Family:Whitney, Merrick T. (1818-1887)

Merrick T.⁹ Whitney (Torrey⁸, Moses⁷, Samuel⁶, Samuel⁵, Nathaniel⁴, Nathaniel³, John², John¹), born 20 Nov 1818; married 26 Nov 1842, Fostina L., Wheaton; born Aug. 25, 1818.

Merrick T. Whitney was born in Jackson, Pennsylvania, and settled on the farm in 1842 where he ever after lived in Thompson. In 1862 he enlisted forty-six of his neighbors and friends and with them entered County. B, 17th Regt. Pennsylvania. Calvary; at its organization he was chosen first lieut., but failing health compelled him to resign his commission in Jan. 1863. That he was held in high regard by his townsmen is shown by his holding all but one of the offices in Thompson. In 1878 he was elected county commissioner on the Republican ticket and re-elected in 1881. He died 24 Mar 1887; resided Thompson, Pennsylvania.

Children of Merrick T.⁹ Whitney:

i.	Lovell M.10 Whitney, born 31 Mar 1844; died 20 Oct 1846
ii.	Newell DE Lancy Whitney, born 16 Jan 1847; enlisted in the war at 17 and served till 25 Jul 1865, when he was honorably discharged. studied law with Judge Griswold of Binghamton, New York, and was admitted to the bar in 1870; was lieut. Of Battery A, 6th Div. N. G. S. New York, and lieut.-col. On Gov. Hoffman's staff; died at Thompson, 25 Mar 1874.
iii.	Orville C. Whitney, born 13 Oct 1849; married Mary S. Severy.
iv.	Ann M. Whitney, born 3 Oct 1851; married 26 Nov 1870, Edwin A. French; born 1836. She died 1 Nov 1875.
v.	Charles F. Whitney, born 13 Jan 1858; married Rena A. Fletcher.

References

1. 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. 599.

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