Family:Whitney, Carlos Franklin (c1848-1917)

Carlos Whitney ([perhaps] William Wallace⁷, Paul⁶, Timothy⁵, Jonas⁴, Moses³, Richard², John¹), parentage unknown but perhaps son of William Wallace⁷ and Betsey (Winter) Whitney, was born Apr 1848, and died 1917.

He married, circa 1876, Eliza Marsh, daughter of Joseph and Ann (-----) Marsh. She was born Sep 1859, NY.

According to the 1900 census, Carlos had a brother Charles A. Whitney, b. Apr 1858, Canada. Their father was born in Vermont, and their mother in Maine.

"[Ellsworth Petty] had come to Upper Saranac Lake in the 1880s to work as a guide with his cousin, Carlos Whitney. Ellsworth was then in his mid-twenties, and Carlos was some twenty-five years older. They earned two dollars a day, high wages for the Adirondacks. Carlos first became familiar with the Indian Carry that connected Upper Saranac with the Stony Creek Ponds in the 1850s. There were still Indians around back then."^[1]

Carlos Whitney, "a huge man who had shot many deer", apparently had a life changing experience when "a freshly killed deer raised its head long enough to looks its killer in the eyes and shame him into giving up the hunt forever."^[2]

Children of Carlos and Eliza (Marsh) Whitney:

i.	Franklin Whitney, b. ca. 1878, NY.
ii.	Eva Whitney, b. Jul 1879, NY.
iii.	Roy A. Whitney, b. Apr 1882, NY.
iv.	Joseph Whitney, b. Sep 1885, NY.
v.	Harriet D. Whitney, b. Oct 1889, NY.
vi.	Robert Carlos Whitney, b. 28 Feb 1892, Crowne Point Center, NY. On his WWI Draft Registration, he is listed as single, tall, brown eyes, black hair, a farmer in Sherburne, NY.
vii.	Carlotta Whitney, b. Oct 1894, NY.
viii.	Frances E. Whitney, b. Mar 1899, NY.

Notes

Note that William Wallace Whitney had a son Carlos Franklin and another son Charles Alfred. This matches the fact that this Carlos had a known brother Charles A. Also, both Charles and Carlos were born in April, as were the two sons of William Wallace Whitney.

For additional information, see Northern New York Historical Newspapers website.

1852 Census Canada East, Missisquoi, 223 Dunham township, p. 21d, 22a, (43).

Father is William W. Witney, mother Sarah M., children: Robert, Phebe, Hariet, Lucinda, Carlos, George.

See William Wallace Whitney page.

Charles A. may still be a brother, born later than this census.

Carlos married Eliza Marsh, and Carlos' grandmother's maiden name was Marsh, if William Wallace Whitney page is correct--so possibly Carlos and Eliza were distantly related.

Census

• 1880, Crown Point, Essex Co., NY:

Joseph MARSH 63 Self M M W NEW HAMPSHIRE Farmer NY NH Ann MARSH 49 Wife F M W NEW YORK Keeping House NH NH William MARSH 25 Son M S W NEW YORK At Home NH NY Eliza WHITNEY 20 Dau F M W NEW YORK At Home NH NY Charles MARSH 14 Son M S W NEW YORK At School NH NY Mary MARSH 12 Dau F S W NEW YORK At School NH NY Alice MARSH 10 Dau F S W NEW YORK At School NH NY Franklin WHITNEY 2 GSon M S W NEW YORK NY NY Eva WHITNEY 10M GDau F S W NEW YORK NY NY

• 1900, Crown Point, Essex Co., NY
• 1910, Crown Point, Essex Co., NY: Carlos N. Whitney

References

• Census records

1. ^  Christopher Angus, The extraordinary Adirondack journey of Clarence Petty: wilderness guide, p. 3.

2. ^  Christopher Angus, Reflections from Canoe Country: Paddling the Waters of the Adirondacks and Canada, p. 15.

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