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,^[1] and died 6 May 1908, Newport, NH.

He married firstly, 25 Apr 1854, Newport, NH, Anna E. Durgan.^[2] She was born Sep 1828, and died 22 Dec 1874.

He married secondly, 7 Oct 1875, Newport, NH, Mary Jane (Sargent) Comstock,^[3] daughter of Pierce and Hannah (Kimball) Sargent. She was born about 1833, and died before 1880. She had married firstly, 26 Mar 1854, Bradford, NH, George Comstock, of Newport, NH, who died 1 Feb 1871, Newport, NH.

He married thirdly, 20 Oct 1880, Harvard, MA, Eva H. Burt, daughter of George E. and Harriett S. (Hildreth) Burt. She was born Sep 1843, or Jul 1842,^[4] Concord, MA, and died 4 Oct 1900, Newport, NH.^[5]

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:

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. 485 Kempton, Silas 67 M W Boot & Shoe Merchant $3000 N.H. Male citizen over 21 -----, Nancy 60 F W Keeping house N.H. 486 Tenney, Arthur D. 24 M W Carpenter $500 N.H. Male citizen over 21 -----, Hattie E. 25 F W Keeping house 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

• 1900, Newport, Sullivan Co., 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.^  New Hampshire, Vital Records, Birth Index.

2.^  "George F. Whitney (b. Claremont, NH) & Ann E. Durgin, m. 25 Apr 1854, [Newport,] NH," according to New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index.

3.^  "George F. Whitney (b. 1832, Claremont, NH, s. of Stephen Whitney & Sarah Whitney) & Mary Jane Comstock, m. 7 Oct 1875, Newport, Sullivan Co., NH," according to New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index.

4.^  "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).

5.^  New Hampshire, Vital Records, Death Index.

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