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General First nameHendricks Hallett
LastnameWhitman sr
GenderMale
CountryUnited States of America
Date of birth1884-02-27
Place of birthBrookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date of death1950-03-18
Place of deathNice, France


About

Son of WILLIAM WHITMAN, Sr. & JANE DOLE HALLETT

Died: at age 66; in the American Consulate Hospital in Mont Boron, Nice, France, of uremic poisoning

Occupation: Cotton & woolen manufacturer (President of American Woolen Company)

Married (1): Jun 29, 1912, ADELAIDE CHATFIELD-TAYLOR, Lake Forest, Lake Co., Illinois
Divorced: 1932

Three children:
1. Rose Farwell WHITMAN
1913 - 1983 (m. Channing Frothingham, Jr., Boston, MA; ___ Sanford)
2. Nancy WHITMAN
1915 - 1963 (m. Thomas J. Davis, G. Willing Pepper) Ross, CA)
3. Hendricks Hallet WHITMAN, Jr.
1920 - 1991

Married (2): Sep 1933, PAULINE ENEARL DANFORTH, Washington D.C.

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Jun 29, 1912, NEW YORK TIMES:
Miss Adelaide Chatfield-Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hobart C. Chatfield-Taylor, and Hendricks Whitman are to be married to-day at the country home of the bride's parents, in Lake Forest, Ill.
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Sep 6, 1933, Washington D.C.:
Woolen Manufacturer To Wed Famous Pianist
New York, Sept. 5 (AP).--Hendrick H. Whitman, head of the American Woolen Co. and former Harvard tennis star, obtained a license today to marry Miss Pauline Danforth, prominent Boston pianist.

Whitman's marriage to the former Adelaide Chatfield Taylor, Chicago society woman and playwright, was ended by a divorce last year. Miss Danforth gave her age as 32, 15 years her finance's junior. She has played privately for Queen Marie of Roumania.

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Archive statistics Career1901 - 1907
Tournament wins0
Matches15
Match wins6


Tournaments Longwood Bowl - 1907 US Open - 1904 US Open - 1903 Queens Club Tournament - 1903 Southampton Invitation (Long Island) - 1903 US Open - 1902 Longwood Bowl - 1902 Magnolia Tournament - 1901 Wentworth Invitation - 1901