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  1497. JOSHUA WHITNEY (Joshua, Joshua, David, Joshua, John), b. Jan 4, 1777, in
Canaan, CT; m. in Pittsfield, MA, May 20, 1798, Eunice CLARK; b. July 6, 1773;
d. Dec 31, 1838.
  He was born in Cannan, CT. Soon after his marriage, with his father, Joshua,
and his eldest brother, he engaged in the manufacture of iron, which was largely
made into anchors, and also in mercantile business.  After the death of his father he
remained on the farm and cared for his mother.  He d. Apr 9, 1849; res. Pittsfield,
MA, and Toledo, OH.
    3314. i.     CLARK, b. 1799; d.-----.
    3315. ii.    SOPHIA, b. 1801; d. 1838.
    3316. iii.   CAROLINE, b. Feb 28, 1803; m. Aug 30, 1824, Ira BELDEN.  She d.
                  in 1882.  He was b. Dec 23, 1802; d. Sept 1891.  Ch.: Mrs. N.
                  S. GANSON, b. Aug 30, 1826; address, 396 Delaware Ave., Buffalo,
                  NY; O.W., b. Mar 9, 1829; d. Mar 10, 1876; Chas. W., b.
                  July 2, 1835, 106 Dearborn St., Chicago, IL; Carrie E. ADAMS,
                  b. Feb 4, 1838, Grand Rapids, MI; F.W., b. May 8, 1841.
    3317. iv.    GEO. W., b. Feb 22, 1805; m. Juliette TYLER COLT, Mary KEYES, and
                  Mrs. Mary CHAPEL.
    3318. v.     JAMES S., b. Apr. 5, 1807; m. Eliza NEFF.
    3319. vi.    ANN MARIA, b. Oct 11, 1812; m. Oct 25, 1831, Josiah B. BECKWITH;
                  b. Feb 8, 1805; d. May 28,1889.  He was hardware dealer;
                  res. Cleveland, O. Ch.: Frances Martha, b. May 28, 1833; m.
                  ----- BOSTWICK; res. Medina, O.; Mary Sophia, b. Jan 2, 1840;
                  m. ----- GERRY; res. St. Paul, Minn.; Fred'k Root, b. July 1,
                  1845; res. Cleveland, O.
    3320. vii.   FRANCES ELVIRA, b. Aug 4, 1816; m. Oct 7, 1836, Dr. Blakesley
                  H. BUSH; b. Mar 25, 1808; d. Aug 28, 1873.  Ch.: Frances C.
                  HAUGHTON, b. Dec 25, 1838; m. Aug 3, 1863; address, Toledo, O.;
                  Elizabeth A. BISHOP, b. Feb 20, 1844; m. Oct 30, 1872; address,
                  Auburndale, O.; Maria P. SCHANSENBACH, b. June 18, 1846; m.
                  Feb 27, 1873; d. Feb 27, 1881; lived in Ogden, Utah; children
                  there now.

  1507. SHUBAEL WHITNEY (Asa, Joshua, David, Joshua, John), b. Preston, Conn,
Aug 15, 1772; m. in Groton, CT, Sarah MITCHELL, b. May 10, 1776; d. Oct 16, 1855.
She was the daughter of Mr. Geo. MITCHELL, of Maryland, who was born in Scot-
land, and who went north with Gen. Washington, with whom he served as aid-de-
camp. His wife was Content ALLEN, of New London, Conn.  He was killed at the
time of the Revolutionary war at White Plains, NY. He d. Sept. 5, 1852; res. Groton
Conn. and Wadsworth, O.
    3321. i.     GEORGE W., b. Mar 23, 1817; m. Althea F. BEEBE.
    3322. ii.    ANGELINA, b. -----; m. J. Lloyd BROOKE and John BEACH.  Ch;
                  Henrietta, m. Frank M. WOLCOTT; res. Weeping Water, Neb.;
                  Luman, res. Seattle, WA.
    3323. iii.   JOSHUA, b. Jan 1, 1800; m. Lydia PALMER and -----.
    3324. iv.    LUCY AYER, b. Nov 16, 1822; m. June 18, 1845, Clement WRIGHT,
                  b. Mar 15, 1822; res. Tallmadge, O.  He is a merchant.  Ch.:
                  Geo. Mitchell, b. Aug 8, 1847; m. Lucy J. HALE; res. Tallmadge,
                  OH; Charlotte Adella, b. Dec 3, 1849; d. Sept 20, 1851; Clara
                  Whitney, b. Mar 21, 1853; d. Aug 31, 1854.  George Mitchell
                  WRIGHT was born in Tallmadge Township, Summit County, OH.
                  He was educated at the public schools and Tallmadge Academy,
                  and at Western Reserve College, but left college early in the
                  course.  Studied law for two years and a half at Akron, OH, with
                  Hon. Sidney EDGERTON (ex-chief justice of Idaho, and ex-gov-
                  ernor of Montana), and Hon Jacob A. KOHLER (late attorney-
                  general of Ohio); was admitted to the bar in Ohio, June 16,
                  1873; practiced law at Akron, O., continuously from that time
                  until August, 1882, being for several years in partnership with
                  Hon. Henry MCKINNEY (who was afterward a common pleas
                  judge of Cuyahoga County, O.)  For several years, while study-
                  ing and practicing law, pursued studies in geology, lithology,
                  mineralogy, chemistry, and physics; was appointed assistant
                  geologist, United States Geological Survey, August, 1882;
                  engaged in geological field work in Nevada and California dur-

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                  ing field season of 1882, on scientific staff of Division of the
                  Great Basin, U.S.G.S.; stationed at headquarters of this divis-
                  ion, at Salt Lake City, Utah, during winter of 1882-83; trans-
                  ferred to scientific staff of Yellowstone National Park Division,
                  U.S.G.S., June 1883; during field seasons of 1883, 1884, and 1885,
                                         engaged in geological field work in
                                         Yellowstone National Park, and in
                                         Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, and
                                         during the winters of these years, sta-
                                         tioned at New York City, NY, and
                                         Washington, D.C. for study and sci-
                        [Photo]          entific investigations; specialties in
                                         geological work and investigations, the
                                         study of volcanic and crystalline rocks,
                                         and problems of volcanology, and also
                                         some special work in glacial geol-
                    GEORGE M. WRIGHT     ogy and general surface geology; re-
                                         signed as assistant geologist, U.S.G.
                                         S., June 30, 1886, and resumed practice
                                         of law at Akron, O., where he has con-
                                         tinued in active practice since that
                  time.  Mr. Wright was commissioned second lieutenant in the
                  First Regiment of Light Artillery, Ohio National Guard, June
                  21, 1892, the only organized regiment of light artillery in the
                  United States at the present time (1895). He is a member of
                  the Philosophical Society of Washington, D.C.; an associate
                  member of the Military Service Institution of the United States,
                  and also of the United States Cavalry Association.  He is also
                  a member of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolu-
                  tion, and of the Alpha Delta Phi college fraternity. He has
                  taken and continues to take great interest in miltary
                  affairs, and has contributed articles on military subjects to The
                  Journal of the United States Artillery (Fortress Monroe, Va.)
                  and The Journal of the Miltary Service Institution (Governor's
                  Island, New York Harbor).  Mr. Wright was married at Akron,
                  OH, Oct 18, 1876, to Lucy Josephine HALE (born March 14, 1854),
                  the third daughter of James Madison HALE and Sarah ALLEN, his
                  wife.  The children of Mr. and Mrs. WRIGHT, all born at Tall-
                  madge, OH), are: Clement Hale WRIGHT, born July 4, 1082; Allen
                  Whitney WRIGHT, born July 17, 1889; and George Maltby
                  WRIGHT, born June 24, 1892.
    3325. v.     ASA, b. Mar 14, 1797; m. ----- MONROE and Mrs. Catherine
                  MOORE CAMPBELL.
    3326. vi.    ANN, b. -----; d. Nov 8, 1849
    3327. vii.   SARAH, b. -----; m. Reuben DEWEY.  She d. Nov 4, 1860. Ch.:
                  Joshua, George, Shubael, Edward, Harris.
    3328. viii.  -----, b.-----
    3329. ix.    -----, b. -----                 3330.  x.-----, b. -----.
    3331. xi.    CLARA, b. -----; m. Munson S. ROBINSON; res. Diamond Springs,
                  Cal.  She d.s.p.
    3332. xii.   ELIZABETH, b. -----, m. Dr. Hanson HARD. She d. Oct 10, 1850.

  1509. APPLETON DOWNER WHITNEY (Asa, Joshua, David, Joshua, John), b.
Salisbury, CT, Jan 4, 1779; m. Esther JEWETT; m. 2d Dolly WYMAN; d. Sinclair-
ville, NY, Jan 3, 1878.  He d. Jan 16, 1851; res. Pittsfield, MA, and Berea, O.
    3333. i.     GEO. RANSOM, b. Mar 14, 1801; m. Harriett M. BRONSON.
    3334. ii.    MARTHA CLEVELAND, b. in Pittsfield, Jan 1, 1818; m. in New
                  Lebanon, NY, Sept 23, 1834; Robert Temple SHAW; res. Sin-
                  clairville, NY. He was b. Jan 23, 1814; d. Apr 9, 1859.
                  Farmer.  Ch.: Francis Eugene, b. Nov 19, 1840; m. Aug 5, 1879
                  address, Dunkirk, NY; Henry Appleton, b. Dec 15, 1842; d.
                  Nov 23, 1846; Gedeon Wheeler, b.June 25, 1845; m. Sep 3
                  1874; address, Sinclairville, NY; Laura Helen, b. Nov 8, 1847;
                  m. July 24, 1866; address, Sinclairville, NY.
    3335. iii.   ALBERT A., b. Dec 10, 1811; m. Jennette BROWN.

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  1513. MILTON WHITNEY  (Asa, Joshua, David, Joshua, John), b. Pittsfield, MA,
Apr 7, 1786; m. there Jan 8, 1809, Lydia CLEVELAND, b. Sep 18, 1786; d. Pittsfield, OH,
Aug 23, 1869.
  Milton WHITNEY was born in Pittsfield, MA, where his children were all born.
In 1830 he moved to Ohio, became a large land owner and prominent business man.
He d. Sep 4, 1839; res. Pittsfield, MA, and Pittsfield, OH.
    3336. i.     ASA WATROUS, b. Jan 11, 1810; m. Mary A. WIGHTMAN.
    3337. ii.    CLARISSA WELLER, b. Mar 2, 1813; m. Hiram HUMPHREY.  She
                  d. Dec 28, 1879. Had 7 ch.
    3338. iii.   WELTHY ANN, b. May 12, 1815; m. July 6, 1835, Lorenzo
                  WADSWORTH.  He was b. Becket, MA, Aug 27, 1813; d. Sep 26,
                  1869.  Was a prominent citizen. She d. Apr 8, 1851. Ch.:
                  Frank, b. Oct 14, 1838; m. Ella LEONARD; res. Wellington, O.
                  Frances Mary, b. Sep 3, 1843; m. Wm. BABCOCK; res. Marshall,
                  Tex.
    3339. iv.    OLIVER W., b. Feb 23, 1817; m. Esther RISING.
    3340. v.     SILAS D., b. Mar 3, 1820; m. Electa N. PARSONS.
    3341. vi.    CHAS. HENRY, b. Apr 6, 1824; m. Elvira SHELDON.
    3342. vii.   FRED'K CENTRE, b. June 15, 1828; unm.; res. Pittsfield, O.
    3343. viii.  CHAUNCY, b. Apr 29, 1811; d. Mar 21, 1812.

  1519. DAVID WHITNEY (Samuel, Solomon, David, Joshua, John), b. Chittenden
Co., VT, Mar 4, 1796; m. in Almond, NY, Mar 19, 1823, Margaret KARR, b. Oct 28
1800; d. Sept 10, 1887.
  David WHITNEY was left alone as to near relatives a the age of 18 years.  He
carried a musket at the battle of Platsburg banks in 1812, being then 16 years old.
He left Vermont when 18 years old and settled down in Allegany Co., NY, as a
farmer. By hard work became the owner of a good farm and the head of a family.
Sold out and moved west in 1836, with wife and five children.  Purchased and put
under improvements a half section of land, at the same time doing considerable in
stock raising.  Sold out in Ohio in 1856 and settled in Olmsted Co., Minn, where he
put a nice farm under good improvements.  Sold out again in 1870, and bought in
Jasper Co, Mo., where he lived as farmer until his death, 1876.  He d. Nov 10, 1876;
res. Almond, NY, and Scotland, Mo.
    3344. i.     LUCY, b. Mar 10, 1824; m. Jan 3, 1842, John BAMBER.  She d. Oct
                  16, 1855.  He was b. Nov 1, 1814; res. Clallam Bay, WA. Ch.:
                  Archie, Mar 21, 1843; address Rochester, Minn.; Mary L., b.
                  June 17, 1849; m. J.H. MARLETTE. Sep 6, 1862; address, Clallam
                  Bay, WA; Thad S., b. June 22, 1849; address Ruby City,
                  Wash.
    3345. ii.    SAMUEL, b. Nov 19, 1828; d. Apr 2, 1851
    3346. iii.   MATILDA, b. Apr 7, 1832; m. Jan 1, 1852, Henry O. NEARING;
                  res. Tontogany, OH.  He was b. Dec 14, 1827; farmer; s.p.
    3347. iv.    CHARLES, b. Jan 30, 1834; m. Orilla PAINE.
    3348. v.     CAROLINE, b. Dec 12, 1836; m. Dec 12, 1856, O.J. SNYDER; res.
                  Clallam Bay, WA.  She d. Mar 21, 1876.  He was b. Sep 23,
                  1828; d. Mar 12, 1862; was a farmer.  Ch.: O.A., b. Oct 22,
                  1857; m. Nov 20, 1877; res. Scotland, Mo.; John C., b. July 5
                  1860; d. Oct 27, 1867.
    3349. vi.    JOHN, b. Feb 16, 1841; d. Mar 21, 1876.
    3350. vii.   ANN, b. Sep 6, 1825; d. June 15, 1834.
    3351. viii.  MARIA, b. Sep 6, 1829; d. Oct 28, 1835.

  1520. RUFUS WHITNEY (Tarball, Solomon, David, Joshua, John), b. Dec 18,
1796, in Poultney, VT; m. May 19, 1839, Laura Maria PICKET, b. Oct 8, 1819. He d.
Jan 22, 1861, res. Almond, NY.
    3352. i.     ALBERT RUSSELL, b. Sep 19, 1840; m. Sarah TREAT. He served
                  in the Union Army in the war of 1861, was captured by the rebels
                  and died from disease contracted in Andersonville prison pen
                  while on his way home, Nov 5, 1864.  Had a son, Lewis R., who
                  at one time res. at Almond.
    3353. ii.    EDWIN HENRY, b. Sept 21, 1842; m. Adelia PERRY.

  1521. WILLIAMS WHITNEY  (Tarball, Solomon, David, Joshua, John), b. Hunt-
inton, PA, Apr 23, 1802; m. Hornellsville, NY, Nov 23, 1823, Louisa ALLEN, b.

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Springfield, VT, Apr 5, 1808; d. Burns, NY, Sep 3, 1886. He was a farmer and
with his wife is buried in Hope Cemetery in Almond.  Was member of the Baptist
church. He d. Aug 3, 1880; res. Almond, NY.
    3354. i.     LAWRENCE T., b. Sep 14, 1827; m. Josephine BARBER.
    3355. ii.    JOHN ALLEN, b. Dec 14, 1829; m. Diantha FULLER.
    3356. iii.   SARAH LOUISA, b. Dec 18, 1836; m. at Howard Flats, NY, Apr
                  2, 1856, Joshua S. MOORE, a shoemaker, b. Apr 8, 1830; d. Nov
                  12, 1870. Ch.: Emma Josephine, b. Hartsville, Oct 20, 1857; m.
                  John HARTNETT, Aug 1, 1880, a farmer; Fred, b. Dec 13, 1865;
                  killed Apr 3, 1891, at Vandalia, head brakeman; head end col-
                  lision; buried Hornellsville cemetery; unm.  She m. 2d, Dec 23,
                  1891, Francis M. JAYNES, a blacksmith; res. Burns, NY.
    3357. iv.    ADELAIDE VIRGINIA, b. Nov 3, 1844; m. Mar 2, 1862, John A.
                  GLOAD, b. Jul 8, 1834; d. Jan 8, 1878;p m. 2d, Nov 10, 1879, Rev.
                  John BEZONI, b. May 17, 1853; res. Latham, MO.  Ch.: Williams
                  A., b. Apr 27, 1864; m. Oct 21, 1891; res. 5759 Chamberlain Ave.,
                  St. Louis, Mo.; Emma L., b. Feb 27, 1866; m. Oct 6, 1884, -----
                  CARSON; res. Elreno, OK; J. Frank, b. Dec 18, 1868; m.
                  Oct 9, 1890; res. Lebanon, MO, Adelaide F., b. Feb 16, 1871;
                  res. Latham, MO; Georgia, b. Jun 8, 1875; res. Latham, MO.;
                  Joseph W., b. Dec 4 1877; d. Mar 31, 1878; Charles Arthur, b.
                  Aug 19,1880; Homer A., b. May 13, 1882; Ethel V., b. June 3,
                  1885.
    3358. v.     MERCY FIDELIA, b. Aug 1, 1832; d. Feb 12, 1859.

  1522. CAPT. AMI WHITNEY (Tarball, Solomon, David, Joshua, John),  b. July 28,
1793; m. Nov 9, 1815; Rachel OSGOOD, b. Swanzey, NH, May 22, 1797; d. May 4,
1865, s.p.  He served during the war, and at its close was captain in the NY state
militia. Has held many offices in the gift of his townsmen; res. Almond, NY.

  1524. SOLOMON WHITNEY (Tarball, Solomon, David, Joshua, John), b. Apr 29
1790, Poultney, VT; m. July 4, 1813, Sarah A. HASKINS, b. Dec 15, 1798; d. July 24
1834. He was a farmer.  He d. Nov 26, 1843; res. Almond, NY, and Van
Buren, IN.
    3359. i.     AMI, b. July 28, 1815; m. Elizabeth FERGUSON and Caroline
                  BORDERS.
    3360. ii.    TEMPERANCE, b. Jan 4, 1818; d. Aug 6, 1822, from burns caused
                  by her clothing taking fire.
    3361. iii.   ASENATH, b. June 2, 1820; m. Aug 1, 1839, Stephen KETCHUM; res.
                  Primrose, WI.  She d. Mar 28, 1886.  Stephen KETCHUM was
                  b. Oct 29, 1813; d. Aug 24, 1856, from the effect of being
                  kicked in the bowels by a horse, only living about twenty min-
                  utes after being injured.  This occured at Van Buren, IN.
                  Stephen and Asenath had nine ch.: Edwin S., b. Sep 28, 1840;
                  Albert, b. July 25, 1842; d. July 17, 1846; George, b. Oct 16, 1844
                  d. at Madison, WI, with the measles shortly after enlisting in
                  a Wis. volunteer regt. during the Rebellion; Ann Eliza,b. Dec
                  27, 1846; Hubert, b. May 7, 1848; Loren L. and Lawrence L.,
                  twins, were b. Dec 23, 1850; Loren res. Madison, WI; Ami
                  Whitney, b. Aug 13, 1854; d. Dec 10, 1878; was murdered at
                  Plumb Creek, Neb.
    3362. iv.    SARAH ANN, b. July 9, 1823; m. Nov 12, 1844, Rev. Caleb H. BLANCH-
                  ARD; res. Wolcottville, IN.  He is a Baptist clergyman, and for
                  fifty years has preached to one congregation-quite an honorary
                  record for a country pastor.  He was b. Dec 11, 1817, in Rut-
                  land Co., VT.  Is s.p.  They celebrated their golden wedding
                  Nov 12, 1894.
    3363. v.     SOLOMON, b. Mar 22, 1827; m. Sarah STRUBLE and Mrs. Selena
                  LOMAX.
    3364. vi.    RUFUS, b. Sept 28, 1829; m. Lodema BARTLE.

  1526. JOHN WHITNEY  (Solomon, Solomon, David, Joshua, John), b. Poultney,
VT, Sep 1, 1791; m. there Sally HOLLENBECK.  He was a farmer and died in Poultney,
s.p.

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