Family:Whitney, Milton (1823-1875)

Milton⁸ Whitney (Silas⁷, Silas⁶, Samuel⁵, William⁴, Nathaniel³, John², John¹), son of Silas⁷ and Hannah (Cushing) Whitney, was born 9 Oct 1823, Ashburnham, MA, and died 3 Sep 1875, Baltimore, MD.

He married, 24 Nov 1842, Ann Maria Weston.

Milton Whitney was born in Ashburnham, and was a self-educated man. At an early age he entered a law office in Fitchburg, MA, and was admitted to the bar in 1845. After a brief practice in Fitchburg, MA, he moved to Baltimore, where he was eminently successful as an able lawyer. In 1854 he was chosen county attorney and re-elected in 1858. In 1860 he resigned, and later conducted many trials that are historic in that state. As a criminal lawyer he was not excelled. Modest and unassuming, he seldom referred to his achievements, or appeared conscious of the magnitude of his labor. He resided Baltimore, MD.

Children of Milton⁸ and Ann Maria (Weston) Whitney:

i.	Anne Weston9 Whitney, b. 4 Oct 1848, Fitchburg, MA.[1]
ii.	Alden W. Whitney, b. ca. 1853, MD.
iii.	Sarah H. Whitney, b. ca. 1857, MD.
iv.	Milton Whitney, b. ca. 1861, MD.
v.	Mary M. Whitney, b. ca. 1862, MD.

Census

• 1850, Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA:

885 981 Milton Whitney 26 M - Lawyer $17275 Mass. Ann M. " 22 F - Me. Annia W. " 1 F - Mass. Mary Cannon 24 F - Ireland Illiterate

• 1860, Baltimore Ward 11, Baltimore City, MD:

150 164 Milton Whitney 37 M - Lawyer $20000 $10000 Mass. Ann M. " 32 F - Md. Annie " 11 F - Mass. Attended school Alden W. " 7 M - Md. Attended school Sarah H. " 4 F - " Kate Clark 20 F - Servant Ireland Ann " 18 F - Do " Bridget Gorman 20 F - Do "

• 1870, Baltimore, Baltimore Co., MA:

385 493 Whittny, Milton 47 M W Attorney at Law Massachusetts Male citizen over 21 -----, Ann M. 42 F W Keeping house Maryland -----, Annie W. 21 F W At home Massachusetts -----, Sarah H. 14 F W " Maryland -----, Milton, Jr. 9 M W At school " Attended school -----, Mary M. 8 F W " Davis, Elizabeth 16 F W Domestic Servant " McElroy, Emily 22 F W " Ireland Parents foreign born

• 1880, District 2, Anne Arundel Co., MD:

Anna WHITNEY 50 Self F W W MD Farmer MA MA Anna W. WHITNEY 35 Dau F S W MA MA MD Sallie H. WHITNEY 29 Dau F S W MD MA MD Milten WHITNEY 19 Son M S W MD MA MD Mary W. WHITNEY 18 Dau F S W MD MA MD Andrew JACKSON 30 Oth M M B VA Servant VA VA

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), pp. 458-459.

1.^  "Anne Weston [Whitney], d. Milton and Ann Maria, [born] Oct. 4, 1848," according to Walter A. Davis, comp., Old Records of the Town of Fitchburg, Massachusetts (Fitchburg, MA: Fitchburg City Council, 1898-1913), vol. 8, p. 97.

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