Francis Parkman Whittemore

Biography

Francis Parkman Whittemore (1825–1917) earned his place among Edgewood Cemetery’s honored citizens by offering decades of thoughtful counsel and measured optimism to family and local institutions.

Living through the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the dawn of the twentieth century, he remained a steady bridge between generations, reminding successors of the importance of civility and historical awareness as he rests in Edgewood Cemetery.