Bedford), Acadia Mills, since 1917, Monomac Spinning Company (Lawrence, Massachusetts), since 1917.
Policy holders’ director Equitable Life Assurance Society, 1905-1913.
President, 1913-1921, Chairman, Board Of Directors, since 1921, of William Whitman Company, Incorporated., textile commission merchants, Boston, New York, et cetera, succeeding firms in which had been managing partner, since 1889.
Member National Association Wool Manufacturers (president 1888-1894, 1904-1911, Executive Committee, 1894-1904), National Association Cotton Manufacturers.
Married Jane Dole Hallett, January 19, 1865. Children: Mary Arnold (deceased), Rebecca Cutler (deceased), Mistress Mabel Shives Duff, Mistress Jane Hallett Hobbs, William, Malcolm Douglas, Eben Esmond, Hendricks Hallett.