The History of Hendricks County (Chicago: Interstate Publishing, 1885)--Eel River Township, page 586
Abraham Whitenack, deceased, was born Oct. 31, 1824, in Warren County, Ohio, a son of Andrew and Katie Whitenack, natives of New Jersey. He received a fair education in his youth, and Jan. 25, 1855, he married Caroline E. Reynolds, daughter of William and Nancy (Snodgrass) Reynolds, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Virginia. To them have been born twelve children, of whom eight are now living--Ella, Llewellyn P., Isalona, Levona, Viola, Theresa, Oscar O. and Leon A. Mr. and Mrs. Whitenack settled in Hendricks County, Ind., in February, 1857, where Mr. Whitenack died Feb. 10, 1882. His widow still resides on the old homestead and is an active worker in the Baptist church. Mr. Whitenack was a public-spirited man, and always encouraged the various enterprises which tended to develop the resources of his township.