Family:Whitney, George Henry (1830-b1900)

George Henry⁷ Whitney (David Morse⁶, George⁵, Jason⁴, Mark³, Benjamin², John¹), son of David Morse⁶ and Mary Ann (Gilmore) Whitney, was born 17 Sep 1830, Natick, MA,^[1] and died after 1880, probably after 1895, and before 1900.

He married, 14 Sept 1853, Bedford, MI, Mary Jane Hubbard. She was born 21 Oct 1835.

He was a locomotive engineer; resided 3326 Market St., Denver, CO.

Children of George Henry⁷ and Mary Jane (Hubbard) Whitney:

i.	Harlan Herbert8 Whitney, b. 26 Sep 1854, MI; d. 12 Aug 1945, Los Angeles, CA; m. ca. 1879, Minnie J. -----; resided Denver, CO.
ii.	Hattie Whitney, b. 20 Aug 1856, MI; m. 18 May 1875, Adams Co., IL, Frederick S. Barde; resided Marengo, KS.
iii.	David H. Whitney, b. 14 Dec 1858, IN; m. ----- Dereamer; resided Marengo, KS.
iv.	Edward H. Whitney, b. 27 Feb 1861, MI; d. after 1910, then unmarried.

Census

• 1860, Fort Wayne, Allen Co., IN:

1191 1191 Geo. H. Whitney 29 M - R.R. Engineer $150 Mass. Mary J. Whitney 24 F - Michigan Harlan H. do 5 M - do Attended school Hattie do 4 F - do Attended school David do 2 M - Indiana

• 1870, Liberty, Marion Co., MO:

622 652 Whitney, George H. 40 M W Engineer Massachusetts Male citizen over 21 -----, Jennie 25 F W Keeping house Michigan -----, Herbert 15 M W Works on R.R. " -----, Hattie 13 F W At home " Attended school -----, David 11 M W Indiana Illiterate -----, Edward 8 M W Michigan Illiterate Stewart, Martin P. 36 M W Laborer on R.R. Ireland Parents foreign born Cook, Henry H. 34 M W Ireland Parents foreign born White, John 27 M W Ireland Parents foreign born Adams, Charles 25 M W Ireland Parents foreign born O'niel, Cornelius 32 M W Ireland Parents foreign born Roach, Patrick 28 M W Missouri Parents foreign born

• 1880, Wamego, Pottawatomie Co., KS:

George H. WHITNEY 49 Self M M W MA Engineer MA MA Mary J. WHITNEY 43 Wife F M W MI Keeping House CT NY Edward H. WHITNEY 19 Son M S W MI Laborer MA MI

• 1880, Fort Wayne, Allen Co., IN:

George H. ANDREWS 52 Self M M W NH Rr Engineer NH NH Charlot ANDREWS 43 Wife F M W MA Keeps House MA MA Cora ANDREWS 25 Dau F S W MA At Home NH MA David WHITNEY 22 Oth M S W IN Fireman Rr MA MI Agness B. MALEY 22 Oth M S W ENG Machinest ENG ENG

• 1880, Harlan/Herbert not found.
• 1900, Marion, Jasper Co., MO: Widow Mary J. Whitney, 64, b. Dec 1835, MI, mother, and Ed H. Whitney, 40, b. Jan 1860, MI, brother, living in family of daughter Hattie Barde. She is said to have had only 1 child, 1 living, but this must be wrong.
• 1910, Webb Ward 2, Jasper Co., MO: Widow Mary Jane Whitney, 75, mother-in-law, living in family of daughter Hattie Barde. She had had 4 children, 4 living.
• 1910, Meadow Lake, Nevada Co., CA: Edward Whitney, 50, b. MI, single, laborer in box factory.

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), pp. 424-425.

1.^  "George Henry [Whitney], s. of David M. and Mary Ann, [born] Sept. 17, 1830," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Natick, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1910).

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