Family:Whitney, John Almon (1827-a1880)

John Almon⁷ Whitney (John⁶, Samuel⁵, John⁴, Henry³, John², Henry¹), son of John⁶ and Polly⁶ (Whitney) Whitney, was born 10 May 1827, Henderson, NY, and died after 1880.

He married, 27 Nov 1857, Belleville, in Ellisburgh, NY, Margaret Chawgo, daughter of Henry and Sally (Chrisman) Chawgo. She was born 5 Aug 1828, Chittenango, NY, and died after 1880.

Phoenix says the following:

". . . a farmer . . . . They settled on the homestead of his father, in the north-west part of Ellisburgh, near Rural Hill post-office, and were living there, with his mother and brother, in 1874."

Child of John Almon⁷ and Margaret (Chawgo) Whitney:

i.	Mark Marshall8 Whitney, b. 5 Apr 1869, Ellisburgh, NY.

Census

• 1855 State, Ellisburg, Jefferson Co., NY:

209 Log $30 223 John Whitney 74 M - - Montgomery 1 - 12 None - - - - - - - Polly Whitney 64 F - Wife Mass. 1 - 25 - - - - - - - - Albert S. Whitney 32 M - Son Jeff. - - 12 Farmer 1 - - - - - - John A. Whitney 28 M - Son " - - 12 Farmer 1 - - - - - - C. P. Whitney 34 M - Son " - - 12 - - - - - - - - Wm. A. Whitney 21 M - Son " - - 12 Farming 1 - - - - - -

• 1860, Ellisburg, Jefferson Co., NY:

1122 1122 A. Whitney 43 M - Farmer $3100 $800 N.Y. John " 77 M - Do " Nelly " 67 F - Mass. John " 32 M - Do N.Y. Margret " 31 F - " Alfred " 26 M - Do " C. Thayer 8 M - " Attended school

• 1870, Ellisburg, Jefferson Co., NY:

170 186 Whitney, Albert 53 M W Farmer $2310 $650 New York Male citizen over 21 -----, Polly 75 F " Keeping House Mass. -----, John 42 M " Farmer $2310 $650 New York Male citizen over 21 -----, Margaret 41 F " Keeping House " -----, Marcus 1 M " "

• 1880, Ellisburg, Jefferson Co., NY:

Albert S. WHITNEY 64 Self M S W NY Farmer NY MA John A. WHITNEY 53 Bro M M W NY Farmer NY MA Margret WHITNEY 52 SisL F M W NY Keeping House NY NY Mark WHITNEY 11 Neph M S W NY Attending School NY NY Polly WHITNEY 88 Moth F W W NY CT CT

References

• All data imported from Stephen Whitney Phoenix, The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its affiliations; being an attempt to trace the descendants, as well in the female as the male lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878; to which is prefixed some account of the Whitneys of England. (New York : Priv. Print. [Bradford Press] 1878), p. 468 and p. 1121.

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