Family:Whitney, George Washington (1828-a1880)

George Washington⁷ Whitney (Richard⁶, Richard⁵, Richard⁴, Henry³, John², Henry¹), son of Richard⁶ and Adeline (Jones) Whitney, was born 27 Jan 1828, Magnolia, NY, and died after Apr 1874.

He married, 5 May 1867, Sherman, NY, Hannah Dutton, daughter of Oliver and Julia (Thorp) Dutton. She was born 16 Jul 1840, Sherman, NY, and died after Apr 1874.

Phoenix says the following:

". . . a physician; graduated at Buffalo Medical College in the Spring of 1852; went to California in the succeeding Autumn, and for eight years experienced all the vicissitudes of the early Californian life; was a member of the Legislature of California in 1859 and 1860 . . . . They settled in Jamestown, N.Y., and were living there in Ap. 1874."

Children of George Washington⁷ and Hannah (Dutton) Whitney, all born Jamestown, NY:

i.	John L.8 Whitney, b. 11 Jul 1870; d. 20 Aug 1872, Jamestown, NY, where he was buried.
ii.	Samuel Whitney, b. 8 Jan 1872.
iii.	Richard Whitney, b. 19 Mar 1874; not in family in 1880
iv.	Mary Whitney, b. ca. 1879, NY.

Census

• 1850, Harmony, Chautauqua Co., NY:

431 442 Samuel Brown 42 M - Hotel Keeper $13300 N.Y. ... George W. Whitney 21 M - Student "

• 1860, Harmony, Chautauqua Co., NY:

522 513 Alonzo J. Whitney 45 M - Farmer New York Temperance 69 F - Housekeeper Mass. 523 514 Norman K. Whitney 41 M - Farmer $5520 $1600 New York Anna C. " 34 F - Housekeeper " Mary A. " 12 F - " Attended school Jerome Breck 38 M - Shoemaker $100 " 524 515 Richard Whitney 62 M - Farmer $7120 $11000 " Adaline J. " 60 F - Housekeeper " George W. " 32 M - Physician " Elizabeth A. " 25 F - Housework " William H. " 21 M - Farm Work " Thomas J. " 17 M - " " Attended school

• 1870, Harmony, Chautauqua Co., NY:

409 426 Whitney, Geo. W. 42 M W Physician $5000 $3000 N.Y. Male citizen over 21 Hannah 30 F W Keeps House " John L. 9/12 M W " Born Aug Flanders, Allen 13 M W At School Pa. Anna 17 F W Domes. Ser. Sweden Parents foreign born

• 1880, Ellicott, Chautauqua Co., NY:

G. W. WHITNEY 54 Self M M W NY Physician NY NY H. E. WHITNEY 40 Wife F M W NY Keeping House CT CT Samuel WHITNEY 8 Son M S W NY At School NY NY Mary E. WHITNEY 1 Dau F S W NY NY NY A. F. FLANDERS 23 Son M S W NY Clerk In Store NY NY Lotta JOHNSON 20 Othe F S W SWEDEN Servant SWEDEN SWEDEN

• 1900, 339 East 3rd, Jamestown Ward 1, Chautauqua Co., NY:

140 158 Whitney, Hannah Head W F Jul 1840 59 wid 3ch 2lv New York Connecticut Connecticut Owns mortgaged house Price, Albert H. Brdr W M Dec 1878 21 sgl England England England At school; immigrated 1893, alien McCormick, James E. Ldgr W M Aug 1867 32 sgl Pennsylvania Ireland Ireland Conductor (St.R.R.)

References

• All data imported from 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), p. 532 and p. 1232.

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