Whittemore, Thomas
clergyman, author, was born Jan. 1, 1800, in Boston, Mass. He was a universalist clergyman of Boston; and the author of History of Modern Universalism; Notes and Illustrations of the Parables; Commentaries on Daniel and Revelations; Life of Hosea Ballou; and Autobiography. He died March 21, 1861, in Cambridge, Mass.
WHITTEN, MARTHA ELIZABETH, educator, missionary worker, author, poet, was born Oct. 3, 1842, near Austin, Texas.
She received her education at the Austin Collegiate Female academy, and at the McKenzie college. She attained success as a teacher and missionary worker; and has contributed extensively to the periodical press. Mrs. Whitten's poems are full of thought and a pathos; they were collected in 1886 and published under the title of Texas Garlands, which work was followed by the Drunkard's Wife, a temperance poem in pamphlet form.