Family:Whitney, Eli Harrison (1847-1916)

Eli Harrison¹⁰ Whitney (William Flanagan⁹, Moses⁸, Ephraim⁷, Ephraim⁶, Nathaniel⁵, Nathaniel⁴, Nathaniel³, John², John¹), son of William Flanagan⁹ and Harriett N. (Morse) Whitney, was born 28 Oct 1847, Upton, MA.

He married firstly, 13 Jan 1873, Dedham, MA, Jennie Elvira Stowe, daughter of Albert and Mary Jane (Hersey) Stowe.^[1][2] She was born 19 Feb 1850, Dover, MA, and died 6 Jan 1896, Westborough, MA, aged 46 years 10 months 18 days, of exhaustion following empzema.^[3]

He married secondly, 15 Jul 1896, Holliston, MA, Mary Louise (Fisk) Oliver, daughter of Reuben E. and Betsey L. (Plimpton) Fisk.^[4] She was born Jan 1854, Holliston, MA, and died after 1910.

He resided Westborough, MA.

Children of Eli H.¹⁰ and Jennie Elvira (Stowe) Whitney, all born Westborough, MA:

i.	Willie Edwin11 Whitney, b. 4 Feb 1874,[5] m. 15 Jul 1899, Westborough, MA, Bessie May McCaslin.[6]
ii.	Edmund Stowe Whitney, b. 26 Apr 1875,[7] m. 31 Dec 1900, Westborough, MA, Tena May Flemming.[8]
iii.	Alice Edna Whitney, b. 18 Jan 1877;[9]; m. 8 Oct 1896, Westborough, MA, Charles Asher Anable.[10]
iv.	Henry Eli Whitney, b. 13 Jul 1879; d. 13 Jul 1879, Westborough, MA.[11]
v.	Nina Estelle Whitney, b. 8 Jun 1881; m. 10 Apr 1901, Westborough, MA, Arthur William Eager.[12]
vi.	Harry Erwin Whitney, b. 17 Nov 1883.[13]
vii.	Eli William Curtis Whitney, b. 7 Mar 1886.[14]
viii.	Elvira Elizabeth Warren Whitney, b. 7 Mar 1886.[15]

Census

• 1870, Westborough, Worcester Co., MA:

Hotel 566 716 Tucker, Thomas 68 M W Landlord $4000 Mass. Male citizen over 21 ... Whitney, Eli 23 M W Hostler Mass. Male citizen over 21 ...

• 1880, Westborough, Worcester Co., MA:

Eli H. WHITNEY 33 Self M M W MA Works Straw Shop MA MA Elvira J. WHITNEY 30 Wife F M W MA Keeping House MA ME Willie E. WHITNEY 6 Son M S W MA Attending School MA MA Edmund S. WHITNEY 5 Son M S W MA MA MA Alice E. WHITNEY 3 Dau F S W MA MA MA

• 1900, Fisher Street, Westborough, Worcester Co., MA:

315 386 Whitney, Eli H. Head W M Sep 1847 52 m4 Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts Farmer, Owns mortgaged farm -----, Mary L. Wife W F Jan 1854 46 m4 1ch 1lv Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts -----, W. Curtis Son W M Mar 1886 14 sgl Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts At school 9 mos. -----, Lizzie Dau W F Mar 1886 14 sgl Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts At school 9 mos. -----, Lena J. Dau W F Jan 1894 6 sgl Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts At school 9 mos.

• 1910, Fisher Street, Westborough, Worcester Co., MA:

364 437 Whitney, Eli H. Head M W 64 m2,14 Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts Farmer, Owns mortgaged farm -----, Mary L. Wife F W 55 m2,14 1ch 1lv Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts None -----, Lena J. ADau F W 15 sgl Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts Weaver tape factory -----, Eben R. ASon M W 4 sgl Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts None

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. 658.

1.^  "Eli H., of Westboro, a. 25, b. Upton, s. Wm. F. and Harriet N., and Jennie E. Stowe of Dover, a. 22, b. Dover, d. Albert and Mary J., 1:13:73 [Jan. 13, 1873]," according to Don Gleason Hill, ed., Dedham, Records of Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths 1638-1845 (Dedham, MA: Dedham Transcript, 1886).

2.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 254, page 342.

3.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 465, page 739.

4.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 461, page 185; also volume 462, page 570.

5.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 261, page 401.

6.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 490, page 397.

7.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 270, page 389.

8.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 502, page 393.

9.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 288, page 363.

10.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 462, page 571.

11.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 312, page 405.

12.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 514, page 399.

13.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 342, page 393.

14.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 369, page 415.

15.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 369, page 415.

---

Copyright © 2006, 2008, 2009, Robert L. Ward and the Whitney Research Group