Family:Whitney, Alfred Rutgers (1835-a1892)

Alfred Rutgers⁹ Whitney (James H.⁸, John⁷, John⁶, James⁵, James⁴, John³, Jonathan², John¹), son of James H.⁸ and Mary R. (Rutgers) Whitney, wasborn 26 Feb 1835, New York, NY, and died after 1892.

He married firstly, 5 Dec 1861, New York, NY, Adaline P. Nesbitt. She was born about 1839, NY, and died Aug 1878.

He married secondly, 1 Nov 1879, Mary L. Freeman. She was born about 1856, NJ, and died after 1892.

He was born in New York City, and started in the grocery business in 1853, but was not successful, as the war broke out and he lost heavily. He was employed by Capt. Ericsson and associates to take charge of all material for the Monitors, and when the war was over he began buying all the iron left over and selling it, and from this became an iron merchant and then built a rolling mill and wire nail factory. He has never held office, but has always been a Republican and took a deep interest in politics, and was a delegate from New York that nominated Harrison, but was for Depew; resided Morristown, NJ.

Children of Alfred Rutgers⁹ and Adaline P. (Nesbitt) Whitney:

i.	Alfred R.10 Whitney, b. 16 Jun 1868; resided Everett, WA.
ii.	Sallie Nesbitt Whitney, b. 10 Apr 1871.
iii.	Elsie Montgomery Whitney, b. 23 Oct 1876.

Children of Alfred Rutgers⁹ and Mary L. (Freeman) Whitney:

iv.	Lelia Whitney, b. 23 Aug 1882.
v.	H. LE Roy Whitney, b. 4 Feb 1884.
vi.	Frank Whitney, b. 20 Dec 1885.
vii.	Eleanor N. Whitney, b. 12 Sep 1887.
viii.	Roger Van Rensselaer Whitney, b. 24 May 1889; d. 24 Jan 1895.
ix.	Livingston Whitney, b. 12 Nov 1890.
x.	Maurice Whitney, b. 28 Aug 1892.

Census

• 1870, 139 26th Street, New York Ward 21 District 13 (2nd Enum), New York Co., NY, p. 12:

139 -- Whitney, Alfred R. 35 M - Iron Merchant N.Y. " Adeline 31 F - " " Alfred R. 2 M - " Ruddow, Annie 25 F - Domestic Ireland Darling, Ellen 18 F - " "

• 1880, Plainfield, Union Co., NJ:

Alfred R WHITNEY 45 Self M M W NY Iron Merchant MA NY Mary L WHITNEY 24 Wife F M W NY Keeping House NJ NY Alfred R WHITNEY 11 Son M S W NY At School NY NY Sarah N WHITNEY 9 Dau F S W NY At School NY NY Elsie M WHITNEY 3 Dau F S W NY NY NY

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. 651.

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