by Frederick Clifton Pierce (Chicago: 1895), pages 231 - 235
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exceedingly to speak of himself or his exploits. He was dignified and austere
and never perpetrated a joke in his life. His head was as large as that of
Daniel WEBSTER. He was urged over and over again to run for congress by every-
body of note in his district, but would not consent; he also declined to run for gov-
ernor, but named A.K. PARIS, who was elected. Col. WHITNEY served on Gov.
PARIS' staff at the executives' earnest solicitation. Their friendship was of the high-
est and best. Mr. WHITNEY was an abolitionist, the most conspicuous one in Maine.
He was a great preacher; men who recollect him say he was the greatest preacher
they ever heard, but he would not make political speeches, and the reason he was in
public life so long was that the people almost unanimously voted for him, and he
had to go, there were no conventions then, each man voted for whom he pleased,
and nearly all voted for Mr. WHITNEY. He was a fine looking man, and often related
to his grandchildren of riding in his chaise in the forests of Maine, when the wolves
would follow him. He is buried at Dixmont, Me., and on his gravestone is:
"He is not here; he has arisen."
He d. Oct. 13, 1859; res. Brooks and Dixmont, Me.
3485. i. ALFRED M., b. June 5, 1805; m. Lucinda RING.
3486. ii. HANNAH, b. Mar. 2, 1799; m. May 4, 1822, Daniel FOGG, Jr., of Gor-
ham. He was b. June 3, 1801; d. July 5, 1883. She d. July 3,
1875, at Waterford, Me. Ch.: Edwin Alonzo, b. Mar. 5, 1838;
m., and has a son, Rev. Charles Grant FOGG, a clergyman; res.
35 Wareham Street, Boston, Mass.; Elizabeth Ann; Harriett
McClure; res. So. Waterford, Me; Albert B., son Walter grad.
Bowdoin Coll.; Jane W. WEBB; res. Bridgton, Me.; Irene; Emily
W.; res. 34 Ball Street, Roxbury, Mass.
3487. iii. GEORGE, b. 1806; m. Abigail MARTIN. He d. Oct. 15, 1837.
3488. iv. SAMUEL, b. 1808; d. Aug. 3, 1827.
3489. v. HARRIETT, b. -----; m. John MCCLURE; res. Waldo, Me. A son
is the leading merchant in Bangor, Me.
3490. vi. ABIGAIL, b. -----; m. Warren DAVIS of Bangor, Me.; res. Cal.
3491. vii. JANE, b. -----; m. Charles CUMMINGS. Dau.: Mrs. ELLSWORTH; res.
Oakley Ave., near Jackson St., Chicago, Ill.
3492. viii. OLIVE, b. -----; m. William HALL, of Brooks, Me. Son, res.
Frankfort, Me.
3493. ix. EMILY, b. 1818; d. May, 1839.
3494. x. MARY, b. -----; m. Henry MERRILL; res. Newport, Me. Desc.
res. in Portland, Ore.
3495. xi. ABLION PARIS, b. Aug. 8, 1822; m. Mary Jane PEASE and Nancy F.
McEWEN.
3496. xii. FRANCES ANN, b. -----; m. John H. COOK; res. Springfield, Mass.
1598. REV. JOHN WHITNEY (Asa, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b.
Gorham, Me.: m. ----- RICH; res. Thorndike and Dexter, Me.
3497. i. NELSON, b. 1812; m. Dorothy DWELLEY.
3498. ii. EUNICE.
3499. iii. ESTHER. Res. Le Grange St., Boston, Mass.
3500. iv. MARTHA
3501. v. -----, b. -----; m. ----- KINGSBURY; res. Dexter, Me.
3502. vi. FRANK, b. -----: res. Dexter, Me.
1606. NATHANIEL WHITNEY (Abel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b.
-----; m. -----. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and belonged to the artillery service.
Res. Gorham and Standish, Me.
3503. i. NATHANIEL, b. -----; m. Zilphia MARTEN.
3504. ii. REUBEN, b. -----; m. Mercy BAKER.
3505. iii. JOSEPH, b. -----. He lived and died with the SHAKER Family at
Alfred, Me.
3506. iv. LEVI, b. May 15, 1778; m. Happy HIGGINS.
1608. CAPT. EPHRAIM WHITNEY (Joel, Abel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b.
Jonesboro, Me., Nov. 7, 1770; m. there July 9, 1794, Sarah NOYES.
He was the first white child born in Chandler's River, now Jonesboro, Me., the
eldest son of his parents. He married there and settled on a farm, where he died.
Besides being a husbandman he was a merchant and did quite an extensive business.
He erected the Kennebec mill, was representative in the General Court in 1810, mem-
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ber of the Constitutional convention of 1820, and representative in 1823. He d. Apr. 16,
1858; res. Jonesboro, Me.
3507. iii. BERIAH, b. June 25, 1802; m. Lucy HALL
1609. PAUL WHITNEY (Joel, Abel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Jonesboro,
Me., Jan. 10, 1785; m. at St. Stephens, N.B., Catherine BARKER, of St.S. They
resided in Milltown in Calais, Me. He d. June 7, 1841; res. Calais, Me.
3508. i. MADISON, b. Jan. 3, 1813; m. Joanna CARPENTER.
3509. ii. CORDELIA EVELINE, b. Sept. 28, 1817; m. May 12, 1840, C.C.P.
PEABODY, of Calais, Me. One son, Charles was living in Mill-
town in 1874.
1620. JOEL WHITNEY (Micah, Abel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Gorham,
Me., May 7, 1787; m. at Phillips June, 1815, Sally DYER, b. Malden, Mass., May 10,
1789; d. at Phillips May, 1834; m. 2d at Farmington, 1836, Sarah COMPTON. She d.
at Plymouth; m. 3d, 1840, at Trinity, Betsey CHASE.
He was born in Gorham, Me., married at Phillips, where he was a general mer-
chant. In 1838 he moved to Plymouth, Me., where, after a residence of ten years,
he moved to Portland. In 1851, he moved to St. Paul, where he died the following
year. He was buried at Phillips. He d. Mar. 22, 1852; res. Phillips, Plymouth and
Portland, Me., and St. Paul, Minn.
3510. i. SOPHIA DYER, b. Jan. 1, 1816; m. Dec. 5, 1832, Moses SHERBURNE;
res. St. Paul, Minn.
3511. ii. CHARLES T., b. Sept 18 1817; m. Martha C. THAYER.
3512. iii. JULIA Ann, b. June 19, 1819; d. Phillips Nov., 1834.
3513. iv. JOEL E., b. May 18, 1822; m. Elsie AYER.
3514. v. ELIZA JANE, b. June 20, 1824; d. St. Paul, Apr., 1866.
3515. vi. SARAH GUSTANZA, b. Apr. 2, 1826; d. Plymouth, Me., Mar. 23,
1848.
3516. vii. ANDREW J., b. Apr. 20, 1828; m. 1855, Bertha L. BURBANKS; res.
Kansas City, MO.
3517. viii. ELIAB LATHAM, b. June 6, 1830; m. 1854, Helen M. BURBANKS; He
d. Feb. 8, 1868; res. St. Paul, Minn.
1624. ANDREW WHITNEY (Micah, Abel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. May 5,
1795; m. June, 1816. Huldah SWEETSER; res. Phillips, Me.
3518. i. HULDAH, b. Sept 7, 1835; m. Apr. 15, 1853, Benjamin WHITNEY, son
of Christopher A.
3519. ii. JOHN 3520. iii. JANE. 3521. iv. CYNTHIA.
3522. v. BETSEY 3523. vi. MARY. 3524. vii. PHOEBE.
3525. viii. LILIAS.
1627. WILLIAM PERSE WHITNEY (Micah, Abel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b.
Me., May 3, 1783; m. there Nancy I. CARLTON. She d. Marysville, Kans. He d. in Ill.,
Dec. 30, 1865; res. Me.
3526. i. HIRAM ELIAS, b. -----; m. -----; was a physician; res. in
Shellsborough, Iowa.
3527. ii. NANCY PERSE, b. -----; m. ----- KENYON; res. Sycamore, Ill.
3528. iii. SALLY, b. -----; m. ----- QUIMBY; res. Phillips, Me.
3529. iv. GEO. W., b. -----; m. and res. Marysville, Kans.
1630. BENJAMIN WHITNEY (Micah, Abel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Gray,
Me., 1806; m. at Phillips, Me., Susan WELLS. She d. at Gray, ae. 86. He d. in May,
1890; res. Madrid and Gardiner, Me.
3530. i. BENJ. DEXTER, b. Dec. 25, 1841; m. Annis B. ROSS.
3531. ii. MARTHA VAN BUREN, b. -----; res. Sabattus, Me.
3532. iii. JOSEPH CLEMENT, b. -----; Dr., res. Thorndike, Me.
3733. iv. MARY CLEMENTINE, b. -----; m. ----- CUSHMAN; res. Phillips,
Me.
3534. v. ROYAL THAXTER, b. -----; res. El Paso, Texas.
3535. vi. PHEBE COBB, b. -----; m. ----- ANDREWS. Ch.: Emola, b.
-----; res. Gardiner, Me.
3536. v. MELVINA SUSAN, b. -----; m. ----- ADAMS; res. -----.
1632. JESSE WHITNEY (Daniel, Abel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. -----; m.
at Saco, Me., Mary SAWYER; d. Oct. 16,1815; m. 2d, July 16, 1817, Charity -----; b.
1785; d. Feb. 18, 1836 (?); m. 3d ----- -----. He d. Jan. 19, 1832; res. Saco, Me.
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3537. viii. ABNER, b. Dec. 21, 1800; m. Mary GRAYHAM.
3538. ii. HEPZIBAH, b. Sept 8, 1788; m. Thomas DYER. Ch: Abby Young
who m. David BRYANT. She d. July 9, 1861.
3539. v. SARAH, b. Feb. 17, 1795; m. John BRYANT. Ch: David, m. Abby
Young DYER; Ch: H.W. (sec. Maine Hist. Soc).
3540. i. MARY, b. Nov. 8, 1786; m. ----- SPENCER. She d. Apr. 16, 1816
3541. iii. HANNAH, b. June 10, 1790; m. ----- BRYANT. She d. Aug. 26,
1838.
3542. iv. DAVID, b. Dec. 8, 1792.
3543. vi. EUNICE, b. June 2, 1796; m. ----- CLARK
3544. vii. JAMES S., b. Dec. 15, 1798; m.; had 6 Ch., three boys and three
girls; one s. John, res. Brookline, Mass.
3545. ix. STEPHEN, b. May 12, 1802.
3546. x. ABRAHAM, b. June 25, 1803.
3547. xi. OLIVE, b. May 23, 1807; m. ----- BERRY. She d. 1854
3548. xii. SUSAN, b. Oct. 23, 1818. 3549. xiii. Jessie, b. Dec. 11, 1820
3550. xiv. ABIGAIL, b. June 8, 1822.
3551. xv. CHARLES, b. Apr. 10, 1824.
3552. xvi. ELMIRA, b. Jan. 8, 1826.
1634. EDMUND WHITNEY (Isaac, Isaac, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Gorham,
Me., May 4, 1774; m. 1803, Martha MESERVE. He d. May 25, 1853; res. Gorham, Me.
3553. i. MERRILL, b. ----- ; res. W. Gorham.
3554. ii. ROBIE, b. ----- ; res. G.
3555. iii. MARSHALL, b. ----- ; res. G.
1637. ISAAC L. WHITNEY (Isaac, Isaac, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Gorham,
Me., May 29, 1781; m. at Raymond, Mar. 5, 1807, Margaret C. LEACH. He d. Oct. 20,
1856; res. Raymond and Naples, Me.
3556. i. SOPHIA, b. ----- ; m. ----- BRAY; res. Oshkosh, Wis.; s.p.
3557. ii. S. NEWELL, b. ----- ; son Ralph res. Minneapolis, Minn.
3558. iii. ZACHARIAH L., b. Dec. 17, 1807; m. Elizabeth C. HAYDEN.
3559. iv. MARY A., b. -----; m. ----- BUCKLEY. Ch.: Maggie W., b. -----;
m. ----- COOMBES: res. Moore's Station, Cal.
1641. STEPHEN WHITNEY (Stephen, Isaac, Nath'l, Benjamin, John), b. Me.,
May 5, 1799; m. ----- MAYBERRY; res. Mechanic's Falls, Me.
3560. i. WM. MAYBERRY, b. -----; res. So. Meriden, Conn.
1643. JOHN WHITNEY (Barnabas, Isaac, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Pawlet,
Me. He was in the war of 1812; res. in Me.
3561. i. JOHN H., b. -----; was in the war of 1861.
1644. SEWELL PITT WHITNEY (Barnabas, Isaac, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b.
Pawlet, Me., Mar. 19, 1798; m. 1816, Annie TUTTLE. He was in the war of 1812. He
d. Aug, 1866; res. Freeman, Me.
3562. i. CONSTANT HOPKINS, b. Apr. 17, 1824; m. Elizabeth POTTER
3563. ii. JOHN CONVERSE, b. May 7, 1822; m. Lucy SOULE
3564. iii. JAMES C., b. ----- ; m. ----- ; res. No. Ill.
3565. iv. WESLEY, b. ----- ; m. ----- ; res. Freeman; 4 daus.
1646. HON. MARSHALL H. WHITNEY (Barnabas, Isaac, Nathaniel, Benjamin,
John), b. Pawlet Me., Jan. 15, 1800; m. at Milton, Jan. 1, 1819, Lavina LUCE.
He was a senator from Maine in 1837. Was appointed postmaster in 1838, and
excepting eight years served till he resigned the office in 1863. His son Summer
lived in Rockland, Me., in Oct., 1874, of the firm of S. Whitney & Son, manufacturers
of lime, and dealers in corn flour, West India goods and groceries. He printed a
partial record of the family. He d. June 20, 1865; res. Freeman, Me.
3566. i. SUMMER, b. -----.
1652. HENRY WHITNEY (Henry, Isaac, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Chester-
ville, Me., Feb. 7, 1804; m. there Nov. 24, 1825, Rebecca FELLOWS. He d. Oct. 16, 1871;
res. Chesterville, Me.
3567. i. ISAAC T., b. So. Meriden, Conn.
3568. ii. HENRY, b. -----.
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1654. GEORGE WASHINGTON WHITNEY (Henry, Isaac, Nathaniel, Benjamin,
John), b. Chesterville, Me., Oct. 8, 1809; m. in E. Livermore in 1832, Violette HAINES,
b. Jan, 1811; d. Jan, 1888. He d. Aug, 1866; res. Farmington, Me.
3569. i. GEO. EDWIN, b. Sept 19, 1836; m. Mary L. SWEARINGEN.
3570. ii. FRANKLIN W., b. Oct, 1839; d. in army, 1861.
3571. iii. HENRY A., b. Nov. 28, 1841; m. Virginia TIERNAN.
3572. iv. COLUMBIA F., b. Jan, 1848; m. 1873, J. Currier TARBOX; res. Farm-
ington, Me.
3573. v. FRED'K EUGENE, b. Nov. 26, 1850; m. Edith ADAMS.
1655. HIRAM WHITNEY (Henry, Isaac, Nathaniel Benjamin, John), b. Chester-
ville, Me., 1815; m. in Boston, Mar. 22, 1842, Susan P. LUNT; b. July 10, 1814. He was a
merchant. He d. July 6, 1870; res. Boston and Melrose, Mass.
3574. i. CHARLES SUMNER, b. May 31, 1856; res. Miles City, Mont.
3575. ii. EDWARD H., b. Jan. 22, 1845; m. Emma L. WILLIAMS.
3576. iii. ELLA, b. ----- ; m. ----- CHADBOURNE; res. 35 W. Vernon Street,
Lowell, Mass.
1661. MAJOR HACHALIAH WHITNEY (Jesse, Jonathan, Jonathan, Benjamin,
Jonathan, John), b. Apr. 5, 1762; m. June 29, 1786, Abigail NELSON; b. July 30, 1765; m.
2d, Oct. 9, 1842, Mrs. Olive (MADDEN) COBB; b. June 1, 1777; d. 1849.
He was in the Revolutionary war in the Mendon and Milford companies, and
later was captain, and in 1809 major, of the local military regiment. He inherited part
of the old homestead on which he always resided. He d. Nov. 14, 1848; res. Milford,
Mass.
3577. i. ETHAN, b. Apr. 22, 1878; m. Betsey Miller GREEN.
3578. ii. JESSE, b. Oct. 12, 1790; m. Rebecca FISK.
3579. iii. NELSON, b. Mar. 24, 1790; d. July 19, 1790.
3580. iv. ABIGAIL, b. Jan.
6, 1803; res. Milford.
1670. NATHAN WHITNEY (Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Benjamin, John), b.
Conway, Mass., Oct. 18, 1761; m. there Nov. 1, 1780, Olive WHITNEY, dau. of Lieut.
Jesse, b. Feb. 19, 1758; d. Nov. 17, 1829; m. 2d. Thankful CALDWELL.
He was born in Conway, Mass., where he resided until 1792, when he emigrated
to Seneca Castle, NY, where he was one of the first pioneers. Nearly all of his
children were noted for their longevity. He was a farmer. He d. Apr. 19, 1838;
res. Seneca Castle, NY.
3577. i. LUTHER, b. Aug. 20, 1782; m. Hannah WITTER and Hannah l.
SMALLEY.
3578. ii. OTIS, b. Oct. 19, 1786; m. Betsey HAWLEY.
3579. iii. JONATHAN, b. Sept 3, 1798; m. Betsey -----.
3580. iv. NATHAN, b. Jan. 22, 1791; m. Sarah GRAY.
3581. v. CHEENEY, b. Apr. 21, 1795; m. Olive COLWELL.
3582. vi. THEODORE, b. Mar. 4, 1785; d. June 29, 1792; killed by a falling
tree.
3583. vii. POLLY, b. Sept 19, 1788; m. Aug. 31, 1806, Seth WHITMORE. She
d. Mar. 7, 1823. He was born in Conway, Mass., Mar. 17, 1783;
d. Aug. 27, 1869. Ch: Electa Ann, b. Aug. 15, 1807; d. Aug. 16,
1816; Mary Adaline, b. Aug. 31, 1809; d. Oct. 18, 1835; Wm.
Wallace, b. Oct. 13, 1811; m. Sarah A. MEAD, Harriett E. BUSH-
NELL, and Mary A. GARDNER: Seth Hayden, b. Dec. 25, 1813; d.
May 5, 1873; Lois Augusta, b. July 28, 1816; d. Feb. 26, 1823;
Nathan WHITNEY, b. Mar. 10, 1819; d. Sept 15, 1843; Gilman
Hurlburt, b. Apr. 4, 1821; d. July 18, 1830.
3584. viii. OLIVE, b. Sept 28, 1797; m. Simeon VAN AUKIN. She d. Jan. 15,
1821.
3585. ix. JULIA ANN, b. Dec. 17, 1799; m. Dr. SARTWELL; d. Apr. 28, 1824.
1672. JOEL WHITNEY (Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Benjamin, John), b. Milford,
Mass., Nov. 13, 1766; m. at Conway, Mass., Dec. 4, 1790 Sybil WHITMORE, b. Tarringford,
Conn., June 21, 1768; d. Seneca Castle, NY, May 11, 1851. He was a well-to-do and
respectable farmer and highly esteemed for his sterling integrity. He d. Jan. 31, 1825;
res. Conway, Mass., and Seneca Castle, NY
3586. iii. JOEL, b. Mar. 1, 1796; m. Esther BELDING.
3587a. i. EZRA, B. Oct. 14, 1791; m. but no Ch. living.
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3588a. ii. PHILA, b. Feb. 23, 1794; m. Mar. 8, 1810, Selah HART, b. July 7,
1783; d. June 4, 1870. He was a farmer. Ch: Caroline, b. Apr.
24, 1811; Calista, b. Aug. 20, 1813; Matilda, b. July 20, 1815;
Luther, b. Mar. 24, 1818; Electa, b. Dec. 8, 1821; Mary Ann, b.
Feb. 10, 1826; Henry L., b. Apr. 14, 1828; res. 40 Park Place,
Geneva, NY: Sheron, b. Apr. 14, 1831.
3589a. iv. ESTHER PARKHURST, b. Jan. 18, 1798; m. Feb. 5, 1816, Benjamin
HOWES, b. Apr. 6, 1787; d. Apr. 27, 1863. Ch: Helen, b. Jan. 11,
1817; Joel Whitney, b. Apr. 5, 1819; Clarissa Hayden, b. May 20,
1821; Jane Howes Bailey, b. May 5, 1826; Henry, b. Apr. 25,
1831; Almus, b. Jan. 23, 1835; Guernsey, b. Apr. 23,1839; Helen
Howes Moorehouse, Port Byron, NY; Whitney Howes, Eagle
Harbor, NY.
3590a. v. CLARISSA, b. Feb. 28, 1800.
3591a. vi. SIBYL, b. Dec. 24, 1801; d. um.
1675. JONAS WHITNEY (Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Benjamin, John), b. May
12, 1775; m. Nov. 29, 1795, Catherine PARKER. He d. Sept 27, 1823: res. -----
3587. i. WALTER, b. Jan. 21, 3590. iv. MINERVA, b. Jan. 27,
1797. 1804.
3588. ii. WEALTHY, b. Mar. 12, 3591. v. HARRIETT, b. Mar. 16,
1799. 1806.
3589. iii. WM. MORRIS, b. Jan. 3592. vi. HENRY.
5, 1802. 3593. vii. JEFFERSON.
3594. viii. GEORGE.
1677. AMI WHITNEY (Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Benjamin, John), b. Con-
way, Mass., Jan. 18, 1781; m. at Hopewell, NY Dec. 7, 1800, Anna AMSDEN; b. Dec.
7, 1784; d. Apr. 30, 1858. He d. Dec. 14, 1867; res. Conway, Mass., and Flint Creek,
NY
3595. i. THEODORE, b. Jan. 2, 1802; m. Experience WARNER and Nabby E.
SMITH
3596. ii. JASPER, b. Nov. 8, 1803; m. Elizabeth GANWER.
3597. iii. ISAAC AMSDEN, b. Sept 17, 1805; m. Jane MOORE.
3598. iv. WM. G., b. May 17, 1807; m. and res. Litchfield, Mich.
3599. v. ANNA, b. Aug. 24, 1809; d. 1809.
3600. vi. CHARLES, b. Sept 11, 1810; d. Oct. 11, 1825.
3601. vii. EZRA, b. Oct. 6, 1812; d. July 30, 1816.
3602. viii. AMI, b. June 22, 1814; m. Ann SHEARMAN and Rebecca C. RIPPEY.
3603. ix. JONATHAN, b. Nov. 3, 1816; m. and d. July 12, 1892, at Allen, Mich.
3604-5. x. and xi. Twin daus., b. Feb. 5, 1819; d. 1819.
3606. xii. ESTHER ANN, b. May 28, 1820; d. Sept 29, 1821.
3607. xiii. ELIZABETH A., b. Jan. 5, 1822; m. Jan. 29, 1845, John LEWIS; res.
Hopewell, NY.
3608. xiv. ESTHER GATES, b. Dec. 5, 1823; m. Sept 5, 1844, Franklin M.
HOOPER; res. Fort Jones, Cal. He was b. Nov. 12, 1817; d. Feb.
11, 1875. Ch: Ella Elizabeth, b. June 3, 1847; m. Mar. 3, 1865,
Joseph SHORT; res. Fort Jones; Cora Esther, b. Sept 12, 1849; d.
Nov. 12, 1850; Frank Whitney, b. Aug. 7, 1860; m. Sept 27, 1890;
res. Fort Jones; Esther Ruth, b. May 29, 1862; m. Dec. 31, 1887,
----- ELLER; res. Etna Mills, Cal; Robert Culver, b. May 12,
1865; res. Fort Jones.
3609. xv. ANNA H., b. Mar. 10, 1826; m. Oct. 25, 1849, James WILSON; res.
Geneva, NY. A son is Captain Wm. WILSON, M.A., at
Geneva, NY.
1678. GEN. PARKHURST WHITNEY (Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Benjamin,
John), b. Sept 25, 1784; m. Oct. 10, 1805, Celinda COWING; b. Mar. 17, 1783; d. June
12, 1860, at Niagara Falls.
Gen. Parkhurst WHITNEY lived around with his brothers and sisters till he was
nineteen years of age, when he went to his own land, his father having left him some.
In 1810 he went from Phelps to Niagara Falls and lived on a farm on the Niagara
river, about five miles above the present village of Niagara Falls. In 1812 he moved
to the village of the Falls and rented PORTER's saw mill. In 1814 he rented the Eagle
tavern, a log one on the site of the International hotel, and began tavern keeping on