Whittemore, Ebenezer S., 1828-1892.

Ebenezer S. Whittemore (also referred to as E.S. Whittemore) was born in Rindge, N.H. on September 4, 1828. Moving to Illinois as a young child with his family he later attended the University of Michigan. After graduation he attended the Dane Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts and was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar Association in 1857. He opened his first law office in Sandwich, Ma. on 1858 and concurrently also kept a law office in Boston for about fifteen years. He spent 30 plus years as a trial justice for Barnstable County and was also a county commissioner. In 1862 Governor Andrew appointed him as a local draft commissioner for the County of Barnstable. In addition to his legal career he was a member of the Cape Cod Historical Society, for which he wrote and lectured, and he was often called on to preside over social, business and literary gatherings. He died in 1892.