Merton Isaac Whitted

1909 - 1962  (53 years)

• Name	Merton Isaac Whitted  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	25 May 1909	Cissna Park, Iroquois, Illinois, USA   [1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1910	Artesia, Iroquois, Illinois, USA   [1]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
  Residence	1920	Prospect, Marion, Ohio, USA   [5]
  	Relation to Head: Son; Residence Marital Status: Single
  Residence	1940	Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, USA   [2]
  	Relation to Head: Self
  Residence	1942	Iredell, North Carolina, USA   [7]
  Military Service	19 Mar 1942	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA   [7]
  Arrival	19 Jul 1945	New York, New York, USA   [10]
  Residence	1950	Marion, Grant, Indiana, USA   [9]
  	Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married
  Residence	1957	Marion, Indiana, USA   [3]
  Residence	1958	Marion, Indiana, USA   [4]
  Burial	1962	Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA   [8]
  Death	28 Nov 1962	Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA   [6, 8]
  Merton Isaac Whitted Obituary	30 Nov 1962	Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA   [11]
  		Merton Isaac Whitted Obituary
  yDNA	I-L233 - Assumed
  Name	Merton I Whitted  [5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12]
  Name	Merton Whitted  [8]
  Reference Number	1378
  Person ID	I1378	KLD Genealogy
  Last Modified	18 May 2026

  
  

  Father	Frederick Elbridge Whitted,   b. 21 Aug 1871, Iroquois, Illinois, USA d. 8 Sep 1922, Marion, Ohio, USA (Age 51 years)
  Relationship	bio
  Mother	Myrtle Ivy Baylor,   b. 24 Jan 1880, Loda, Iroquois, Illinois, USA d. 8 Sep 1918, Prospect, Marion, Ohio, USA (Age 38 years)
  Relationship	bio
  Marriage	1901	Iroquois, Illinois, USA   [13, 14]
  Family ID	F599	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Lucille Jane True,   b. 16 Dec 1907, Illinois, USA d. 15 May 1965, Marion, Grant, Indiana, USA (Age 57 years)
  Family ID	F601	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 May 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Florence Lillian Oesterle,   b. 25 Dec 1908, Salina, Kankakee, Illinois, USA d. 17 May 1993, Streator, La Salle, Illinois, USA (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	10 Jun 1929	Kankakee, Illinois, USA   [12]
  Family ID	F600	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 May 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 25 May 1909 - Cissna Park, Iroquois, Illinois, USA Residence - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son - 1910 - Artesia, Iroquois, Illinois, USA Residence - Relation to Head: Son; Residence Marital Status: Single - 1920 - Prospect, Marion, Ohio, USA Marriage - 10 Jun 1929 - Kankakee, Illinois, USA Residence - Relation to Head: Self - 1940 - Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, USA Residence - 1942 - Iredell, North Carolina, USA Military Service - 19 Mar 1942 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Arrival - 19 Jul 1945 - New York, New York, USA Residence - Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married - 1950 - Marion, Grant, Indiana, USA Residence - 1957 - Marion, Indiana, USA Residence - 1958 - Marion, Indiana, USA Burial - 1962 - Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA Death - 28 Nov 1962 - Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA Merton Isaac Whitted Obituary - 30 Nov 1962 - Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Merton Isaac Whitted Obituary

  
  

• Sources

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