Hervey Whiting

Whiting was a rancher and physician. He was born in Connecticut around 1794 and divided his time between Darien, Connecticut and New York City working in the cattle and tanning business. He arrived in Texas in 1833 and obtained a land grant in the area now known as Baytown. During the Texas Revolution, he supplied leather goods and beef to the Texas Army. He was also one of the few who did not flee during the Runaway Scrape, and because of this, many accused him of colluding with the Mexicans and looting their abandoned property, charges that he denied. He continued supporting Texas, supplying beef to the Port of Galveston and the Schooner Invincible. After the war he continued his ranching activities, and some records also indicate he was a physician, though there is no record of any formal medical training. He served as a justice of the peace in Harrisburg in the 1840s and died of pneumonia in 1853.