Family:Whitney, George Frederick (1832-1908)

George Frederick⁷ Whitney (Stephen⁶, Alexander⁵, Eleazer⁴, Eleazer³, Thomas², John¹), son of Stephen⁶ and Sarah (Bailey) Whitney, was born 12 Aug 1832, Claremont, NH.

He married firstly, 25 Apr 1854, Anna E. Durgan. She was born Sep 1828, and died 22 Dec 1874.

He married secondly, ----- -----. She was born -----, and died before 1880.

He married thirdly, 1880, Eva H. Burt. She was born Sep 1843, or Jul 1842.^[1]

He resided Newport, NH.

Children of George Frederick⁷ and Anna E. (Durgan) Whitney:

i.	Clara Maria8 Whitney, b. 4 Feb 1855; m. 25 Mar 1879, Charles W. Spencer; resided Harvard, MA. Ch.: Carl Whitney, b. 8 Feb 1888; d. 13 Jul 1890.
ii.	Mary Lillie Whitney, b. 15 Oct 1856; unmarried; a teacher in the Cookeman Institute at Jacksonville, FL.

Notes

There was another, slightly younger, George F. Whitney living in Newport, NH, at the same time. They were third cousins once removed.

Census

• 1860, Newport, Sullivan Co., NH:

1281 229 Geo. F. Whitney 28 M - Farmer $2000 $500 N.H. Ann E. " 30 F - Vt. Clara M. " 5 F - N.H. Mary E. " 3 F - " Sally D. Brown 56 F - Vt.

• 1870, Newport, Sullivan Co., NH, p. 53/563:

433 484 Whitney, George F. 37 M W Carpenter $3500 $1000 N.H. Male citizen over 21 -----, Ann E. 37 F W Keeping house Vermont -----, Clara M. 15 F W Without Occupation N.H. Attended school -----, Lillie M. 13 F W At home N.H. Attended school Perry, Sarah 84 F W Without Occupation N.H.

• 1880, Newport, Sullivan Co., NH:

Geo. F. WHITNEY 47 Self M W W NH Teamster NH NH Lillie M. WHITNEY 22 Dau F S W NH School Teacher NH VT Susan G. REED 63 Oth F W W VT Housekeeper NH NH

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. 346.

1.^  "Eva H. Burt [-----] Whitney, w. of George F., [born] July --, 1842. G.R.1," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1917).

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