Family:Whitney, James Porter (1838-a1880)

James Porter⁹ Whitney (Peter Isaac⁸, Zerah⁷, James⁶, Samuel⁵, Samuel⁴, Nathaniel³, John², John¹), son of Peter Isaac⁸ and Betsey (Porter) Whitney, was born 12 Jan 1838, Clarence, NY.

He married, 9 Oct 1862, Wayland, MI, Anna Grumman, daughter of Samuel and Pauline (Button) Grumman, of Hopkins, MI. She was born 16 Jun 1842, Solon, OH.

He resided Sand Lake, MI.

Phoenix says the following:

"James Porter Whitney, b. at Clarence, N. Y., 12 Jan. 1838; a sawyer; married at Wayland, Mich., 9 Oct. 1862, by Rev. James Selkrig, an Episcopal missionary to the Indians, to Anna Grumman, dau. of Samuel and Pauline (Button) Grumman, of Hopkins, Mich. She was born at Solon, Ohio, 16 June 1842. They were living at Sand Lake, Mich., in 1875. "

Children of James Porter⁹ and Anna (Grumman) Whitney:

i.	Effie May10 Whitney, b. 3 Nov 1864, Wayland, MI.
ii.	Henry Clare Whitney, b. 12 Jan 1868, Wayland, MI.

Census

• 1870, Wayland, Allegan Co., MI:

134 135 Whitney, James P. 32 M W Farmer $1300 $700 N. York Male citizen over 21 -----, Anna 27 F W Keeps House Ohio -----, Effie 6 F W Mich. -----, Clara 2 F W "

• 1880, Sand Lake, Kent Co., MI:

James P. WHITNEY 42 Self M M W YORK STATE Laborer YORK STATE YORK STATE Annie WHITNEY 38 Wife F M W OH Keeping House NY NY Effie May WHITNEY 16 Dau F S W MI At School YORK STATE OH Clarince WHITNEY 12 Son M S W MI At School NY OH

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. 615.

• Stephen Whitney Phoenix, The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its affiliations; being an attempt to trace the descendants, as well in the female as the male lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878; to which is prefixed some account of the Whitneys of England. (New York : Priv. Print. [Bradford Press] 1878), pp. 1554-1555; and p. 2246.

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