Whittemore Family (Tawas City, Mich.)

The Whittemore family, led by Gideon O. Whittemore, were founders of the town now known as Tawas City, Michigan. As men of business, they lumbered, milled, and sold the pine timber on their land then known as Ottawas Bay on Lake Huron. They were also civically responsible, serving their local community and the state in various capacities.

Gideon Olin Whittemore was born August 12, 1800 in St. Albans, Vermont. He came to Michigan in 1820 and in 1826, began practicing law in Pontiac. During his time there, Gideon Whittemore held many offices of trust in Oakland County as well as the state, and was at one time or another the Secretary of State, a member of the University of Michigan Board of Regents and the State Board of Education. On Feb. 13, 1828 he married Mrs. Harriet Mack Hatch, the daughter of his former employer, Colonel Stephen Mack of Detroit and his wife Temperance Bond Mack.

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