No. 601] CHARLES OTIS WHITMAN 



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thrust in his arm and catch hold of her hair, when she 

 quickly turned and came out before them all." She had 

 two cubs. One was taken out alive and kept for several 

 months by Chauncey Whitman until, having become mis- 

 chievous, it was killed. Here we see the same love of 

 wild animals that Charles showed. This Chauncey had a 

 son, Albert, who is a hunter living in Oxford County. 

 He keeps squirrels, woodchucks, and other pets. Al- 

 bert's brother, Thomas, had a poultry farm and his son 

 still carries on the business. Charles's father's father, 

 Joseph Whitman, father of Chauncey, was also a hunter 

 and told his grandchildren hunting stories, including ad- 

 ventures with bears and other animals, which are keenly 

 remembered to this day. It appears that the mother's 

 father, Solomon Leonard, had a love of nature and took 

 pleasure in his trout brook. So Charles got his love of 

 nature from both sides of the house. 



Scholarship.— But Charles had more than a love of na- 

 ture; he desired to stiidi/ nature. This scholarship is a 

 family trait and comes to him from both sides of the 

 house. It is noteworthy that in Lapham's "History of 

 Woodstock, Me.," 1882, p. 56, it is stated: 



Three Woodstock men have j^raduated from college, George F. 

 Leonard, Harrison S. Whitman and Charles 0. Whitman. 



The first is an uncle and the second a cousin of the third. 

 According to Cole and Whitman (1915. p. 707) : 



Judo:e ]\Otchell's " History of Bridgewater " says that more persons 

 education than any other. The next most numerous were Packards. ^ 



And Charles's father's father's mother was Abigail Pack- 

 ard. It is worth while to consider in detail the direction 

 taken by the scholarship of the close relatives of Charles. 

 First, the mother's father, Solomon Leonard, was a close 

 student of ancient history. But it was to the influence of 

 his mother's brother, George F. Leonard, that the direc- 

 tion of Charles's early life was chiefly due. George Leon- 

 ard graduated from Dartmouth with the class of 1859. 



