Family:Whitney, Almon Veits (1842-a1910)

Almon Veits⁷ Whitney (Jonathan Rasselas⁶, Samuel Platt⁵, Uriah⁴, Nathan³, John², Henry¹), son of Jonathan Rasselas⁶ and Maria Louise (Moore) Whitney, was born 25 Mar 1842, Montville, OH, and died after Jan 1874.

He married, 26 May 1867, 321 Monroe Street, Chicago, IL, Clara Elivra Coe, daughter of John Tibbals and Nancy (Wilkins) Coe. She was born 4 Oct 1840, Newbury, OH, and died after Jan 1874.

Phoenix says the following:

". . . a teacher . . . . He has lived in Goshen, Conn., for one year; in Montville, thirteen years; in Rock Co., Wis., eight months; in New Lisbon, Ohio, eighteen months; in Streator, Ill., two years; and, in 1870, settled at 1 Church Street, Sheridan, Ill., where they were living in Jan. 1874. He was then secretary of the Illinois State Temperance Union, and editor of its official organ, The Temperance Union."

Children of Almon Veits⁷ and Clara Elvira (Coe) Whitney:

i.	Ray Albert8 Whitney, b. 6 Jun 1869, Reading, IL.
ii.	Blanche Maud Whitney, b. 16 Mar 1873, Sheridan, IL.

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. 876 and p. 1767.

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