Family:Whitney, Silas Stacy (1805-1873)

Silas Stacy⁷ Whitney (Hananiah⁶, Samuel⁵, William⁴, Nathaniel³, John², John¹), son of Hananiah⁶ and Azubah (Keyes) Whitney, was born 27 Jun 1805, Winchendon, MA,^[1] and died 5 Aug 1873, Chicago, IL.

He married, 18 Jun 1829, Chichester, NH, Mary Bryant Cate. She was born 9 Feb 1811, and died 13 Jun 1892.

He was born in Winchendon, MA, on a farm and on leaving home worked in a mill carding wool. Later he was engaged in the general menchandising business at Centre Harbor, NH. About 1852 he removed to Pittsfield, NH, in same trade. In 1855 or early in 1856 he sold out and went to Dubuque, IA, for a short time, thence to Chicago and engaged in the produce and grain commission business, which he continued up to a short time before his death. The family went to Chicago in Nov 1856, from New Hampshire. He resided Chicago, IL.

Children of Silas Stacy⁷ and Mary Bryant (Cate) Whitney:

i.	James Drake Cate8 Whitney, b. 28 Mar 1838, NH; m. Alice J. Jennings.
ii.	Charles W. Whitney, b. 13 May 1843, NH; d. 4 Aug 1863.
iii.	William W. Whitney, b. 18 Mar 1845, NH; m. ----- -----.
iv.	Franklin Whitney, b. 22 Mar 1850, NH; m. Jennie M. Stevenson.
v.	Mary Ella Whitney, b. 3 Feb 1853; d. 26 Aug 1859.

Census

• 1830, Moultonborough, Strafford Co., NH: Silas S. Whitney, 1 male 20-29 and 1 male 15-19.
• (poss.) 1840, Center Harbor, Sulllivan Co., NH: Silvester S. Whitney, 1 male 30-39, 1 male 0-4, and 1 female 20-29; 2 engaged in agriculture, 1 in learned professions or engineers.
• 1850, Center Harbor, Belknap Co., NH:

74 82 Silas S. Whitney 45 M - Trader $2500 Mass. Mary B. " 39 F - N.H. James " 12 M - " Attended school Charles " 7 M - " Attended school William " 5 M - " Attended school Franklin " 2/12 M - " Hannah Cate 61 F - "

• 1860, Chicago Ward 7, Cook Co., IL:

413 595 S. S. Whiting 58 M - Clerk Massachusetts Mary 48 F - New Hampshire Charles 17 M - Do William 15 M - Do Fraenklin 10 M - Do John 6 M - Do

• 1870: not found.
• 1880: not found.

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. 278-279.

1.^  "Silas Stacy [Whitney], s. Hananiah and Azubah, [born] June 27, 1805," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Winchendon, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1909).

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