Family:Whitney, William Melas (1826-1904)

William Melas⁸ Whitney (Hananiah⁷, Hananiah⁶, Samuel⁵, William⁴, Nathaniel³, John², John¹), son of Hananiah⁷ and Mary Leavitt (Beals) Whitney; born 15 May 1826; married at Keene, New Hampshire, 12 Sep 1850, Emeline Cole, of Westmoreland, New Hampshire: born 1 Sep 1830.

He was born in Winchendon, Massachusetts, and when four years of age moved to Lowell, Massachusetts, with his parents and to Keene, New Hampshire, in 1848; moved to Bellows Falls, Vermont, 1854; moved to Manchester, New Hampshire, 1856; moved to Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 1857; moved to Needham, Massachusetts, in 1865; moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1878; returned to Needham, Massachusetts, 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, Massachusetts.

Children of William Melas⁸ and Emeline (Cole) Whitney:

i.	Willie Henry9 Whitney, born 30 Sep 1854; died 27 Jan 1878.
ii.	Frank Cole Whitney, born 25 Sep 1856; resided Needham, Massachusetts; teller in Lincoln National Bank, Boston.

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.

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