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 '''Imri S.<sup>8</sup> Whitney'''
 ([[Family:Whitney, Asa (1800-1858)|Asa<sup>7</sup>]],
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 He married firstly, 13 Nov 1848, Nashville, NH, '''Zeviah C. Webster'''.{{ref|2}}  She was born 9 Oct 1828, Newport, NH, and died 19 Sep 1891, Riverdale.
-He married secondly, 15 May 1894, Henniker, NH, Mrs. '''Lenora A. (Woods) Whitney''', daughter of Alanson and Mary (Colby) Woods.{{ref|3}}  She was born 17 Oct 1836, Henniker, NH, and died after 1899.  She had married firstly, 13 Feb 1855, his brother [[Family:Whitney, Jason H. (1826-a1880)|Jason H.<sup>8</sup> Whitney]].
+He married secondly, 15 May 1894, Henniker, NH, Mrs. '''Lenora A. (Woods) Whitney''', daughter of Alanson and Mary (Colby) Woods.{{ref|3}}  She was born 17 Oct 1836, Henniker, NH, and died after 1900.  She had married firstly, 13 Feb 1855, his brother [[Family:Whitney, Jason H. (1826-a1880)|Jason H.<sup>8</sup> Whitney]].
 At an early age he gave signs of great love for music and was an apt scholar at his first school.  When twenty years of age he taught his first singing school in his native town.  In 1848 he began a regular course of musical studies at Nashua, NH, and then composed his first song, "My Cottage Home," which was very popular and sold extensively.  In 1849 he began his successful career of teaching juvenile classes.  Since then he has accomplished quite as much in the line of concerts with children as well as adults as any man in the country, having taught hundreds of juvenile classes, varying from fifty to eight hundred in a class.  He has given hundreds of juvenile concerts and a large number with adult classes, and has taught in many of the towns of New Hampshire between the Merrimack and the Connecticut rivers.  Mr. Whitney settled in Manchester, NH, Dec 1855, where he was first employed to teach a singing school and to lead the choir for the then Elm St. Baptist church, now the Merrimack St. Society.  During the years of 1856-57-58 and 1859 he was engaged to teach music in the "Teachers' institutes" of the state.  Here he advocated what he has since shown in the city of Manchester, that vocal music can be successfully taught in the public schools.  After laboring with the school committee of Manchester every way possible, to induce them to try vocal music in the city schools, they at last engaged Mr. Whitney, Sep 1860, for one term, to try the experiment.  After training the children some three months, he brought together some fifteen hundred of them for a public exhibition.  This task was no small matter for one man to undertake.  The thing, however, was done, and successfully.  A public exhibition was given, and the people were astonished that so many children could be made to sing together in good tune and time.  So well were the school committee pleased, that they engaged Mr. Whitney for another term, and appointed him teacher in the public schools.  Mr. Whitney has had very large experience in teaching both juvenile and adult singing classes.  In this department of music he stands at the head of his profession.  Many years of constant training has made him famous as an instructor of children.  He has always been a close student and a hard working man.  As a teacher of music Mr. Whitney has become extensively known.  He has never labored to become a public performer upon any instrument, or to become a public singer, and yet there are few men better qualified in the various departments of music than he is.  He has thoroughly studied and had a large experience in all branches of the science, has published some popular compositions, and has a good collection of original music in manuscript.  In Nov 1883, he bought a farm at Riverdale.  He resides in New Boston; his son-in-law in Weare.  After going there he continued his profession and business in Manchester, going to and from Manchester, eleven miles by rail, as suited his convenience, until Jul 1888, when he sold out his business and gave up his profession as a teacher of music on account of failing health.  He held the office of superintendent of schools for New Boston for the year 1884.  Since Jul 1884, he has also held the office of justice of the peace for Hillsboro county.  He resigned his position as teacher of music in the public school of Manchester, 1 Jul 1871, having given eleven years of very hard work to establish a system of teaching music in the school of the city.  The same system is continued to-day by the teacher who was his successor.  He was noticed by the Mirror and American, the leading papers of the city, as the father of music in the public schools of Manchester.  Jan 1872, he commenced to publish a musical paper called "Whitney's New Hampshire Journal of Music," which he is now (1895) publishing; resided Riverdale, NH.
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-| '''Adah Clarissa<sup>9</sup> Whitney''', b. 1 Oct 1861, Manchester, NH (given name not given);{{ref|4}} m. 23 Jan 1883, Manchester, NH, Harry Hobson Simons.{{ref|5}}
+| '''Adah Clarissa<sup>9</sup> Whitney''', b. 1 Oct 1861, Manchester, NH (given name not given);{{ref|4}} m. 23 Jan 1883, Manchester, NH, Harry Hobson Simons.{{ref|5}}  Children:
-:Ch.: Mildred Whitney.
+:{|
-|}
+| align=right valign=top | a.
 == Census ==
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 Zeviah WHITNEY         51 Wife F M W  NH  Keeping House       NH  NH
 Adah C. WHITNEY        18 Dau  F S W  NH  Clerk In Store      NH  NH</p>
 == References ==
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 ----
-Copyright &copy; 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2015, [[User:Rlward|Robert L. Ward]] and the [[Whitney Research Group]].
+Copyright &copy; 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2020, [[User:Rlward|Robert L. Ward]] and the [[Whitney Research Group]].
 [[Category:Massachusetts]]

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	'''Imri S.<sup>8</sup> Whitney'''		'''Imri S.<sup>8</sup> Whitney'''
	([[Family:Whitney, Asa (1800-1858)\|Asa<sup>7</sup>]],		([[Family:Whitney, Asa (1800-1858)\|Asa<sup>7</sup>]],

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 [[Family:Whitney, John (1592-1673)|John<sup>1</sup>]]),
 son of [[Family:Whitney, Asa (1800-1858)|Asa<sup>7</sup> and Patty (Rice) Whitney]],
-was born 20 Sep 1824, Henniker, NH, and died after 1894.
+was born 20 Sep 1824, Henniker, NH, and died 8 Feb 1899, New Boston, NH, aged 74 years 4 months 19 days, of Bright's disease of the kidneys.{{ref|1}}  He was buried in the City Tomb, Manchester, NH.
-He married firstly, 13 Nov 1848, Nashville, NH, '''Zeviah C. Webster'''.{{ref|1}}  She was born 9 Oct 1828, Newport, NH, and died 19 Sep 1891, Riverdale.
+He married firstly, 13 Nov 1848, Nashville, NH, '''Zeviah C. Webster'''.{{ref|2}}  She was born 9 Oct 1828, Newport, NH, and died 19 Sep 1891, Riverdale.
-He married secondly, 15 May 1894, Henniker, NH, Mrs. '''Lenora A. (Woods) Whitney''', daughter of Alanson and Mary (Colby) Woods.{{ref|2}}  She was born 17 Oct 1836, Henniker, NH, and died after 1894.  She had married firstly, 13 Feb 1855, his brother [[Family:Whitney, Jason H. (1826-a1880)|Jason H.<sup>8</sup> Whitney]].
+He married secondly, 15 May 1894, Henniker, NH, Mrs. '''Lenora A. (Woods) Whitney''', daughter of Alanson and Mary (Colby) Woods.{{ref|3}}  She was born 17 Oct 1836, Henniker, NH, and died after 1899.  She had married firstly, 13 Feb 1855, his brother [[Family:Whitney, Jason H. (1826-a1880)|Jason H.<sup>8</sup> Whitney]].
 At an early age he gave signs of great love for music and was an apt scholar at his first school.  When twenty years of age he taught his first singing school in his native town.  In 1848 he began a regular course of musical studies at Nashua, NH, and then composed his first song, "My Cottage Home," which was very popular and sold extensively.  In 1849 he began his successful career of teaching juvenile classes.  Since then he has accomplished quite as much in the line of concerts with children as well as adults as any man in the country, having taught hundreds of juvenile classes, varying from fifty to eight hundred in a class.  He has given hundreds of juvenile concerts and a large number with adult classes, and has taught in many of the towns of New Hampshire between the Merrimack and the Connecticut rivers.  Mr. Whitney settled in Manchester, NH, Dec 1855, where he was first employed to teach a singing school and to lead the choir for the then Elm St. Baptist church, now the Merrimack St. Society.  During the years of 1856-57-58 and 1859 he was engaged to teach music in the "Teachers' institutes" of the state.  Here he advocated what he has since shown in the city of Manchester, that vocal music can be successfully taught in the public schools.  After laboring with the school committee of Manchester every way possible, to induce them to try vocal music in the city schools, they at last engaged Mr. Whitney, Sep 1860, for one term, to try the experiment.  After training the children some three months, he brought together some fifteen hundred of them for a public exhibition.  This task was no small matter for one man to undertake.  The thing, however, was done, and successfully.  A public exhibition was given, and the people were astonished that so many children could be made to sing together in good tune and time.  So well were the school committee pleased, that they engaged Mr. Whitney for another term, and appointed him teacher in the public schools.  Mr. Whitney has had very large experience in teaching both juvenile and adult singing classes.  In this department of music he stands at the head of his profession.  Many years of constant training has made him famous as an instructor of children.  He has always been a close student and a hard working man.  As a teacher of music Mr. Whitney has become extensively known.  He has never labored to become a public performer upon any instrument, or to become a public singer, and yet there are few men better qualified in the various departments of music than he is.  He has thoroughly studied and had a large experience in all branches of the science, has published some popular compositions, and has a good collection of original music in manuscript.  In Nov 1883, he bought a farm at Riverdale.  He resides in New Boston; his son-in-law in Weare.  After going there he continued his profession and business in Manchester, going to and from Manchester, eleven miles by rail, as suited his convenience, until Jul 1888, when he sold out his business and gave up his profession as a teacher of music on account of failing health.  He held the office of superintendent of schools for New Boston for the year 1884.  Since Jul 1884, he has also held the office of justice of the peace for Hillsboro county.  He resigned his position as teacher of music in the public school of Manchester, 1 Jul 1871, having given eleven years of very hard work to establish a system of teaching music in the school of the city.  The same system is continued to-day by the teacher who was his successor.  He was noticed by the Mirror and American, the leading papers of the city, as the father of music in the public schools of Manchester.  Jan 1872, he commenced to publish a musical paper called "Whitney's New Hampshire Journal of Music," which he is now (1895) publishing; resided Riverdale, NH.
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 :{|
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-| '''Adah Clarissa<sup>9</sup> Whitney''', b. 1 Oct 1861, Manchester, NH (given name not given);{{ref|3}} m. 23 Jan 1883, Manchester, NH, Harry Hobson Simons.{{ref|4}}
+| '''Adah Clarissa<sup>9</sup> Whitney''', b. 1 Oct 1861, Manchester, NH (given name not given);{{ref|4}} m. 23 Jan 1883, Manchester, NH, Harry Hobson Simons.{{ref|5}}
 :Ch.: Mildred Whitney.
 |}
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 * All data imported from [[Archive:The Descendants of John Whitney, page 539|Frederick Clifton Pierce, ''The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635'', (Chicago: 1895), pp. 539-540]].
-.{{note|1}} "Jinri S. Whitney & Zeniah C. Webster, m. 13 Nov 1848, Nashville, Hillsborough Co., NH," according to [[Archive:New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index|New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index]].
+.{{note|1}} [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSLN-T92 New Hampshire, Death Records, 1654-1947], at FamilySearch.org.
-.{{note|2}} "Imri S. Whitney (b. 1825, Henniker, NH, s. of Asa Whitney & Patty Whitney) & Leonora Whitney, m. 15 May 1894, Henniker, Merrimack Co., NH," according to [[Archive:New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index|New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index]].
+.{{note|2}} "Jinri S. Whitney & Zeniah C. Webster, m. 13 Nov 1848, Nashville, Hillsborough Co., NH," according to [[Archive:New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index|New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index]].
-.{{note|3}} [[Archive:New Hampshire, Vital Records, Birth Index|New Hampshire, Vital Records, Birth Index]].
+.{{note|3}} "Imri S. Whitney (b. 1825, Henniker, NH, s. of Asa Whitney & Patty Whitney) & Leonora Whitney, m. 15 May 1894, Henniker, Merrimack Co., NH," according to [[Archive:New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index|New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index]].
-.{{note|4}} "Adah C. Whitney (b. 1862, Manchester, NH, d. of Imri Whitney & Zeviah) & Harry H. Simons, m. 23 Jan 1883, Manchester, Hillsborough Co., NH," and "Leonora Whitney (b. 1837, Henniker, NH, d. of Alanson Wood & Mary Wood) & Imri S. Whitney, m. 15 May 1894, Henniker, Merrimack Co., NH," according to [[Archive:New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index|New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index]].
+.{{note|4}} [[Archive:New Hampshire, Vital Records, Birth Index|New Hampshire, Vital Records, Birth Index]].
 ----
-Copyright &copy; 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, [[User:Rlward|Robert L. Ward]] and the [[Whitney Research Group]].
+Copyright &copy; 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2015, [[User:Rlward|Robert L. Ward]] and the [[Whitney Research Group]].
 [[Category:Massachusetts]]
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 [[Category:Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire]]
 [[Category:Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire]]
 [[Category:Merrimack County, New Hampshire]]
 [[Category:Henniker, Merrimack County, New Hampshire]]
 [[Category:Sullivan County, New Hampshire]]
 [[Category:Newport, Sullivan County, New Hampshire]]

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 :{|
 | align=right valign=top | i.
-| '''Adah Clarissa<sup>9</sup> Whitney''', b. 1 Oct 1861, Manchester, NH; m. 23 Jan 1883, Manchester, NH, Harry Hobson Simons.{{ref|3}}
+| '''Adah Clarissa<sup>9</sup> Whitney''', b. 1 Oct 1861, Manchester, NH (given name not given);{{ref|3}} m. 23 Jan 1883, Manchester, NH, Harry Hobson Simons.{{ref|4}}
 :Ch.: Mildred Whitney.
 |}
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 .{{note|2}} "Imri S. Whitney (b. 1825, Henniker, NH, s. of Asa Whitney & Patty Whitney) & Leonora Whitney, m. 15 May 1894, Henniker, Merrimack Co., NH," according to [[Archive:New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index|New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index]].
-.{{note|3}} "Adah C. Whitney (b. 1862, Manchester, NH, d. of Imri Whitney & Zeviah) & Harry H. Simons, m. 23 Jan 1883, Manchester, Hillsborough Co., NH," and "Leonora Whitney (b. 1837, Henniker, NH, d. of Alanson Wood & Mary Wood) & Imri S. Whitney, m. 15 May 1894, Henniker, Merrimack Co., NH," according to [[Archive:New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index|New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index]].
+.{{note|3}} [[Archive:New Hampshire, Vital Records, Birth Index|New Hampshire, Vital Records, Birth Index]].
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 was born 20 Sep 1824, Henniker, NH, and died after 1894.
-He married firstly, 13 Nov 1848, Nashua, NH, '''Zeviah C. Webster'''.  She was born 9 Oct 1828, Newport, NH, and died 19 Sep 1891, Riverdale.
+He married firstly, 13 Nov 1848, Nashville, NH, '''Zeviah C. Webster'''.{{ref|1}}  She was born 9 Oct 1828, Newport, NH, and died 19 Sep 1891, Riverdale.
-He married secondly, 15 May 1894, Henniker, NH, Mrs. '''Lenora A. (Woods) Whitney''', daughter of Alanson and Mary (Colby) Woods.{{ref|1}}  She was born 17 Oct 1836, Henniker, NH, and died after 1894.  She had married firstly, 13 Feb 1855, his brother [[Family:Whitney, Jason H. (1826-a1880)|Jason H.<sup>8</sup> Whitney]].
+He married secondly, 15 May 1894, Henniker, NH, Mrs. '''Lenora A. (Woods) Whitney''', daughter of Alanson and Mary (Colby) Woods.{{ref|2}}  She was born 17 Oct 1836, Henniker, NH, and died after 1894.  She had married firstly, 13 Feb 1855, his brother [[Family:Whitney, Jason H. (1826-a1880)|Jason H.<sup>8</sup> Whitney]].
 At an early age he gave signs of great love for music and was an apt scholar at his first school.  When twenty years of age he taught his first singing school in his native town.  In 1848 he began a regular course of musical studies at Nashua, NH, and then composed his first song, "My Cottage Home," which was very popular and sold extensively.  In 1849 he began his successful career of teaching juvenile classes.  Since then he has accomplished quite as much in the line of concerts with children as well as adults as any man in the country, having taught hundreds of juvenile classes, varying from fifty to eight hundred in a class.  He has given hundreds of juvenile concerts and a large number with adult classes, and has taught in many of the towns of New Hampshire between the Merrimack and the Connecticut rivers.  Mr. Whitney settled in Manchester, NH, Dec 1855, where he was first employed to teach a singing school and to lead the choir for the then Elm St. Baptist church, now the Merrimack St. Society.  During the years of 1856-57-58 and 1859 he was engaged to teach music in the "Teachers' institutes" of the state.  Here he advocated what he has since shown in the city of Manchester, that vocal music can be successfully taught in the public schools.  After laboring with the school committee of Manchester every way possible, to induce them to try vocal music in the city schools, they at last engaged Mr. Whitney, Sep 1860, for one term, to try the experiment.  After training the children some three months, he brought together some fifteen hundred of them for a public exhibition.  This task was no small matter for one man to undertake.  The thing, however, was done, and successfully.  A public exhibition was given, and the people were astonished that so many children could be made to sing together in good tune and time.  So well were the school committee pleased, that they engaged Mr. Whitney for another term, and appointed him teacher in the public schools.  Mr. Whitney has had very large experience in teaching both juvenile and adult singing classes.  In this department of music he stands at the head of his profession.  Many years of constant training has made him famous as an instructor of children.  He has always been a close student and a hard working man.  As a teacher of music Mr. Whitney has become extensively known.  He has never labored to become a public performer upon any instrument, or to become a public singer, and yet there are few men better qualified in the various departments of music than he is.  He has thoroughly studied and had a large experience in all branches of the science, has published some popular compositions, and has a good collection of original music in manuscript.  In Nov 1883, he bought a farm at Riverdale.  He resides in New Boston; his son-in-law in Weare.  After going there he continued his profession and business in Manchester, going to and from Manchester, eleven miles by rail, as suited his convenience, until Jul 1888, when he sold out his business and gave up his profession as a teacher of music on account of failing health.  He held the office of superintendent of schools for New Boston for the year 1884.  Since Jul 1884, he has also held the office of justice of the peace for Hillsboro county.  He resigned his position as teacher of music in the public school of Manchester, 1 Jul 1871, having given eleven years of very hard work to establish a system of teaching music in the school of the city.  The same system is continued to-day by the teacher who was his successor.  He was noticed by the Mirror and American, the leading papers of the city, as the father of music in the public schools of Manchester.  Jan 1872, he commenced to publish a musical paper called "Whitney's New Hampshire Journal of Music," which he is now (1895) publishing; resided Riverdale, NH.
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 :{|
 | align=right valign=top | i.
-| '''Adah Clarissa<sup>9</sup> Whitney''', b. 1 Oct 1861, Manchester, NH; m. 23 Jan 1883, Manchester, NH, Harry Hobson Simons.{{ref|2}}
+| '''Adah Clarissa<sup>9</sup> Whitney''', b. 1 Oct 1861, Manchester, NH; m. 23 Jan 1883, Manchester, NH, Harry Hobson Simons.{{ref|3}}
 :Ch.: Mildred Whitney.
 |}
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 * All data imported from [[Archive:The Descendants of John Whitney, page 539|Frederick Clifton Pierce, ''The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635'', (Chicago: 1895), pp. 539-540]].
-.{{note|1}} "Imri S. Whitney (b. 1825, Henniker, NH, s. of Asa Whitney & Patty Whitney) & Leonora Whitney, m. 15 May 1894, Henniker, Merrimack Co., NH," according to [[Archive:New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index|New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index]].
+.{{note|1}} "Jinri S. Whitney & Zeniah C. Webster, m. 13 Nov 1848, Nashville, Hillsborough Co., NH," according to [[Archive:New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index|New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index]].
-.{{note|2}} "Adah C. Whitney (b. 1862, Manchester, NH, d. of Imri Whitney & Zeviah) & Harry H. Simons, m. 23 Jan 1883, Manchester, Hillsborough Co., NH," and "Leonora Whitney (b. 1837, Henniker, NH, d. of Alanson Wood & Mary Wood) & Imri S. Whitney, m. 15 May 1894, Henniker, Merrimack Co., NH," according to [[Archive:New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index|New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index]].
+.{{note|3}} "Adah C. Whitney (b. 1862, Manchester, NH, d. of Imri Whitney & Zeviah) & Harry H. Simons, m. 23 Jan 1883, Manchester, Hillsborough Co., NH," and "Leonora Whitney (b. 1837, Henniker, NH, d. of Alanson Wood & Mary Wood) & Imri S. Whitney, m. 15 May 1894, Henniker, Merrimack Co., NH," according to [[Archive:New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index|New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index]].
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 <p class="Plaintext">1047 1305 Imri S. Whitney     35 M - Music Teacher     $1200 New Hamp.
            Zelphia C.  "       30 F -                             "</p>
-* 1870, Manchester, Hillsborough Co., NH, p. 39/432:
+* [[Archive:1870 Census Extracts, New Hampshire, Hillsborough County#17|1870, Manchester, Hillsborough Co., NH]]:
-<p class="Plaintext"> 208  353 Tanswell, George H.   36 M W Ret. Dry goods merchant
+<p class="Plaintext"> 208  353 Tanswell, George H.   36 M W Ret. Dry goos merchant
                                                              $2400 Massachusetts  Male citizen over 21
            -----, Martha E.      29 F W Keeping House              Maine
            -----, Emma B.         3 F W                            N.H.
 Whitney, Imri S.      44 M W Music Teacher  $4000 $2000 N.H.           Male citizen over 21
-           -----, Zephia         41 F W Keeping House              N.H.
+           -----, Zepiah         41 F W Keeping House              N.H.
            -----, Adah            8 F W                            N.H.
-           Randall, Olive J.     23 F W Engineer Pain Works        N.H.
+           Randall, Olive J.     23 F W Engraver Rmt. works        N.H.
-           Parker, Martha        20 F W Studying Music             N.H.</p>
+           Parker, Martha        20 F W Studdying Music            N.H.</p>
 * [[Archive:1880 Census Extracts, New Hampshire#65|1880, Henniker, Merrimack Co., NH]]:
 <p class="Plaintext">Inire S. WHITNEY       55 Self M M W  NH  Music Dealer        NH  NH

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 He married firstly, 13 Nov 1848, Nashua, NH, '''Zeviah C. Webster'''.  She was born 9 Oct 1828, Newport, NH, and died 19 Sep 1891, Riverdale.
-He married secondly, 15 May 1894, Mrs. '''Lenora A. (Woods) Whitney''', daughter of Alanson and Mary (Colby) Woods.  She was born 17 Oct 1836, Henniker, NH.  She had married firstly, 13 Feb 1855, his brother [[Family:Whitney, Jason H. (1826-?)|Jason H.<sup>8</sup> Whitney]].
+He married secondly, 15 May 1894, Mrs. '''Lenora A. (Woods) Whitney''', daughter of Alanson and Mary (Colby) Woods.  She was born 17 Oct 1836, Henniker, NH.  She had married firstly, 13 Feb 1855, his brother [[Family:Whitney, Jason H. (1826-a1880)|Jason H.<sup>8</sup> Whitney]].
 At an early age he gave signs of great love for music and was an apt scholar at his first school.  When twenty years of age he taught his first singing school in his native town.  In 1848 he began a regular course of musical studies at Nashua, NH, and then composed his first song, "My Cottage Home," which was very popular and sold extensively.  In 1849 he began his successful career of teaching juvenile classes.  Since then he has accomplished quite as much in the line of concerts with children as well as adults as any man in the country, having taught hundreds of juvenile classes, varying from fifty to eight hundred in a class.  He has given hundreds of juvenile concerts and a large number with adult classes, and has taught in many of the towns of New Hampshire between the Merrimack and the Connecticut rivers.  Mr. Whitney settled in Manchester, NH, Dec 1855, where he was first employed to teach a singing school and to lead the choir for the then Elm St. Baptist church, now the Merrimack St. Society.  During the years of 1856-57-58 and 1859 he was engaged to teach music in the "Teachers' institutes" of the state.  Here he advocated what he has since shown in the city of Manchester, that vocal music can be successfully taught in the public schools.  After laboring with the school committee of Manchester every way possible, to induce them to try vocal music in the city schools, they at last engaged Mr. Whitney, Sep 1860, for one term, to try the experiment.  After training the children some three months, he brought together some fifteen hundred of them for a public exhibition.  This task was no small matter for one man to undertake.  The thing, however, was done, and successfully.  A public exhibition was given, and the people were astonished that so many children could be made to sing together in good tune and time.  So well were the school committee pleased, that they engaged Mr. Whitney for another term, and appointed him teacher in the public schools.  Mr. Whitney has had very large experience in teaching both juvenile and adult singing classes.  In this department of music he stands at the head of his profession.  Many years of constant training has made him famous as an instructor of children.  He has always been a close student and a hard working man.  As a teacher of music Mr. Whitney has become extensively known.  He has never labored to become a public performer upon any instrument, or to become a public singer, and yet there are few men better qualified in the various departments of music than he is.  He has thoroughly studied and had a large experience in all branches of the science, has published some popular compositions, and has a good collection of original music in manuscript.  In Nov 1883, he bought a farm at Riverdale.  He resides in New Boston; his son-in-law in Weare.  After going there he continued his profession and business in Manchester, going to and from Manchester, eleven miles by rail, as suited his convenience, until Jul 1888, when he sold out his business and gave up his profession as a teacher of music on account of failing health.  He held the office of superintendent of schools for New Boston for the year 1884.  Since Jul 1884, he has also held the office of justice of the peace for Hillsboro county.  He resigned his position as teacher of music in the public school of Manchester, 1 Jul 1871, having given eleven years of very hard work to establish a system of teaching music in the school of the city.  The same system is continued to-day by the teacher who was his successor.  He was noticed by the Mirror and American, the leading papers of the city, as the father of music in the public schools of Manchester.  Jan 1872, he commenced to publish a musical paper called "Whitney's New Hampshire Journal of Music," which he is now (1895) publishing; resided Riverdale, NH.

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