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Whitmer Family
Whitmer may refer to: *Whitmer Peninsula, a peninsula on the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica *Whitmer High School, in Toledo, Ohio, United States *Whitmer, West Virginia, a census-designated place in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States People with the surname *B. J. Whitmer (born 1978), American professional wrestler *Chandler Whitmer (born 1991), American football player and coach *Christian Whitmer (1798–1835), son of Peter Whitmer, Sr. and Mary Musselman *Dan Whitmer (born 1955), professional baseball player and coach *David Whitmer (1805–1888), early adherent of the Latter Day Saint movement, Witness to the Book of Mormon's golden plates *Gretchen Whitmer (born 1971), Governor of Michigan *Jacob Whitmer (1800–1856), son of Peter Whitmer, Sr. and Mary Musselman *John Whitmer (1802–1878), early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement *Mary Mussleman Whitmer (1778–1856), Book of Mormon witness and the wife of Peter Whitmer, Sr. *Peter Whitmer Sr. (1773–185 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitmer Peninsula
The Whitmer Peninsula () is a broad ice-capped peninsula, about long and wide, between Cheetham Ice Tongue and Harbord Glacier Tongue on the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Location The Whitmer Peninsula is on the west coast of the Ross Sea. Kohler Head is on its northeast coast. It is south of the Cheetham Ice Tongue and Lamplugh Island, east of the Davis Glacier and north of the Harbord Glacier, which flows between Starr Nunatak and Varney Nunatak into the sea, where it forms the Harbord Glacier Tongue. Exploration and naming The Whitmer Peninsula was mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1957–62. It was named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant (j.g.) R.D. Whitmer, U.S. Navy, who wintered over at Williams Field, McMurdo Sound, in 1956. He returned to Antarctica with United States Naval Construction Battalion units during Operation Deep Freeze, Deep Freeze 1966 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Mussleman Whitmer
Mary Elsa Musselman Whitmer (August 27, 1778 – January 1856) was a Book of Mormon witness and the wife of Peter Whitmer Sr. Biography She was born Mary Elsa Musselman in Germany to Jacob and Elizabeth Musselman. She immigrated to Pennsylvania in the late-18th century, where she met and married Peter Whitmer, a farmer, also of German descent. They moved to Waterloo, New York, in the year of 1809, and later purchased a farm in Fayette, New York. They had eight children, Christian Whitmer, Jacob Whitmer, John Whitmer, David Whitmer, Catherine Whitmer Page, Peter Whitmer Jr., Nancy Whitmer, and Elizabeth Whitmer Cowdery. Through her son David, she and her family became acquainted with Joseph Smith around 1828. In 1829, she was caring for three boarders (Smith, Emma Hale Smith, and Oliver Cowdery) in addition to her large household while the Book of Mormon was being translated. She said that she was often overloaded with work to the extent she felt it quite a burden. Duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wittmer
Wittmer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Albert Wittmer (1897–1950), American football and basketball player, lawyer, and state legislator * Jeffrey Wittmer (born 1984), American weightlifter * Kuno Wittmer (born 1982), Canadian racing driver * Phil Wittmer, American information technology specialist See also * William A. Wittmer Lustron House * Whitmer (other) {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wittmar
Wittmar is a municipality in the district of Wolfenbüttel, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Asse For several hundred years, salt has been mined in Asse, a small mountain range in the district of Wolfenbüttel. One of these mines, Schacht Asse II, is now used to store low- and medium-grade radioactive waste Radioactive waste is a type of hazardous waste that contains radioactive material. It is a result of many activities, including nuclear medicine, nuclear research, nuclear power generation, nuclear decommissioning, rare-earth mining, and nuclear ... produced by medicine and nuclear power plants. References External links Samtgemeinde Asse Wolfenbüttel (district) Municipalities in Lower Saxony {{Wolfenbüttel-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitmore (other) , or Whitmore's disease
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Whitmore may refer to: Places * Whitmore, Staffordshire, England ** Whitmore Hall ** Whitmore railway station * Whitmore, California, U.S. * Whitmore, Ohio, U.S. * Whitmore Township, Macon County, Illinois, U.S. * Whitmore Village, Hawaii, U.S. *Whitmore Lake, Michigan, U.S. *Whitmore Mountains, Antarctica Other uses * Whitmore (horse), American thoroughbred racehorse * Whitmore (surname), including a list of people with the name *Whitmore baronets, two baronetcies * Whitmore High School, Harrow, England * Whitmore High School, Barry, Wales * Whitmore Stakes, American thoroughbred stakes race * SC Whitmore School, South Carolina, U.S., a virtual school See also * *Melioidosis Melioidosis is an infectious disease caused by a gram-negative bacterium called ''Burkholderia pseudomallei''. Most people exposed to ''B. pseudomallei'' experience no symptoms, but complications can range from fever and skin changes to pneumon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witmer (other)
Witmer may refer to: * Witmer, Pennsylvania, a census-designated place * Witmer Lake, a lake in Indiana People with the given name * Witmer Stone (1866–1939), American ornithologist, botanist, and mammalogist People with the surname * Charles B. Witmer (1862–1925), U.S. federal judge * Denison Witmer, American songwriter * Elizabeth Witmer (born 1946), Canadian politician * Jill Witmer (born 1991), American field hockey player * John Witmer (1951–2004), Canadian musician * Lawrence Witmer (born 1959), American paleontologist and paleobiologist * Lightner Witmer (1867–1956), American psychologist * Tamara Witmer (born 1984), American model and actor See also * '' Witmer v. United States'', a 1955 Supreme Court case * Whitmer (other) * Wittmar, Lower Saxony, Germany * Wittmer Wittmer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Albert Wittmer (1897–1950), American football and basketball player, lawyer, and state legislator * Jeffrey Witt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Whitmer Jr
Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) Culture * Peter (actor) (born 1952), stage name Shinnosuke Ikehata, a Japanese dancer and actor * ''Peter'' (1934 film), a film directed by Henry Koster * ''Peter'' (2021 film), a Marathi language film * "Peter" (''Fringe'' episode), an episode of the television series ''Fringe'' * ''Peter'' (novel), a 1908 book by Francis Hopkinson Smith * "Peter" (short story), an 1892 short story by Willa Cather * ''Peter'' (album), a 1972 album by Peter Yarrow * ''Peter'', a 1993 EP by Canadian band Eric's Trip * "Peter", 2024 song by Taylor Swift from '' The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology'' Animals * Peter (Lord's cat), cat at Lord's Cricket Ground in London * Peter (chief mouser), C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Whitmer
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died ), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (died ), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope John (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitmer High School
Whitmer High School is a public high school in Toledo, Ohio, named for John Wallace Whitmer, an educator who helped organize high school classes for the area. Whitmer History, accessed January 25, 2013. It is the only high school in the Washington Local School District in Lucas County, Ohio, serving the northwest section of Toledo up to the Michigan state line. It is the largest high school in the Toledo area. Whitmer offers 200 courses including honors and AP classes, 16 career training programs, 22 varsity sports, and more than 50 extracurricular activities. Students regularly receive district, state, and national accolades in art, music, and career training competitions. History Whitmer Senior High School opened in 1924 in the Jefferson building. In 1960, the Whitmer building opened. In 1974, the Whitmer Vocational Building, now the Career and Technology Center (CTC), opened. Renovations In 2006, Whitmer High School underwent several renovations. Among the renovations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Whitmer
Jacob Whitmer (February 2, 1800 – April 21, 1856) was the second born child of Peter Whitmer, Sr., and Mary Musselman. He is primarily remembered as one of the Eight Witnesses of the Book of Mormon's golden plates. Biography Born in Pennsylvania, Whitmer moved with his parents to New York, where he married Elizabeth Schott on September 29, 1825. Whitmer and Elizabeth had nine children together, only three of whom survived to adulthood. Whitmer’s younger brother, David, became a close associate of Joseph Smith. In June 1829, Jacob Whitmer joined his brothers in signing a statement testifying that he personally saw and handled the golden plates said to be in Smith's possession. On April 11, 1830, he was baptized into the newly organized Church of Christ. Whitmer moved with the majority of the New York church members to Ohio in 1831. Whitmer then gathered with early church members to Jackson County, Missouri by 1833, but was driven by anti-Mormon vigilantes from his home the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gretchen Whitmer
Gretchen Esther Whitmer (; born August 23, 1971) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 49th governor of Michigan since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, she served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2001 to 2006 and in the Michigan Senate from 2006 to 2015. Whitmer was born and raised in Michigan. She graduated from Michigan State University with a bachelor's degree in communication in 1993 and a Juris Doctor degree in 1998. Her political career began in 2000 when she was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives. In 2006, she won a special election to the state senate, serving in that chamber until 2015, and became its first female Democratic leader from 2011 to 2015. In 2013, Whitmer gained national attention for a floor speech during a debate on abortion in which she shared her experience of being sexually assaulted. For six months in 2016, she was the prosecutor for Ingham County. Whitmer was elected gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
