Family:Whitney, Alvin Emerson (1851-a1880)

Alvin E.⁸ Whitney (Joseph M.⁷, Ebenezer⁶, Zachariah⁵, Zachariah⁴, Ebenezer³, Richard², John¹), born Montague, Massachusetts, 1 Aug 1851; married there 27 Nov 1872. Flora E. Bartlett, born 10 Mar 1853.

He was educated in the public and select schools of Montague, afterward taking a commercial course at Wilbraham academy, from which school he received his diploma in 1869. He learned the tailor's trade of his father and followed that occupation most of the time until 1875. Two years later he took a contract with the Miller's Falls company, remaining with them until 1889, when he received an offer to go to Boston to superintend the work of a new company just starting. Later he was cashier and book-keeper for other companies until March 1894, when, with others, he purchased the New England Mantel company, in which business he was quite successful, and which he afterward disposed of to his associates. He united with the Baptist church but later joined the Congregational denomination. For many years he has been actively engaged in Sunday-school work, and held many responsible positions. For the past eighteen years he has been musical director, and given many concerts and cantatas; resided Beechmont, Revere, Massachusetts.

Children of Alvin E.⁸ Whitney:

i.	Ernest A.9 Whitney, born 16 Sep 1873; with Oliver Ditson County, the well known music publishers of Boston.
ii.	Prentice M. Whitney, born 4 Sep 1880; died 17 Jul 1881.

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), pp. 526-527.

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