Family:Whitney, Porter (1818-1891)

Porter⁷ Whitney (Ephraim⁶, Joel⁵, Abel⁴, Nathaniel³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Ephraim⁶ and Sarah (Noyes) Whitney, was born 3 May 1818, Jonesboro, ME, and died 25 Jan 1891, Jonesboro, ME

Marriage intentions were published 7 May 1852, Columbia, ME, for him and Elizabeth I. Nash,^[1] daughter of Jesse Lee and Susan Shaw (Nash) Nash. She was born 1827, and died 22 Jun 1874, Jonesboro, ME.

Both Porter and Elizabeth are buried in the Porter Whitney (Village) Cemetery in Jonesboro.

Child of Porter⁷ and Elizabeth I. (Nash) Whitney:

i.	Delia A.8 Whitney, b. Feb 1857; d. after 1930; m. 17 Dec 1902, Frederick O. Hichborn; resided Portland, ME.

Census

• 1850, Jonesboro, Washington Co., ME:

45 51 Porter Whitney 32 M - Lumberman $300 Maine Ephriam " 80 M - None " Sarah " 71 F - " Clarissa " 34 F - " Able " 64 M - None "

• 1860, Jonesboro, Washington Co., ME:

35 35 Porter Whitney 42 M - Lumberman $3000 $695 Me. Elizabeth " 33 F - " Delia " 3 F - " Thadeus Hatch 24 M - Farmer $600 $200 Me. Sarah " 19 F - " Christianna " 5/12 F - "

• 1870, Jonesboro, Washington Co., ME:

60 62 Whitney, Foster 52 M W Com. Labor $3000 -- Maine Male citizen over 21 " Elizabeth 43 F W Keeping house " " Delia A. 13 F W At School " Attended school

• 1880, Jonesboro, Washington Co., ME:

Porter WHITNEY 62 Self M W W ME Lumber-Surveyor ME ME Delia A. WHITNEY 23 Dau F S W ME School Teacher ME ME Clarrissa WHITNEY 64 Sis F W ME Keeps House ME ME

• 1900, Portland, Cumberland Co., ME: Delia Whitney, cousin in the household of Sarah E. Crandon (Sarah Elizabeth^{9 [Whitney] Crandon}, a first cousin once removed).

References

• Census Records

1.^  "Whitney Porter of Jonesboro and Slizabeth (sic) I. Nash int 7 May 1852," according to Columbia, Maine, Vital Records.

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