Whitaker Southern Methodist Church was built around 1866 on land donated by Benton Alexander. Early members were the Alexanders, Potters, Lingles, and Myers. Custom separated the congregation by sex. The men entered the church through the southeast door and were seated on the south side of the sanctuary. Women sat on the north side of the aisle after entering through the northeast door of the church. By 1924 the church had fallen to disrepair. The funeral of Sarah Jane Alexander, wife of Benton Alexander, had to be held in her home. In 1925, some repairs were made and a Sabbath School was organized.

Whitaker Baptist Church was concieved when Reverend H. S. Burns was invited by the Whitaker Methodist Sabbath School to hold several meetings in 1927. The result was a revival, and the organization of the Whitaker Baptist Church, on February 10, 1928. Iva McGinnis, Iris (Vickrey) McCormick, Louis Stevens, Clyde Hibbard, and Gilbert, Myrtle and Clifford Bastin were among the founding members. The Rev. Burns served as pastor to the new congregation. The church celebrated its centennial in 1966 and is located on Lingle Road south of State Road 67.

Goss Cemetery is the nearest to town. It lies northeast of Whitaker in Section 13 of Ray Township, about one-fourth mile off the west side of Denny Hill Road (850W).

Ratts Cemetery lies in east central Section 19, of Ashland Township, off a gravel road between Big Hurricane Road and Olive Church Road. Members of the Lingles family are buried there.

Lingle Cemetery is in Section 26, of Ashland Township, one and three fourths miles south of Lewisville Road, off Shuler Road, (950W).

Casper Lingle was born in Burke County, North Carolina, on March 7, 1823. Adam and Catherine (Tipps) Lingle were the parents of our subject and nine other children. He came to Morgan County, in 1829, and settled in what is now Ashland, but at that time was Ray Township. The Ray Township elections were held in the home of Adam Lingle for twenty years near what was Salem or West Salem, Indiana. On June 7, 1845, Casper married Matilda Ratts, daughter of Henry and Rebecca (Goss) Ratts. Matilda died three months later. Catherine Sandy, daughter of Thomas and Rebecca Sandy, became his bride on August 9, 1846 and they proceeded to raise; John S., William A., James E., Jeremiah S., and Thomas Lincoln Lingle. Mr. Lingle established an Methodist Episcopal Church in Missouri when he moved there for three years. During his life he acquired 700 acres of land.

William A. Lingle was born to Casper and Catherine (Sandy) Lingle, and was the grandson of Adam and Catherine (Tipps) Lingle. He was born in what is now Ashland Township, at that time Ray Township, on November 16, 1849, and was the second of five children. William worked on his father's farm as a youth. On May 11, 1871, Miss Martha J. Groun, daughter of Hiram Groun, became his wife and the mother of their children, Newton D. and Perry E. Lingle. The Lingles owned 40 acres of land, livestock, and an orchard. Mr. Lingle was Township Assessor for one term.

E. D. Whitaker, M.D. was born in Ray Township, on November 27, 1834. His parents were Grafton B. and Margaret (Gregg) Whitaker. At the age of 22, after local education, he attended Belleville Academy in Hendricks County, Indiana and then studied medicine under Dr. Stuckey of Gosport, Indiana. In April 1862, he enlisted in the military and became the Assistant Surgeon of the 15th Kentucky Infantry. He was later promoted to Surgeon of the 38th Indiana Infantry and held this position until the Civil War's end. After the war, he returned to Gosport and his work as a physician for one year. Dr. Whitaker then seems to have retired from medicine in order to manage his farm in Ray Township. In 1867, Martha J. Williams became his bride. She was the daughter of Wiley and Rebecca (Crow) Williams and gave him one son, Wiley W., before her death in 1874. In December 1877, he remarried to Amanda A. Vickrey, daughter of Harman and Elizabeth (Guy) Vickrey. Eli G. and Margaret Elizabeth were their children. The Whitakers raised stock and farmed 240 acres in Ray Township. Dr. Whitaker was nominated as a candidate for State Representative, but declined. His brothers, Levi B. and David L. resided in Ashland Township and were large landowners there.

Jeremiah S. Lingle was born in Ashland Township (at that time Ray Township) on October 10, 1855. He was the son of Casper and Catherine (Sandy) Lingle and the grandson of Adam and Catherine (Tipps) Lingle. His brothers were William A., John S., and Thomas Lincoln Lingle. Jeremiah was raised to farm and worked on his father's farm until adulthood. He married Miss Martha E. Shelton, the daughter of John and Catherine (Haase), and they raised Orville E., Minnie Catherine, and Orra E. Lingle. Mr. Lingle worked as a farmer all his life.