Family:Whitney, Charles Sumner (1853-1876)

Charles Sumner⁹ Whitney (John Emerson⁸, John⁷, John⁶, Nathan⁵, David⁴, Benjamin³, John², John¹), son of John Emerson⁸ and Cleora (Allen) Whitney, was born 15 Jan 1853, Westminster, MA,^[1] and died 23 Jul 1876, Fitzwilliam, NH.

He married, 30 May 1873, Winchendon, MA, Etta H. Jones, daughter of George J. and Lavina (-----) Jones.^[2] She was born 29 Jun 1854, Rindge or New Ipswich, NH. She married secondly, 5 Feb 1881, New Ipswich, NH [also recorded as Fitchburg, MA], George A. Tarbell,^[3] b. ca. 1845, Mason, NH, son of Joseph A. and Louisa (-----) Tarbell.^[4] She married thirdly, 15 Sep 1890, John Hale.

She resided 17 William St. Fitchburg, MA. He resided Fitzwilliam, NH.

Children of Charles Sumner⁹ and Etta (Jones) Whitney:

i.	Amy E.10 Whitney, b. 9 Mar 1876, Grafton, MA; d. 11 Sep 1877.

Census

• 1880, Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA:

Lavina S. JONES 58 Self F W W VT Keeping House NH NH Minnie B. JONES 19 Dau F S W MA Works Gingham Mill VT VT Etta WHITNEY 26 Dau F W W NH At Home VT VT

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. 618.

1.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 74, page 238.

2.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 255, page 346.

3.^  "Etta H. Whitney (b. 1857, d. of George J. Jones & Lavina) & George A. Tarbell, m. 5 Feb 1881, New Ipswich, Hillsborough Co., NH," according to New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index.

4.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 327, page 267.

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