Family:Whitney, George Callender (1809-1880)

George Callender⁶ Whitney (George⁵, Jason⁴, Mark³, Benjamin², John¹), son of George⁵ and Esther (Morse) Whitney, was born 3 Feb 1809, Natick, MA,^[1] and died Mar 1880, Niles, MI, of chronic diarrhea.

He married, 2 Dec 1830, Natick, MA, Persis Robbins Broad.^[2] She was born 20 Dec 1806, MA, and died between 1870 and 1880.

He was admitted to the church in Dedham, MA, 20 Aug 1843.^[3] Persis was admitted 2 days earlier.^[4]

He was a farmer and shoe manufacturer. He resided Natick, MA, and Chicago, IL.

Children of George Callender⁶ and Persis Robbins (Broad) Whitney:

i.	Charles Henry7 Whitney, b. -----; resided Chicago, IL.
ii.	Sarah Frances Whitney, b. ca. 1837, MA; m. 23 Oct 1862, NJ, George Washington Oliphant; resided Chicago, IL.

Census

• 1840: not found.
• 1850, Ward 5, Newark, Essex Co., NJ:

305 453 Edward C. Sanford 25 M - Sash & Blind maker $1600 New Jersey Martha E. Sanford 25 F - Tennessee Martha Sanford 4 F - New Jersey 454 George C. Whitney 40 M - Helper in Saddler Shop Massachusetts Persis R. Whitney 43 F - " Sarah F. Whitney 13 F - " Attended school

• 1860: not found.
• 1870, Howard, Cass Co., MI:

204 210 Alfant, Sarah 33 F W Keeping House $4000 $500 Massachusetts ------, Florence 18 F W Tennessee Attended school 211 Whitney, George C. 61 M W Farmer $3500 Massachusetts Male citizen over 21 -------, Perces R. 63 F W Keeping House Massachusetts

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. 242.

1.^  "George Callender [Whitney], s. of George and Ester, [born] Feb 3, 1809," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Natick, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1910).

2.^  "George C. [Whitney] and Persis Broad, [married] Dec. 2, 1830.," according to Natick Vital Records.

3.^  "George C. [Whitney], adm. Aug. 20, 1843," according to Don Gleason Hill, ed., Dedham, Records of Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths 1638-1845 (Dedham, MA: Dedham Transcript, 1886).

4.^  "Persis R. [Whitney], adm. Aug. 18, 1843, from Natick," according to Dedham Vital Records.

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