What was the situation of Walt Whitman's parents?

Answer 1

The bio I have on him doesn't say anything about his parents. But it does tell me that he was born in West Hills, Long Island, NY in 1819. He worked for a lawyer, a doctor, and a printer and finally became an itinerant teacher in country schools. In 1846 he became an editor of the Brooklyn Eagle. He wrote Leaves of Grass in 1855, but his main life work came in Specimen Days and Collect. His brother was wounded in the civil war and he became a volunteer nurse for the north. At the end of the war he had gotten a clerkship, but was fired by Secretary Harlan as the author of an "indecent book". In 1873 he left Washington for NJ where he spent the rest of his life and would have fallen into poverty except for the help of admirers.

Answer 2

Walt Whitman's parents were of English descent and both originally from Long Island, New York. His father, Walter Whitman Sr., was a farmer, carpenter, and house builder, while his mother, Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, was a stay-at-home mom who supported the family by taking in boarders. They had eight other children besides Walt.

Answer 3

Walt Whitman was the son of a quaker carpenter. his fathers name was Walter Whitman. whitmans mothers name was louisa van velsor, was descended from dutch farmers.

Answer 4

I'm not fully sure but I think he's poor