Family:Whitney, Wade H. (c1795-a1840)

W. H. Whitney's Locations

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Wade H. Whitney (Joseph), son of Joseph and Elizabeth (-----) Whitney, was born between 1790 and 1800, and died after 1840.

He married Susan Norton.

Children of Wade H. and Susan (Norton) Whitney (perhaps incomplete, order uncertain, based on a census reconstruction):

i.	(son) Whitney, b. ca. 1810-1815. This was perhaps Joseph Whitney, b. ca. 1812, TN, m. Mary -----.
ii.	(son) Whitney, b. ca. 1815-1820. This was probably John Whitney, b. ca. 1814, TN, m. Elinder -----.
iii.	Martha Whitney, b. ca. 1815-1820, d. before 1870 m. Mathias Cooley.
iv.	Mary Whitney, b. ca. 1815-1820, d. before 1850, m. William Roberts.
v.	(daughter) Whitney, b. ca. 1815-1820.
vi.	(son) Whitney, b. ca. 1820-1825. This was perhaps Tolbert Whitney, b. ca. 1823, MO, M. Emily -----.
vii.	(son) Whitney, b. ca. 1825-1830. This was perhaps Coleman Whitney, b. ca. 1825, MO, m. Nancy Morris.
viii.	William Whitney, b. ca. 1827, TN, m. Mary Ann "Polly" Allen,
ix.	(daughter) Whitney, b. ca. 1825-1830. Possibly the same as Evaline, b. ca. 1828-1830, MO, who m. before 1850, Thomas Burgess, with whom her supposed mother Susan was living in 1860 and 1870.

Census

• 1830, Howard Co., MO: W. H. Whitney, 1 male 30-39, 1 male 15-19, 1 male 10-14, 1 male 5-9, 2 males under 5, 1 female 30-39, 3 females 10-14, 1 female under 5, 1 female slave, 36-54, 12 total.
• 1840, Mountain, Howard Co., MO: W. H. Whitny, 1 male 50-59, 2 males 20-29, 2 males 15-19, 1 male 5-9, 1 female 40-49, 1 female 20-29, 1 female 10-14, 9 total, 3 in agriculture.
• 1850, widow Susan not found.
• 1860, Porter, Christian Co., MO:

348 348 Thomas Burgess 36 M - Stiller $1400 $890 Tenn. Evaline 30 F - Mo. Mary S. 4 F - " Sarah L. 1 F - " Susan Whitney 65 F - Va. Illiterate Rachel Kizer 24 F - Ill. Illiterate

• 1870, Jasper, Ozark Co., MO:

69 69 Burges, Thomas 49 M W Farmer $800 $717 Tennessee Illiterate, Male citizen over 21 Evaline 37 F W Keeping house Missouri Mary Susan 13 F W At home Missouri Sarah Jane 11 F W At home Missouri Emaly A. 6 F W At home Missouri Josephen 3 F W At home Missouri Dotson, Lucinda 58 F W Keeping house Missouri Whitney, Susan 67 F W Keeping house North Carolina

Note the changes from 1860 to 1870 in ages.

Notes

The following information was provided by Mrs S.R. Walters

Independence County, Arkansas - Probate Court Records - Book B, Page 5. July 1851 Term.

"Now on this day comes Susan Whitney, widow of the said Wade H. Whitney, and presents to the court an appraisment list of property belonging to the said estate, whereby it appears that the property belonging to the said estate does not exceed three hundred dollars in value, and the court being fully satisfied of the same from the testimony introduced by the said widow on motion of said Susan Whitney, it is ordered by the court that all property belonging to the said estate, rest absolutely in the said widow, and that William H. Stone, the administration to the said estate, deliver over all the property that has come into his hands as such administration to the said widow, and that he be dismissed from all further liability or responsibility as such administration."

References

• Census records

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