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| − | '''Melvin Stow<sup> | + | '''Melvin Stow<sup>7</sup> Whitney''' ([[Family:Whitney, Benjamin (1776-1853)|Benjamin<sup>6</sup>]], [[Family:Whitney, Abraham (1753-1831)|Abraham<sup>5</sup>]], [[Family:Whitney, Benjamin (1725-1797)|Benjamin<sup>4</sup>]], [[Family:Whitney, John (c1678-a1739)|John<sup>3</sup>]], [[Family:Whitney, Benjamin (1643-1723)|Benjamin<sup>2</sup>]], [[Family:Whitney, John (1592-1673)|John<sup>1</sup>]]), born 9 Oct 1812; married at Bangor, Maine, pub. 30 Sep 1834, Sarah Langley. She resided In Worcester, Massachusetts, at the Wellington. He died 19 Jan 1865; resided New York, New York. |
| − | Children of Melvin Stow<sup> | + | Children of Melvin Stow<sup>7</sup> Whitney: |
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| − | | '''Elizabeth<sup> | + | | '''Elizabeth<sup>8</sup> Whitney''', born 22 Nov 1857 (adopted); married 17 Apr 1879, Wm. S. Forrest. She died 1895. Wm. S. Forrest was born at Baltimore, Maryland, on 9 Jul 1852, 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, born 3 Feb 1880; died 3 Apr 1883; Elizabeth, born 22 Mar 1882; Marshall, born 21 Jun 1886; infant, born Oct.21, 1893; resided 3264 Groveland Ave., Chicago, Illinois. | :Ch.: Marjorie, born 3 Feb 1880; died 3 Apr 1883; Elizabeth, born 22 Mar 1882; Marshall, born 21 Jun 1886; infant, born Oct.21, 1893; resided 3264 Groveland Ave., Chicago, Illinois. | ||
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Revision as of 17:28, 5 July 2006
Melvin Stow7 Whitney (Benjamin6, Abraham5, Benjamin4, John3, Benjamin2, John1), born 9 Oct 1812; married at Bangor, Maine, pub. 30 Sep 1834, Sarah Langley. She resided In Worcester, Massachusetts, at the Wellington. He died 19 Jan 1865; resided New York, New York.
Children of Melvin Stow7 Whitney:
i. Elizabeth8 Whitney, born 22 Nov 1857 (adopted); married 17 Apr 1879, Wm. S. Forrest. She died 1895. Wm. S. Forrest was born at Baltimore, Maryland, on 9 Jul 1852, 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, born 3 Feb 1880; died 3 Apr 1883; Elizabeth, born 22 Mar 1882; Marshall, born 21 Jun 1886; infant, born Oct.21, 1893; resided 3264 Groveland Ave., Chicago, Illinois.
References
1. 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.
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