Family:Whitney, Allis (1816-1889)

Allis⁹ Whitney (Torrey⁸, Moses⁷, Samuel⁶, Samuel⁵, Nathaniel⁴, Nathaniel³, John², John¹), born 13 Nov 1816, in Harford, Pennsylvania; married 18 Oct 1842, Elizabeth Welch, born 6 Oct 1819; died 4 Jul 1873; married 2d, 28 Jan 1878, Jane Aunger; born 25 Sep 1841.

Allis Whitney was born in Harford, Pennsylvania. He settled in 1835 in the then thriving town Honesdale and worked at the carpenter's trade until his health failed and physicians advised him to follow an out of door business. In 1849 he started in the livery business in a small way and built up a prosperous trade to which his sons George and Horace finally succeeded. He added farming, having three large farms in his possession at his death. For many years he was a director in the Wayne County Agricultural society. He died 2 Oct 1889; resided Honesdale, Pennsylvania.

Children of Allis⁹ Whitney:

i.	Horace Toreey10 Whitney, born 30 May 1844; married Isabella E. Palmer.
ii.	Charles Allis Whitney, born 16 Jun 1846; resided H.
iii.	George Henry Whitney, born 18 Jul 1848; resided H.
iv.	Mary Elizabeth Whitney, born 10 Nov 1850.
v.	Walter Merrick Whitney, born 5 Jan 1879.

References

1. All data imported from Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), p. 599.

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