Biographical Sketch of Henry A. Whitt
Henry A. Whitt was born in the city of Lexington, Fayette county, Kentucky, September 3, 1841. His parents came to Daviess county in 1847, purchased land in Monroe township and commenced farning. When he was thirteen years old his mother died, and he then worked on a farm for about eight years, when he engaged with Conner & Co. for a time as cattle feeder, and took cattle to Leavenworth, Kansas, and from thence to the Indian reserve for herding. From that place he drove an ox-team to Fort Union, New Mexico. At the end of seven months he went … Read more