Biography

Whittemore came from a poor fa­mi­ly and had a trou­bled child­hood. He ran away from two ap­pren­tice­ships, but in 1820 met Ho­sea Bal­lou, who took the young man un­der his wing.

Within a year, Whit­te­more was or­dained, and pas­tored in Cam­bridge­port, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

He also ed­it­ed the Trum­pet and Uni­ver­sal­ist ma­ga­zine; com­posed mu­sic; wrote books and pamph­lets; served in the state le­gis­la­ture; gave tem­per­ance lec­tures; re­or­gan­ized the bank in Cam­bridge, Mas­sa­chu­setts; and be­came pre­si­dent of the Ver­mont and Mas­sa­chu­setts Rail­road in 1849.

Works

• Songs of Zi­on, 1837
• The Gos­pel Har­mo­nist, 1841