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Welcome to Whitman
County Washington Genealogy Research
Wash. State Ag. College
(Pullman) Cadet Band 1896
My name is Bob
Jenkins and I created this
website to provide genealogy
information and links to genealogy
information to assist people in
researching
their Whitman County Washington
ancestors.
I would appreciate any
contribution that you would like to
make to this site:
biographies, obituaries, birth,
marriage, death info, grave info,
photographs....etc
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Use the box below to
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for Whitman
County Data
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Brief
History:
Whitman County was formed from
Stevens County in 1871. It is named after
Marcus Whitman, a Presbyterian
missionary who, with his wife
Narcissa, was killed in 1847 by members of
the Cayuse tribe.
In 1854, Skamania County was split
from the original Clark County. Also in
1854, Walla Walla County was split
from the new Skamania County. In
1863, Stevens County was split from Walla
Walla County, and in 1871, a
portion of Stevens County was set
off to form Whitman County. The 1871 shape
of Whitman County was
considerably larger than its present
boundary, as Adams, Franklin, and Lincoln
counties were sectioned off from
Whitman County in 1883. After that,
Whitman County retained its shape,
including through the period after
Washington became the 42nd state of
the Union in 1889.
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