Inter-Mountain Republican | 1907-11-06 | Page 2 | Alfred Whitman is Dead.

Alfred I- I r UI lena 1 La Lawrence wrence KOB Kas 0 Nov Nor r i r Alfred Whitman Whit Whit- man nian mal died led suddenly o of heart dl disease at 10 o'clock last nl night ht Mr Whitman n was waR th time the original Laurie In Lul Louisa Alcott's billIe LIUn Men el anti and andwan wan ivas a man of wide wile acquaintance 1 lie was vis of or if New e England birth but had hul Iv 11 in lavrence for 01 man many years Mr r. r Whitman was never nevor given n to t toiling telling much about himself but bul a n f few fow years ar a ago t he lie h. h was wa p persuaded to o tell loll tel his I of Miss Louisa M. M m Alcott for forthe or ortho tho the Ladle Homo home loro Journal In this for or the time first time ho ito told lold the tho Mt story of or his hll relations with wih Miss Misa Alcott pl I many I letters h had l received from flom her hor herand herand and anel told tol how ho hoho ho Ito cameo to rl figure as al Laurie In lam the that ma mado o her famo fa- fa 11 aan a- a an mo mO a um us mm Mr 1 Whitman was born In Cambridge Mass Ia s an anal nn l came canie l t f Lawrence nce with lii hi his During tho tIme war hl blu father 13 fl B. B Whitman n was assistant Q I i 1 tor or general and Mr r. r Whitman acted as his cork dork clerk After tr the war he ho settled In Louisville Ky l y whore h ho be was WIM a. a bookkeeper for tour four years n to Lawrence ho he howaR was waR married manlel In 1867 to Mary I W. W Drown Brown I n a daughter of or Rev John S S. Brown who ella preacher was iras widely known as 8 a Unitarian I