Family:Whitney, Samuel Curtis (1822-1906)

Samuel Curtis⁸ Whitney (David⁷, Elijah⁶, Thomas⁵, Thomas⁴, Eleazer³, Thomas², John¹), son of David⁷ and Samaria (Wheeler) Whitney, was born 10 Feb 1822, Westborough, MA,^[1] and died 23 Mar 1906, Upton, MA, aged 84 years 1 month 13 days, of cerebral apoplexy.^{(death), page 228} He was buried at Central Cemetery, Orange, MA.^[2]

He married, 25 or 28 Nov 1847, Grafton, MA, Harriet Sophia Prentice, daughter of Rufus and Mary (-----) Prentice.^[3] She was born 13 Oct 1828, Grafton, MA, died 15 Feb 1892, and was buried at Central Cemetery, Orange, MA.^[4]

He resided Athol, MA, P. O. Box 520.

Children of Samuel Curtis⁸ and Harriet Sophia (Prentice) Whitney:

i.	Samuel Edgar9 Whitney, b. 4 Nov 1848, Grafton, MA;[5] d. 9 Sep 1849, Grafton, MA, aged 10 months 5 days, of disease of the bowels.[6]
ii.	Arthur William Whitney, b. 4 Sep 1850, Grafton, MA;[7] m. 16 Feb 1875, Brattleboro, VT, Ellen Clara Crowley, dau. of Thomas and Catharine (O'Brien) Crowley,[8] b. Malden, MA. Child: i. Maria Katie10 Whitney, b. 10 Apr 1875, Athol, MA [given name omitted],[9] or Templeton, MA.[10]
iii.	Abbie Sophia Whitney, b. 12 Dec 1856; m. 12 Jan 1875, Winchester, NH, Charles St. Clair.[11]
iv.	Elmer Curtis Whitney, b. 6 Apr 1859; m. Anna E. Delra.
v.	Hattie S. Whitney, b. 1 Apr 1868; m. 25 Mar 1886, Warwick, MA [recorded at Royalston, MA], William L. Hayden, b. 30 May 1861, Fitzwilliam, NH, son of Otis and Eunice (Davis) Hayden;[12] s. p.; resided Orange, MA.
vi.	Frank Melvin/Melvern Whitney, b. 2 Jul 1871, Royalston, MA.[13]

Census

• 1850, Grafton, Worcester Co., MA:

412 492 Abram Hastings 30 M - Shoemaker $1500 Mass. Elisa J. " 25 F - do 493 Samuel C. Whitney 28 M - Bootmaker do Harriot S. " 23 F - do Harriot Dinsmore 9 F - do Attended school

• 1855, Westborough, Worcester Co., MA:

8 9 Joseph W. Forbes 44 M - Farmer Massachusetts Lucretia Forbes 43 F - Connecticut Emma J. Forbes 7 F - Massachusetts Juliet Pike 17 F - Do 10 Samuel C. Whitney 37 M - Farmer Do Harriet Whitney 27 F - Do Arther W. Whitney 5 M - Do

• 1860, Grafton, Worcester Co., MA:

1070 1215 Samuel C. Whitney 38 M - Farmer $350 Massachusetts Harriet S. " 31 F - " Arthur " 9 M - " Attended school Abby S. " 3 F - " Elmer C. " 1 M - "

• 1865 State, Royalston, Worcester Co., MA:

69 78 Samuel C. Whitney 37 M - Mass. M Farmer - - 1 1 - Harriet S. Whitney 37 F - " M - - - - - Arthur W. Whitney 14 M - " S - - - - - Abbie S. Whitney 8 F - " - - - - - - Elmer C. Whitney 6 M - " - - - - - -

• 1870, Royalston, Worcester Co., MA:

147 186 Whitney, Samuel C. 47 M W Farmer $200 $1000 Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Harriet S. 35 F W Keeping house " -----, Abbie 12 F W Attending school " Attended school -----, Elmer 12 M W Attending school " Attended school Whitney, Hattie S. 2 F W Mass.

• 1870, Orange, Franklin Co., MA:

54 84 Lamb, William 36 M W Boarding House $800 Mass. Male citizen over 21 ... Whitney, Arthur 19 M W Works in Furniture Shop Mass. ...

• 1880, Royalston, Worcester Co., MA:

Samuel S. WHITNEY 58 Self M M W MASS Farmer MASS MASS Harriet S. WHITNEY 50 Wife F M W MASS Keep House MASS MASS Harriet S. WHITNEY 12 Dau F S W MASS At School MASS MASS Frank M. WHITNEY 8 Son M S W MASS At School MASS MASS

• 1880, son Arthur not found.

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. 538.

1.^  "Samuel Curtis [Whitney], s. David and Semaria, [born] Feb 10, 1822," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Westborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1903).

2.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume XXXXX, page XXXXX.

3.^  "Samuel [Whitney], sp. Harriet Whitney, b. 1822, Central Cem. [died] 1906," according to Central and Jones Cemeteries, Orange, MA.

4.^  "Samuel C. [Whitney] (s. David and Samaria, a. 23) and Harriet S. Prentice, [married] Nov. 25, 1847," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Grafton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Worcester, MA: The Systematic History Fund, 1906). Also, "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 31, page 212.

5.^  "Harriet [Whitney], sp. Samuel Whitney, b. 1828, Central Cem. [died] 1892," according to Central and Jones Cemeteries, Orange, MA.

6.^  "Samuel Edgar [Whitney], s. Samuel C. and Harriet, [born] Nov. 4, 1848," according to Grafton Vital Records. Also, "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 36, page 330.

7.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 44, page 153a.

8.^  "Samuel Edgar [Whitney], s. Samuel C. and Harriet S., [died] Sept. 9, 1849, a. 10m. 5d. Disease of bowels," according to Grafton Vital Records. Also, "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 41, page 275.

9.^  Vermont, Vital Records Index, Marriages.

10.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 270, page 265.

11.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 270, page 376.

12.^  "Abbie S. Whitney (b. 1857, Grafton, MA, d. of Samuel Whitney & Sophia Whitney) & Charles St. Clair, m. 12 Jan 1875, Winchester, Cheshire Co., NH," according to New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index.

13.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 372, page 352.

14.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 234, page 295.

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