Family:Whitney, William Melas (1826-1904)

William Melas⁸ Whitney (Hananiah⁷, Hananiah⁶, Samuel⁵, William⁴, Nathaniel³, John², John¹), son of Hananiah⁷ and Mary Leavitt (Beals) Whitney, was born 15 May 1826, Winchendon, MA,^[1] and died after 1903, when his wife was described as "married", not "widowed", at her death.

He married, 12 Sep 1850, Keene, NH, Emeline Cole, of Westmoreland, NH, daughter of Heber and Prudence (Walker) Cole. She was born 1 Sep 1830, Westmoreland, NH, and died 10 Feb 1903, Needham, MA, aged 72 years 5 months 10 days, of La Gripppe as complication of heart failure.^[2]

He was born in Winchendon, MA, and when four years of age moved to Lowell, MA, with his parents and to Keene, NH, in 1848; moved to Bellows Falls, VT, 1854; moved to Manchester, NH, 1856; moved to Fitchburg, MA, 1857; moved to Needham, MA, in 1865; moved to Santa Fe, NM, 1878; returned to Needham, MA, 1888, present residence. His business has been machinist, locomotive engineer, master mechanic and railroad passenger conductor; not in business for past five years; resided Needham, MA.

Children of William Melas⁸ and Emeline (Cole) Whitney:

i.	Willie Henry9 Whitney, b. 30 Sep 1854, Bellows Falls, VT; d. 27 Jan 1878, Needham, MA, aged 23 years 3 months 27 days, of consumption.[3]
ii.	Frank Cole Whitney, b. 25 Sep 1856, Manchester, NH; resided Needham, MA; m. 9 Jun 1897, Needham, MA, Susie Gay Mackintosh; teller in Lincoln National Bank, Boston.[4]

Census

• 1850, Keene, Cheshire Co., MA:

Hotel America House 33 38 Salmon Fessenden 45 M - Landlord Vt. ... William Whitney 25 M - R. R. Engineer Mass. ...

• 1860, Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA:

138 134 W. M. Whitney 34 M - Machinist $800 $200 Mass. E. C. Whitney 29 F - Wife N.H. W. Whitney 5 M - Vt. Attended school F. Whitney 3 M - N.H.

• 1870, Needham, Norfolk Co., MA:

522 628 Whitney, Wm. M. 44 M W R.R. Conductor Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Emeline 39 F W Keeping House N.H. -----, Willie F. 16 M W At School Vermont Attended school -----, Frank 13 M W At School N.H. Attended school

• 1880, Santa Fe, Santa Fe Co., NM:

William WHITNEY 45 Self M M W MA Rr Conductor MA MA

• 1880, Needham, Norfolk Co., MA:

Emeline C. WHITNEY 49 Self F M W NH Keeps House NH MA Francis C. WHITNEY 23 Son M S W NH Clerk NH MA

References

• 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. 464.

1.^  "William Melas [Whitney], s. Capt. Hananiah and Sally, [born] May 15, 1826," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Winchendon, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1909).

2.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 541, page 41.

3.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 302, page 235.

4.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 470, page 499.

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