The Whiting family originally hailed from Massachusetts .
The patriarch 's work as the president of an iron company led the Whitings first to Tennessee and , later , to New Jersey , throughout the young Frederic 's childhood .
The Whiting family originally hailed from Massachusetts , but the patriarch 's work as the president of an iron company led the Whitings first to Tennessee and , later , to New Jersey , throughout the young Frederic 's childhood .