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James Foster8 Whitney (James Foster7, Lemuel6, Joseph5, Timothy4, John3, John2, John1), born Charleston, Illinois, 4 Sep 1843; married at Mattoon, Illinois, 20 Nov 1865, Alice Hamblen; born 14 Jun 1846.
James F. Whitney, born near Charleston, Illinois, 4 Sep 1843; lived with his parents in Coles and Edgar Counties, Illinois, until spring 1851, when his grandfather, Lemuel Whitney, took him to Pendleton County, Ky,; lived near Foster, Kentucky, until April, 1861, when he went to live near Mattoon, Illinois, to his step-father, Rufus Pierce; stayed with his step-father (Rufus Pierce was born near Milton, Massachusetts), until 31 Jul 1861 when he enlisted as a private in Company D, 41st Regt. Illinois. Vol. Infantry; was shot in right temple at Fort Donelson, Tennessee, 15 Feb 1862; taken home by his step-father; stayed until March 25, 1862, when he rejoined his regiment at Shiloh, Tennessee. At the battle of Shiloh, or Pittsburg Landing, he was shot through right thigh and through left leg, about four inches below knee, and a flesh wound, calf of right leg; lay in hospital at Savannah, Tennessee, until May, when he was taken to hospital at Quincy, Illinois; left hospital on furlough some time last of May, and stayed with his step-father until Sept., 1862, when he rejoined his regiment at Bolivar, Tennessee, was discharged from the army on the 10th day of Nov., 1862, by reason of said wounds disabling him from service; stayed with the army as clerk in sutler store, in 62d and 54th Illinois. Regiments until Oct., 1865. Married Alice Hamblen, of Mattoon, Illinois, 20 Nov 1865; farmed his step-father's farm (Mr. Pierce died April, 1864), until Jan., 1870; went to Texas, and tried to raise cotton until January, 1874; returned to Charleston; staved in Charleston until 29 Mar 1874; started west; landed in Larned, Kansas, 3 Apr 1874; took a homestead twelve miles north of Larned; elected register of deeds of Pawnee County, Kansas, Nov., 1875; served one term; went back to farm Jan., 1878; in Nov., 1879, was elected county clerk, which position he has held to date, having been nominated at the Republican conventions, and elected for the eighth term in Nov., 1893; resided Mattoon, Illinois; Larned, Kansas.
Children of James Foster8 Whitney:
i. Walter H.9 Whitney, born 26 Aug 1866; resided unm. at Alva, Olk. ii. Ruby Whitney, born 1 Aug 1868; married 7 Oct 1893, Claude Rinker; resided Nevada, Missouri. He was born in 1862, s. p. iii. James R. Whitney, born 10 Apr 1871; resided L. iv. Mary P. Whitney, born Aug. 16. 1873. v. Jerry T. Whitney, born 23 Aug 1875. vi. Bessie Whitney, b, 24 Mar 1879; died 23 Mar 1880. vii. Alberta Whitney, born 23 Apr 1884. viii. George Gould Whitney, born 26 Dec 1889.
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), p. 435.
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