Family:Whitney, Joseph Newell (1836-1912)

Joseph Newell⁷ Whitney (Zachariah Leach⁶, Isaac L.⁶, Isaac⁵, Isaac⁴, Nathaniel³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Zachariah Leach⁶ and Elizabeth Cambridge (Hayden) Whitney, was born 13 Sep 1836, Raymond, ME, and died 10 Jan 1912, Washington, D.C.

He married firstly, 23 Nov 1865, Washington, DC, Charlotte S. Burroughs. She was born Jun 1831, New York, and died 18 Mar 1909, Washington, DC.

He married secondly, 1 Jul 1910, Atlantic City, NJ, Portia C. Sprague, daughter of Catharine C. (----) Sprague. She was born Nov 1873, Washington, DC.

He resided Washington, DC, s. p. Chief clerk of bureau of statistics. He and his wife Charlotte are buried in the Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC.

Joseph was a Civil War veteran, and he received a pension from the U.S. government.

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. 582.

• Civil War Pension File of Joseph Newell Whitney; Invalid Applic. # 660240 Cert. # 454906; National Archives Building, Washington, DC.

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