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John Whiting Huntington

From the Memoir and Letters of Frederic Dan Huntington, pages 24-25

John (often called Whiting), the sixth child of Dan and Elizabeth Huntington, was born on May 28, 1809. He grew up in Middletown, Connecticut, and then in Hadley. From 1829 to 1832, John attended Harvard. He was examined for his Bachelor’s degree but died before commencement.