William whiteside biography

Whiteside, William Bolin ( – )

January 5,

Last modified: October 30,

By Ben Ostermeier

William Bolin Whiteside (–) and his family were among the first Anglo-Americans to settle Illinois.

He played a critical role in transforming an Indian and French landscape to the 21st state to join the union, fighting Indians in many wars including the War of Today he is buried on the campus of SIUE.

Whiteside was born in the backwoods of North Carolina in the third year of the American Revolution, December 27, ((Whiteside Cemetery.)) In , his father and uncles were among the backwoods patriots who defeated British Loyalists in the Battle of King’s Mountain, the first decisive American victory in the southern colonies.((John Reynolds, The pioneer history of Illinois (Chicago: Fergus Printing Company, ), ; “The Battle of King&#;s Mountain,” , accessed November 7, )) In the large Whiteside family migrated to the nascent American territory in Illinois when William Bolin was ((Reynolds, T