Family:Whitney, Elkanah (1832-a1884)

Elkanah⁸ Whitney (William Markham⁷, Joshua⁶, Joshua⁵, Matthias⁴, Cornelius³, Joshua², John¹), son of William Markham⁷ and Rosina (Craw) Whitney, was born 24 Dec 1832, Rush, NY.

He married, 8 Jan 1861, Cottage Grove, OR, Mary Ann White. She was born Oct 1839.

He is a farmer and stockraiser; resided Lane (probably Lane County) and Gale (location unidentified), OR.

Children of Elkanah⁸ and Mary Ann (White) Whitney:

i.	Albert Vine9 Whitney, b. 7 Oct 1861. He is engaged in stockraising, is unmarried; resided Cottage Grove, OR.
ii.	Phebe Jane Whitney, b. 20 Jun 1863; d. 20 Sep 1867.
iii.	William Perry Whitney, b. 18 Jan 1865.
iv.	Daniel Merion Whitney, b. 10 Jan 1868.
v.	Caroline Whitney, b. 13 Jul 1872.
vi.	Jerome Whitney, b. 25 Oct 1874.
vii.	Johnston Whitney, b. 20 Sep 1877.
viii.	Martha Ann Whitney, b. 20 Dec 1880.
ix.	Rosina Jane Whitney, b. 10 Jan 1884.

Notes

There was a "Gale Post Office", now "Merrill Post Office", in Klamath County, OR. Also "Lane" was a railroad stop name for what is now "Siltcoos", Lane County, OR.

Census

• 1860 U.S. Census, Coast Fork, Lane, OR:

307 307 E Whitney 26 M Lumberman 300 500 NY

• 1870, Jackson County, Oregon
• 1880, Lost River Precinct, Lake County, Oregon
• 1900, Tule Lake, Klamath County, Oregon

Note that Tule Lake was a part of Jackson Co. in 1870, Lake Co. in 1880, and Klamath Co. in 1900.

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. 574.

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