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WHITING, DR. E. C., physician and surgeon, P. O. Shenandoah; born July 14, 1838, in Colwell county, Missouri. His parents removed to Hancock county, Illinois, in 1841, remaining until 1846. They then went to Florence, Nebraska, at which place the mother of Dr. Whiting died in the following spring. The boy went to St. Joseph, Missouri, living for the next two years with a Mr. George Snyder. His patron then went to Salt Lake City, Utah, and Dr. Whiting to Mills county, Iowa, engaging in any honorable occupation that promised remuneration or livelihood. In 1855 he became the purchaser of an interest in the first threshing machine brought to this section of the state, a venture which proved exceedingly lucrative. He is next found in Fremont county, at Fisher’s grove, working in a chair factory until 1861. In 1862 he commenced the study of medicine, with Dr. William Hamilton, of Hamburg, remaining with him one year. He then matriculated at the Eclectic College of Medicine, at Cincinnati, Ohio. In October, 1866, he attended his second course of lectures and graduated the same year. His first location after graduation was at Bartlett, Fremont county, Iowa. In December, 1876, he came to Shenandoah, where he has since resided, enjoying a growing practice from that date. He was married January 21, 1871, to Miss Lucy J. Sand, of Jack son county, Iowa, by whom he is the father of one child: Essie Lula, born November 14, 1871. Mr. Whiting is a man distinguished for great energy of character and strong will; a man among men, becoming rich by his own unaided efforts. His integrity is of the strictest kind, and his social-position such as becomes a man of his standing—respected by, and enjoying the confidence of, all.