He was born about 1840 in Carlisle, Cumberland, England, to Joseph and Margaret Whinna.
He was christened on 4 April 1841, in St Mary's, Carlisle.
[date: 8, 9, 11 (25 at death in 1864), 20.
christening: 20.
place: 8, 19, 20.
parents: 20]
He was the brother of the Reverand Mr Whinna, of the M P Church, who was in Alexandria when Stephen Whinna died.
[source: 22]
When he enlisted, he was a soapmaker.
[sources: 8, 9 (perfumer)]
Description
When he enlisted, he was 5 feet 8-1/2 inches tall, and had a dark complexion, dark eyes, and dark hair.
[sources: 8, 9, 19 [5 feet 8 inches)]
During the war
He enlisted and was mustered into service, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 14 or 19 November 1861.
He was enlisted for three years, by Lieutenant (?) G Black.
He was mustered as a private in company H.
He had rifle number 44.
[sources: 1, 8 [14 Nov], 9 (19 Nov), 24-26]
On 25 December 1861, he married Mary Ann B Jenkins.
She was 21 years old, and was born in Philadelphia.
They were married by Reverend John Thompson, in a Methodist ceremony.
They had no children.
[source: 19]
On 8 August 1862, he was Corporal of the Guard at slave pen in Alexandria, Virginia, on the day that E Carroll Brewster was arrested for being drunk on duty.
He later testified that Brewster was drunk, told men to go out for liquor, released prisoners who had been given to his charge that morning, and told the sergeant to release anyone else he wanted to (which the sergeant refused to do).
[source: 11].
He was wounded in action on 18 June 1864, near Petersburg, Virginia.
He had a gunshot wound of the shoulder and lung.
He died27 June 1864, of those wounds, at DeCamp General Hospital USA, David's Island, New York.
He was a sergeant in company H.
He was a fancy soap maker.
He was married.
On 3 July 1864, he was buried, in Union Harmony Ground [?], Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Purity Lodge 325 [?], IOOF was invited to the funeral.
He was buried from 2303 Jasper Street, 19th ward, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which was the residence of his father-in-law, Charles Jenkins.
He was apparently reburied in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
[sources: 1, 6, 8, 9, 10 (death reported 12 July), 11 (died 28 June), 17 (wounded 17 June, died 27 June, buried Hanover Street), 19 (27 June), 23 (27 June, buried Cedar Hill), 24-26]
After the war
On 19 October 1864, his widow, Mary A B Whinna, applied successfully for a pension.
She was living in Philadelphia, with a post office address of 2303 Jasper Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
She reapplied in 1865, after changing her attorney.
Her application was accepted on 16 October 1865, retroactive to 27 June 1864.
The last piece of information seems to have been a certificate from George P Finney, certifying the crucial facts.
She initially received $8 per month.
[sources: 13, 15, 19]
Sources
1 Bates, Samuel Penniman. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5. Harrisburg: B. Singerly, state printer, 1869-71. 5 volumes. 'Ninety-first regiment', volume 3, pages 186-233.
(In the roster)
19abstract of widow's pension certificate file, National Archives and Records Administration, record group 15, certificate number WC 57,867
(Mary Ann B Jenkins widow of Stephen Smith Whinna)
24index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Pennsylvania
(Stephen Whina)
25index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Pennsylvania
(Stephen Whinna)
26index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Pennsylvania
(Stephen Winna)
Note
I would not be surprised to find that Mary Whinna remarried after Stephen's death, but I have not found a reference to a remarriage.
Sources checked unsuccessfully
1850 US census
FamilySearch index (accessed 26 Dec 11)
1860 US census
HeritageQuest index, FamilySearch index (accessed 26 Dec 11)
1870 US census
HeritageQuest index, FamilySearch index (accessed 26 Dec 11)
1880 US census
HeritageQuest index, FamilySearch index (accessed 26 Dec 11)
1890 US census, veterans' schedule
Ancestry index (accessed April 2007)
1900 US census
HeritageQuest index, FamilySearch index (accessed 26 Dec 11)
1910 US census
HeritageQuest index, FamilySearch index (accessed 26 Dec 11)
1920 US census
HeritageQuest index, FamilySearch index (accessed 26 Dec 11)
1930 US census
FamilySearch index (accessed 26 Dec 11)
Rootsweb WorldConnect
accessed June 2007, and again on 26 Dec 11 (checked Stephen Whinna born England 1840 +/- 5 OR died 1864, Stephen Whinna child of Joseph and Margaret, Mary Jenkins (metaphone) born Pennsylvania 1840 +/-5, and Mary Whinna (metaphone) born Pennsylvania 1840 +/- 5)
GenealogyBank (newspapers)
checked Stephen in Philadelphia; Mary in Pennsylvania (accessed 25 December 2011)
applications for headstones for military veterans, 1925-1941
[index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Pennsylvania]
[transcribed 5 May 2015, from Fold3]
Whina Stephen
Co. H, 91 Pennsylvania Inf.
Pvt | Sgt
REFERENCE CARD.
Original filed under
Whinna Stephen
GENERAL INDEX CARD.
[card 2, transcribed 5 May 15]
Whinna Stephen
Co. H, 91 Pennsylvania Inf.
Pvt | Sgt
See also [blank]
GENERAL INDEX CARD.
[card 3, transcribed 8 May 15]
Winna, Stephen
Co. H, 91 Pennsylvania Inf.
Pvt. | Sergt.
REFERENCE CARD.
Original filed under
Whinna, Stephen
[death certificate, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 28 June 1864, Stephen Whinna]
[thanks to Ed McLaughlin for finding this!]
RETURN OF A DEATH
IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA.
PHYSICIAN'S CERTIFICATE
1. Name of Deceased, Sergt Stephen Whinna
2. Colour, White
3. Sex, Male
4. Age, 25 Years
5. Married
6. Date of Death, June 28th 1864 David Island NY Harbour
7. Cause of Death, Wounds recd at Petersburg
corp H 91 Reg PVV
Geo E Chamber Registration Clerk
UNDERTAKER'S CERTIFICATE, IN RELATION TO DECEASED.
8. Occupation, Fancy Soap Maker
9. Place of Birth, Phil
10. When a Minor, [blank]
11. Ward, 19th
12. Street and Number, 2303 Jasper St
13. Date of Burial, July 3d 1864
14. Place of Burial, Union Harmony Ground [?]
N Helverson Undertaker
Residence, 221 Coates St
[death notice, Public Ledger 2 July 1864 page 2, Stephen Whinna]
WHINNA--At David's Island, New York Harbor June 27th, from wounds received before Petersburg, Va., on the 17th [sic] instant, Sergeant STEPHEN S WHINNA, Company H, 91st Regt. Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers.
"Farewell, thou broad banner, bright glory be thine,
O'er land and o'er ocean may'st thou ever shine
Unrivaled in splendor of worthy renown
While heaven approvingly on thee looks down
For me the wild clamor of battle is o'er.
The soul-binding trumpet shall thrill me no more
My bosom is shattered, my life's waning fast.
Proud banner! I've battled for thee till the last
Thou emblem of valor, and heart of the free,
'Tis glory, 'tis virtue, to perish for thee.
Whatever I've suffered of torturing pain
For thee, death denying, I'd yield to again
The cold sod my pillow, to morrow I'll sleep
Where darkness and silence their gloomy reign keep.
Dim shadows around are ringing my knell.
May'st thou ever prosper, proud banner, farewell!
The relatives and friends of the family, and the Purity Lodge 325 [?], I O of O. F; also, members of the 91st Regiment now in the city, and Soldiers generally, are invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of his father-in-law, Charles Jenkins, Front and Dauphin street, Nineteenth ward on Sunday, the 3d inst., at 2 [?] o'clock.
The funeral will proceed to Hanover street burial ground.
[abstract of widow's pension certificate file, National Archives and Records Administration, record group 15, certificate number WC 57,867, Mary Ann B Jenkins widow of Stephen Smith Whinna]
[abstracted from 24 pages on Fold3, November-December 2011]
25 December 1861
Stephen Smith Whinna married Mary Ann B Jenkins, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (p.2, 9 [city marriage certificate])
Stephen Smith Whinna, soldier, residence Philadelphia, born England, age 21 (p.9)
Mary A B Jenkins, residence Philadelphia, born Philadelphia, age 21 (p.9)
married by Rev John Thompson, methodist ceremony (p.2, 9)
no children
26 Dec 1863
enrolled (on 24 Dec) and mustered in (on 26 Dec) as corporal, veteran volunteer, at Bealton VA (p.5; p.2 has 1864, obviously incorrectly)
5 feet 8 inches high, dark complexion, dark hair, [blank] eyes, born Carlisle England (p.19)
27 June 1864
Sergt Whinna "Died in New York June 27. 1864 from wounds recd. at Petersburg June 18 /64" (pp.2, 5, 8)
died at New York Harbour (pp.2, 5)
5 Aug 1864
Warren Webster, Asst Surg USA, in charge, DeCamp General Hospital USA, Davids' Island, NY, replied to a letter from Mrs M A Whinna of 2303 Jasper St Phila that Sergt Stephen Whinna died in that hospital 'of Gun Shot Wounds of Shoulder + Lung' (p.6)
19 October 1864
Mary A B Whinna widow of Stephen Smith Whinna applied for a pension, application 69,214 (p.2)
23 years old, resident of Philadelphia (p.2)
dated 8 Oct 1864 (p.2)
she lived in Philadelphia Pennsylvania; post office address 2303 Jasper St
attorney W N Ashman, 1307 Chestnut St, Philadelphia Pennsylvania
accepted 16 October 1865, retroactive to 27 June 1864; initially received $8 per month
attorney: Robert Whinna (p.2)
supporting witnesses: Samuel Baxter, John C Kelly [?] (p.4)
21 January 1865
Adjutant General's Office provided information summarized above (p.5)
15 June 1865
Pension Office sent circular 22 to the adjutant general and 14 to the surgeon general (p.13)
7 July 1865
Surgeon General's Office provided information summarized above (p.8)
13 July 1865
surgeon general returned some evidence to the Pension Office, which sent circulars 9, 1, 17, and 10 to the claimant (p.13)
19 July 1865
Adjutant General's office informed Pension Office that Sergt Stephen Whinna appears on the July-August 1864 muster roll, as 'Died in New York June 27th 1864 from wounds rec'd at Petersburg June 18th 1864'; no Whinna appears on any other rolls (p.17)
20 July 1865
Mary Ann B Whinna, 24 years old, residing in Philadelphia PA, swore to the relevant facts to apply for a pension (p.19)
Robert Whinna attorney (p.19)
Samuel Baxter and John C Kelly (both residing in Philadelphia) swore to her identity and the truth of the crucial facts (p.20)
sworn before Geo Kelly, Prothoy of Dist Court, [agent's?] address Salisbury, Somerset County, Maryland (p.20)
Pension Office received 25 July 1865 (p.22)
26 July 1865
Pension Office received [?] circular 22 from [?] the adjutant general, and received a response to 9, 17, 10, and 11 from the claimant (p.13)
29 July 1865
Pension Office received a response to circular 22, and [sent?] circular 9 to the claimant, at 2303 Jasper St, 19th Ward, Philadelphia PA (p.13)
4 Aug 1865
Adjutant General's Office informed Pension Office that no other Whinna appears on the rolls in their office (p.18)
17 Aug 1865
Mary A B Whinna, resident of Philadelphia, 24, swore to the above relevant facts to apply for pension (p.23)
Samuel Baxter and John C Kelly were witnesses (pp.23-24)
Mary Whinna's address was 2303 Jasper St Philadelphia PA (p.24)
Pension Office receivd 1 September 1865 (p.24)
W N Ashman attorney (p.24)
8 September 1865
Pension Office sent circular 9 to [attorney] Ashman
9 October 1865
George P Finney (late Captain co. H, 1st sgt when Whinna was wounded) certified that Stephen Whinna was a sergeant in co. H, was wounded in the right shoulder in action on 18 June 1864 'while advancing on the Rebel Works before Petersburg', and died of that wound on 27 June 1864 (p.15)
Pension Office received 10 October (p.16)
21 Oct 1865
certificate issued. sent to W N Ashman, Philadelphia PA (p.14)
pension retroactive to 27 June 1864. initial rate $8 per month (p.14)
[England Births and Christenings 1538-1975 (abstract only), on FamilySearch.org (searched 25 December 2011)]
Stephen Smith Whinna, christened 4 April 1841, St Mary's, Carlisle, Cumberland, England, parents Joseph and Margaret Whinna
[checked the directories listed below on Fold3, 25 December 2011]
1855 Biddle's Philadelphia directory, page 593, no Stephen Whinna 1859 Biddle's Philadelphia directory page 758, no Stephen Whinna (but Robert Whinna, bookbr. [sic], 1351 Earl, with Joseph Whinna weaver 1351 Earl) 1860 Biddle's Philadelphia directory, page 1069, no Stephen Whinna (or Robert, or Whinna on Jasper St) 1861 Biddle's Philadelphia directory, page 1053, no Stephen Whinna (or Mary, or Robert, or Whinna on Jasper st) 1862 Biddle/McElroy's Philadelphia directory, page 712, no Stephen Whinna (or Robert, or Mary, or Whinna on Jasper St) 1863 Biddle/McElroy's Philadelphia directory, page 800 Whinna Stephen, perfumer, Letterly n Carroll [no other Whinna at that address] 1864 Biddle/McElroy's Philadelphia directory, page 792, no Stephen or Mary Whinna (or Robert, or Whinna on Jasper St) 1865 Sherman's Philadelphia directory, page 715, no Stephen, Mary, Jasper St. Whinna 1866 McElroy's Philadelphia directory, page 778, no Stephen, Mary, Jasper St. Whinna 1867 Gopsill's Philadelphia directory, page 1320, no Stephen, Mary, Jasper St Whinna 1868 Gopsill's Philadelphia directory, page 1617, no Stephen, Mary, Jasper St. Whinna 1869 Gopsill's Philadelphia directory, page 1545, no Stephen, Mary, Jasper St. Whinna 1873 Gopsill's Philadelphia directory, page 1356, no Stephen or Mary Whinna
[death notice, Alexandria Gazette 9 July 1864 page 2, S S Whinna]
[transcribed from GenealogyBank]
Sergeant S. S. Whinna, brother of the Rev. Mr. Whinna, of the M. P. Church, stationed in this place, of the 91st Pennsylvania Vols., died recently of wounds received at battles before Petersburg.
[records of headstones of deceased Union veterans, 1879-1903]
[transcribed 24 April 2013, from FamilySearch]
Whinna Stephen S
Sgt Co. H, 91 Regt. Pa Infy
Cemetery Cedar Hill
at Frankford Phila Pa
Grave [blank]
Date of death June 27 1864
Headstone supplied by
Sheldon & Sons
West Rutland Vermont,
Contract dated Aug. 21, 1886.