Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-09-07
FOUR BROTHERS
Members of the Widely Known
Whaling Family


: date published sketch of tn
four Whaling brothers, one {
;, whom, Mr.. Alexander Lewis Wha
a ing, was the father of Rev. Thor
: ton Whaling, d. d., pastor of tn
Lexington Presbyterian church
!, The article is as follows
A correspondent, "Senex," cor
8 tributes the following interestin
facts about Captain John T. Whal
| ing, who recently died in Pulaski
! and his three brothers, all of whor
were known to many persons il
! Lynchburg.
], The older citizens of Lynchbur
will easily recall Captain John L
Whaling, who passed away thi
week at Radford and who for
: number of years was associate,
with Lynchburg both while con
nected with the railroad and after
wards as a hardware merchant il
this city. He was one of four unus
ual brothers, each one of whom
had connections with Lynchburg
The first was Judge William J
Whaling (named for his distin-
guished grandfather, Judge Viii,
liam jones' who was a frequen,
visitor to this city when his son-in-
law, Mr.. Cowan, was cashier OF
the banks. Judge Whaling was a
very versatile and successful man
settling In New York as a lawyer,
he becsme before he was 40 years
of age, one Of the justices of its
Supreme Court. Retiring from the
bench and locating in Chicago, ne
became president of the Milwau-
kee, Minneapolis Il st. Paul Rail-
road, with over one thousand miles
of track, great combination for
that day. Changing his position
once more, he became a distin-
guished actuary, was president of
the Aetna Fire Insurance Com
pany, and retiring from business
of all kinds, he spent the last years
of his life enjoying the large fer
tune he had accumulated 1t
would be hard to imagine u more
courtly, impressive and attractive
gentleman than Judge Whaling.
The second brother was James
Posey Whaling manned for his rel
alive, General Posey) who was
once the freight agent of the Vir-
ginia q Tennessee Railroad with
headquarters at Lynchburg, and
who afterwards became and re-
NAMED until his death in 1897 at
Milwaukee, Wis, the general aud
itor of thu Milwaukee, Minneapo-
lis 4 st. Paul Railroad.
The third brother was Alexan-
der Lewis Whaling, who lived IN
Lyn burg while connected with
the Virginia d Tennessee Railroad,
and who afterward became the gen.
eral passenger agent of the Allan
ia and Richmond Air line. His
prOmisining career was cnt short |
while he was yet young man by |
a serious railroad accident, which |
prevented him becoming the most
prominent business and railroad |
men of the country, as his friends
him to be.
The fourth brother was John
Thornton Whaling, who has just
passed away. When a mere you'll!
he was one of the first conductors
IN the Virginia and Tennessee Rail
,oad. Rising ratidly he became
superintendent of the Louisville Il
Nashville Railroad. Retiring from
he railroad business he was for a
number of years successful mer-
'hant in Lynchburg until upon
marriage, he settled upon his farm
n Pulaski county, still combining
With his farm other business enter
)rises, such as a banker and mer
hant. He was remarkably
man of the strongest
physique, of genial manners, of
inc sense, OF unimpeachable judg- J
nent and, like all of his brothers,
ruly and genuinely religious.
Iach of these brothers left child
en-, who will cherish the memory
f thier fathers and the example
t their unusually gifted business.
live Campaign IN Old Virginia I
The Richmond correspondent in
unday's Lynchburg News pre-
lets that the campaign will be- i
in in earnest early in Septem Der |
nd from that time until the votes }
re cast on November Sth, some d
reezy developments may be looked T
,r in the various sections of the t
tate. With reference to the !
tuation in the Sixth and Tenth /
districts the report says: u
Activities have already begun in II
he Sixth, Ninth and Tenth Dis
lets, where both parties have p
ade their nominations, and where o
lie lines are sharply drawn. The y
in the Sixth, where +
bod deal of quiet work is already s.
progress, was opened with n
,eeches by both candidates at Il
edford City On September LIST. s.
he Republicans have nominated Il
Harris Hoge, postmaster of =
Danoke city, as Congressman
lass opponent.