Family:Whitney, Hiram Elias (1832-a1880)

Hiram Elias⁷ Whitney (William Perse⁶, Micah⁵, Abel⁴, Nathaniel³, Benjamin², John¹), son of William Perse⁶ and Sarah (Frank) Whitney, was born 12 Apr 1832, Phillips, ME, and died after 1880.

He married, firstly, 24 Aug 1852, DeKalb Co., IL, Catherine Harshey. She was born 1835, and died 1857, Cortland, IL.

He married, secondly, 29 Dec 1858, Kane Co., IL, Mary E. Dow. She was born circa 1838, NY.

He married, thirdly, Mary -----. She was born circa 1840, VT.

He was a physician; resided in Shellsborough, IA.

Children of Hiram E.⁷ and Catherine (Harshey) Whitney:

i.	Effie G.8 Whitney, b. ca. 1853, IL.

There were no known children of Hiram E.⁷ and Mary E. (Dow) Whitney.

Children of Hiram E.⁷ and Mary (-----) Whitney:

ii.	Franklin Whitney, b. ca. 1876, IA.

Census

• 1860, Pampas, DeKalb Co., IL:

1111 117 Hiram Whitney 27 M - Reaper Agent 100 Maine Mary Do 22 F - Housekeeper N.Y. Effie G. Do 7 F - Ill. William Do 77 M - Blind 1000 --- Maine Blind Nancy J. Do 56 F - Housekeeper Do George W. Whitney 22 M - Farm Laborer Maine

• 1870: not found.
• 1880, Bigelow, Holt Co., MO:

Hiram E. WHITNEY 48 Self M M W ME Physician ME ME Mary WHITNEY 40 Wife F M W VT Keeping House VT --- Franklin WHITNEY 4 Son M S W IA ME VT

References

• Pierce, Frederick Clifton, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635 (Chicago: 1895).

• Sedgeley, George B., Micah Whitney, Revolutionary Soldier and His Twelve Children Settled Early in Philips, Maine; Jacob and Joseph Whitney Came to Phillips 1792; Salmon Whitney Appeared in Letter E Plantation 1810 (Farmington, Maine: The Knowlton & McLeary Co., Printers, 1943).

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