Family:Whitney, Melvin Stow (1812-1865)

Melvin Stow⁷ Whitney (Benjamin⁶, Abraham⁵, Benjamin⁴, John³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Benjamin⁶ and Bethiah (Woodward) Whitney, was born 9 Oct 1812, Lisbon, ME,^[1] and died 19 Jan 1865, Staten Island, New York, NY, aged 52 years.^[2] He was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY.^[3]

Marriage intentions were published 30 Sep 1834, Bangor, ME, for him and Sarah Langley, both of Bangor.^[4] She was born abt. 1814 in Brookfield, ME and died 14 Feb 1878 in Bangor, ME. She is buried at the Mount Hope Cemetery in Bangor, ME.

It is probable that they were divorced, since they were living apart, he in New York, NY, and she first in Leeds, ME, and then Worcester, MA.

He married secondly, before 1863, Betsey Lamont Mitchell, daughter of William and Abigail (Morse) Mitchell. She was born 12 Nov 1827, Leeds, ME, and "Elizabeth L. Mitchell" died 5 Feb 1903, Worcester, MA, aged 75 years 2 months 4 days, of senile decay and heart failure.

She resided in Worcester, MA, at the Wellington.

He resided New York, NY.

Children of Melvin Stow⁷ and Sarah (Langley) Whitney:

i.

Elizabeth8 Whitney, b. 22 Nov 1857 (adopted); d. 1895; m. 17 Apr 1879, William S. Forrest. William S. Forrest was b. 9 Jul 1852, Baltimore, MD, and received an excellent preparatory education; he entered Dartmouth college, was honored with an election to the Psi Upsilon fraternity, and graduated in the class of 1875. Soon afterwards he began reading law in Boston with Gaston, Field & Jewett and remained with that firm till he went to Chicago in 1878, and was admitted to the various bars in October of that year. Since becoming a resident of that city he has been engaged in several noted criminal cases, but, although powerful in that line he is a general practitioner in his profession. In politics he is a Democrat and many of his addresses have attracted considerable attention. Probably he is the most prominent criminal lawyer in the city of Chicago, and was the leading attorney in the celebrated Cronin case. Ch.: Marjorie, b. 3 Feb 1880; d. 3 Apr 1883; Elizabeth, b. 22 Mar 1882; Marshall, b. 21 Jun 1886; infant, b. 21 Oct 1893; resided 3264 Groveland Ave., Chicago, IL.

Children of Melvin Stow⁷ and Betsey Lamont (Mitchell) Whitney:

ii.	Ozayier8 Whitney, b. ca. 1863, ME or NY; d. 22 Jun 1939, Worcester, MA; m. 7 Dec 1882, Lowell, MA, William E. Turple.[5] They res. Worcester, MA.

Census

• 1850, New York Ward 1, New York Co., NY:

Hotel 1 1 John M. Flint 49 M - Inn Keeper New York ... Miles S. Whitney 37 M - Merchant Maine Abner G. Wheeler 28 M - Clerk Ohio Eliza Whitney 30 F - Maine ...

"Miles" is an error for "Melvin".

• 1855 State, Brooklyn Ward 13, Kings Co., NY:

375 Frame $1000 573 Andrew W. Day 38 M - - N.Y. City 1 - 8m Mason 1 - - - - 1 - Angeline Day 26 F - Wife " " 1 - 8m - - - - - - - - Ann M. Day 9 F - Chld " " - - 8m - - - - - - - - Melvin Day 6 M - " " " - - 8m - - - - - - - - Sm. H. E. Day 2 M - " N.J. - - 8m - - - - - - - - Melvin Whitney 40 M - Brdr Maine 1 - 8m Agent 1 - - - - - - Ellen M. Whitney 38 F - " Suffolk 1 - 8m - - - - - - - -

Either Ellen is an error for Elizabeth, or else this was an otherwise unknown second wife.

• 1860, New York Ward 15, New York Co., NY:

204 249 John S. Tucker 45 M - Hotel Keeper Massachusetts ... M. S. Whiteney 45 M - Merchant Maryland Lizzie " 40 F - do Elizabeth " 4 F - New York ...

"Maryland" is an error for "Maine".

• 1870, daughter Elizabeth not found, second wife Betsey and daughter Ozayier not found.
• 1880, Leeds, Androscoggin Co., ME:

Catherine KEITH 55 Self F M W ME Keeping House ME ME Lillian KEITH 18 Dau F S W ME ME ME Elizabeth WHITNEY 52 Oth F W W ME ME ME Ozayier WHITNEY 17 Oth F S W ME ME ME Joseph K BLANCHARD 59 Fath M M W ME Grocer ME ME Elizabeth T. BLANCHARD 55 Wife F M W ME Keeping House ME ME Frank L. BLANCHARD 21 Son M S W ME Student ME ME Minnie BLANCHARD 19 Dau F S W ME At Home ME ME Ida A. BLANCHARD 11 Dau F S W ME At School ME ME B. Galen EATON 22 Oth M S W ME Student ME ME William F. COWELL 18 Oth M S W ME Student ISLE OF MAN ME Fred F. BEAN 19 Oth M W ME Clerk In Store ME ME Lester LANE 25 Oth M W ME Clerk In Store ME ME

Elizabeth is living with her sister Catherine (Mitchell) Keith.

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), pp. 405-406.

• Census records.

1.^  "Melvin Stow [Whitney] s. Benjamin and Bethiah, b. Oct. 9, 1812," according to Marlene Alma Hinkley Groves, ed., Vital Records of Lisbon, Maine Prior to 1892, Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 19 (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1995).

2.^  New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, at FamilySearch.org.

3.^  FindAGrave Memorial #57230796, Melvin Whitney.

4.^  "Alvin S. Whitney and Sarah Langley, both of Bangor, 30 September 1834," according to Ruth Gray, ed., Penobscot County, Maine Marriage Records prior to 1892 (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1994). "Alvin" is an apparent error for "Melvin".

5.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 335, page 130.

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