Family:Whitney, Clinton Ohio (1850-1933)

Clinton Ohio⁹ Whitney (Ohio⁸, Ohio⁷, Silas⁶, Samuel⁵, William⁴, Nathaniel³, John², John¹), son of Ohio⁸ and Mary R. (Brooks) Whitney, was born 8 Aug 1850, Ashburnham, MA,^[1] and died 1933, MA, aged 83 years. He was buried in New Cemetery, Ashburnham, MA.^[2]

He married firstly, 5 Sep 1873, Enfield, NH (also recorded Boston, MA), Lillian M. Conant,^[3] daughter of Alpheus and Mary Ann (Currier) Conant. She was born about 1855, Enfield, NH. Apparently they were divorced, and she married secondly, 3 Nov 1888, Boston, MA, James F. McDowell.

He married secondly, 28 Sep 1888, Lincoln, RI, Emma Marion Gibson. She was born about 4 Jan 1860, VT, and died 1 Sep 1915, Bellingham, MA, aged 55 years 7 months 27 days, of cerebral hemorrhage, daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Stephens) Gibson. She was buried in New Cemetery, Ashburnham, MA.^[4]

He resided Boston, Fitchburg, and Bellingham, MA.

Clinton Ohio⁹ and Lillian M. (Conant) Whitney had no known children.

Children of Clinton Ohio⁹ and Emma Marion (Gibson) Whitney:

i.	Grace P.10 Whitney, b. ca. 1887, St. Albans, VT; m. 7 Oct 1896, Bellingham, MA, Willie S. Cook, b. ca. 1879, Bellingham, MA, son of Hiram A. and Abbie A. (Sherman) Cook.[5]

Whitney, Grace P., marriage, 1896, vol. 461, p. 441:

[number] 6; [marriage date and place] October 7, Bellingham; [date of record] Oct. 10; [groom] Willie S. Cook; [residence] Bellingham; [age] 27; [occupation] Fish Maler; [birthplace] Bellingham; [parents] Hiram A. & Abbie A. (Sherman); [number of marriage] Second; [bride] Grace P. Whitney; [residence] Bellingham; [age] 19; [occupation] At home; [birthplace] St. Albans, Vt.; [parents] Clinton O. & Emma (Gibson); [number of marriage] First; [officiant] Lucian Drury, Minister, Bellingham.

Census

• 1880, Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA:

Clinton WHITNEY 30 Self M M W MA Drummer MA NY Lillian WHITNEY 27 Wife F M W NH NH NH George BENCHLEY 36 Oth M S W MA Ticket Agent MA MA

• 1900, Bellingham, Norfolk Co., MA: Clinton O. Whitney, b. Aug 1849; wife Emma Whitney, b. Jan 1861, VT; stepson Carl Whitney, b. Oct 1879, VT.
• 1910, Bellingham, Norfolk Co., MA: Clinton O. Whitney, 59; wife Emma M. Whitney, 51.
• 1920, Bellingham, Norfolk Co., MA: Clinton O. Whitney, 69.
• 1930, Milford, Worcester Co., MA: Clinton O. Whitney, 88.

References

• Census records.

1.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 44, page 126.

2.^  Find A Grave memorial #47431105, Clinton Ohio Whitney.

3.^  "Clinton O. Whitney (b. 1850, Ashburnham, MA, s. of Ohio Whitney & Mary R. Brook) & Lillian M. Conant, m. 4 Sep 1873, Enfield, Grafton Co., NH," according to New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index.

4.^  Find A Grave memorial #47431120, Emma Whitney.

5.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 461, page 441.

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