Whisner, Peter Harrison

Peter Harrison Whisner was born on February 1, 1837 in Morgan County, Virginia. He entered Dickinson in 1856, and after graduation he became a clergyman and presiding elder of the Methodist Episcopal church south. He did not enlist in the military. He died in Baltimore, Maryland on April 20, 1906. (By Brandon Rothenberg)
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Dickinson Connection
Class of 1860
Full name
Peter Harrison Whisner
Place of Birth
Morgan County, VA
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Estimated
Gender
Male
Race
White
Origins
Slave State
Education
Dickinson (Carlisle College)
Other Education
Randolph Macon College, VA
Occupation
Clergy

Peter Harrison Whisner (Dickinson Alumni Record)

Reference
Whisner, Peter Harrison    Born February 1, 1837, Morgan county, Va.; p., Jacob and Margaret Whisner; prep. Lick Run school; entered 1856; A. B., 1860; D. D., Randolph Macon college, Va.,; clergyman; member Baltimore conference, Methodist Episcopal church south; presiding elder; principle Preston and Ohio institutes; corresponding secretary board of church extension, Methodist church south; U. P. society. Address, Louisville, Ky.
George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 191.
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