Family:Whitney, Amos Fabens (1820-1874)
Amos Fabens2 Whitney (Amos1, son of Amos1 and Sarah (Gordon) Whitney, was born 23 Aug 1820, Portland, ME, and died 2 Jan 1874, Portsmouth, NH, aged 53 years 4 months, of heart disease. He was buried in Old Westview Cemetery, Hampton Falls, NH.[1]
He married, 24 Sep 1847, Mary Olivia Prescott, daughter of Robert Smith and Almira (Melcher) Prescott. She was born 29 Apr 1824, Hampton Falls, NH, and died 2 Apr 1888, aged 64 years. She was buried in Old Westview Cemetery, Hampton Falls, NH.[2]
Children of Amos Fabens2 and Mary Olivia (Prescott) Whitney:
i. Almira M.3 Whitney, b. ca. 1848, Hampton Falls, NH; d. 27 Feb 1923, Concord, NH; m.(1) 30 Apr 1863, Portsmouth, NH, Hiram G. Prescott;[3] m.(2) bef. 1880, Albert M. Phillips; m.(3) bef. 1900, Clarence A. Staples. ii. Mary G. Whitney, b. 31 Jan 1863, Portsmouth, NH;[4] d. 2 Dec 1863, Portsmouth, NH, aged 10 months 10 days, of lung fever; bur. in Old Westview Cemetery, Hampton Falls, NH.[5]
Census
570 602 Whitney, Amos 30 M - Labourer Mass. Olivia 25 F - do Elmira 1 F - N.H.
236 246 Amos F. Whitney 39 M - Tanner $200 Me. Mary O. " 36 F - N.H. Elmira M. " 11 F - " Attended school Charles L. Titsom 25 M - Currier $2000 "
478 636 Dwinell, George A. 30 M W Works in Shoe Shop $100 N.H. Male citizen over 21 -----, Sarah 29 F W Keeping House N.H. -----, Walker 21 M W Works in Shoe Shop N.H. -----, Addie 16 F W Attending School N.H. Attended school 637 Emery, Charles 30 M W Works in Tailor Shop Maine Male citizen over 21 -----, Mary 29 F W Keeping House Maine -----, Annie 10 F W Attending School Maine Attended school 638 Prescott, Hiram G. 33 M W Laborer $200 N.H. Male citizen over 21 -----, Almira 22 F W Keeping House N.H. -----, Nelly M. 4 F W N.H. Whitney, Ames T. 50 M W Laborer Maine Male citizen over 21 Whitney, Mary O. 44 F W Without occupation N.H.
Albert M. PHILLIPS 30 Self M M W ME Plasterer ME ME Almira M. PHILLIPS 30 Wife F M W NH Keeping House ME NH Mary O. WHITNEY 56 MotL F W W NH At Home NH NH
References
- William Prescott, The Prescott Memorial (Boston: Printed by H. W. Dutton & son, 1870), p. 448.
- Census records.
1.^ Find A Grave memorial #61799878, Amos F. Whitney.
2.^ Find A Grave memorial #61799901, Mary O. Whitney.
3.^ "Almira M. Whitney (b. 1848, Hampton Falls, NH, d. of Amos Whitney & Mary O.) & Hiram G. Prescott, m. 30 Apr 1863, Portsmouth, Rockingham Co., NH," according to New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index.
4.^ New Hampshire, Vital Records, Birth Index.
5.^ Find A Grave memorial #61799934, Mary G. Whitney.
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