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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Class of 1860
    Full name
    Peter Harrison Whisner
    Place of Birth
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    Death Date Certainty
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    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.
    How to Cite This Page: "Whisner, Peter Harrison," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/6841.