Family:Whitney, Sylvester (c1846-a1891)

Sylvester Whitney (John Franklin, James), was born about 1846, Illinois.

He married Mary J Walker.

Sylvester is listed with his parents in both 1850 Brown County, Illinois and 1860 Menard County, Illinois Censuses.

Illinois Marriages Index 1851-1900 has Sylvester Whitney marrying Mary J Walker Sep 17, 1863 in Sangamon County, Illinois.

1870 Cotton Hill, Sangamon, Illinois Sylvester Whitney, 25, male, white, Farm Laborer, born Ohio Mary J, 25, female, white, born Ohio Leander, 6, male, white, born Ohio Laura, 4, female, white, born Ohio Charlotte, 2, female, white, born Ohio There is one other person in the household on this page. I can't make out the last name, but the first name is Sarah, 21, female, white, domestic On the following page the last name looks like Olive Lanham (?), 1, female, white, born Illinois

The Homestead Land record that his brother Jacob N Whitney filed under the Heirs of John F Whitney has him listed as still being alive and being 45 years old on June 19, 1891

Children of Sylvester and Mary J (Walker) Whitney:

i.	Leander Whitney, b. abt. 1864, Illinois.
ii.	Laura Whitney, b. abt. 1866, Illinois.
iii.	Charlotte Whitney, b. abt. 1868, Illinois.

References

Census and Land record

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