Family:Whitney, Henry Mason (1806-1878)

Henry Mason⁸ Whitney (David⁷, Silas⁶, David⁵, Benjamin⁴, Thomas³, Thomas², John¹), son of David⁷ and Sarah (Wilson) Whitney; born Clarendon, Vermont, 19 Jan 1807; married 4 Jul 1837, Maria A. Wood, born Dec. 31,1812. He was born at Clarendon, Rutland County, Vermont. In his early life he learned the shoemaker's trade, which he followed for about thirty years, when he took up farming and left his trade, it being too confining; moved to Schroon, Essex County, New York, where he lived a number of years; thence, he came to Rochester, New York, where he married, and for a time lived at Erie, Pennsylvania, also Painesville, Ohio, and Chardon, Ohio, and finally purchased a farm in Hampden, Geauga County, Ohio, Where he lived for many years and died at the age of 71 years, 12 Nov 1878. He was a man of marked integrity, temperate and modest in his habits, and liberal to a fault in the alleviation of the sufferings of mankind. He owned his own home at his death and left surviving a widow and five children. He died 12 Nov 1878; resided Hampden, Ohio.

Children of Henry Mason⁸ and Maria A. (Wood) Whitney:

i.	Sarah M.9 Whitney, born 1 Apr 1836; married 11 Oct 1860, Z. C. Sisson, born 15 May 1822; resided Blue Earth City, Minnesota. Ch.; Ida, born Oct.4, 1861; married 21 Jan 1885, William T. Ackerman, who died Mar.,1888.
ii.	Orin H. Whitney, b.-----; died unmarried in the Civil war.
iii.	Emma L. Whitney, born 19 May 1851; married 3 Dec 1872, Richard G. Welford; resided Jefferson, Iowa. He was born 15 Dec 1850. Ch.; F. Hollis, born 27 Apr 1876; died 6 Nov 1887; Claude E., born 12 Dec 1882; died 27 Aug 1890; Ray G., born 25 Jan 1887; died 16 Aug 1887; Roy G., born 25 Jan 1887; died 22 Aug 1887; Nellie E., born 15 Sep 1878.
iv.	Albert E. Whitney, born 19 Jul 1853; married Mary C. Cochran.
v.	Riley Whitney, born -----; resided Marshaltown, Iowa.
vi.	Abby A. Whitney, born -----.

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. 530.

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