Family:Whitney, Eleazer (1845-1902)

Eleazer⁸ Whitney (Jotham⁷, Eleazer⁶, Nathan⁵, Thomas⁴, Eleazar³, Thomas², John¹), son of Jotham⁷ and Angeline (Jones) Whitney, was born 13 Feb 1845, Buckland, MA,^[1] or 7 Feb 1846, Charlemont, MA,^[2] and died 1902, Charlemont, MA.^[3]

He married 3 Dec 1875, Sarah Seabury Stetson,^[4] daughter of Robert and Sarah Emeline (Barber) Stetson. She was born 4 Oct 1849,^[5] Heath, MA, and died 3 Feb 1897.

Children of Eleazer⁸ and Sarah Seabury (Stetson) Whitney, possibly incomplete:

i.	Roy A.9 Whitney, b. Aug 1884, MA; m.(1) Wilda M. Brooks; m.(2) Bertha R. (Braley) Danforth

Census

• 1880, Charlemont, Franklin Co., MA:

111 134 Whitney, Eleazer W M 35 mar Farmer Massachusetts Mass. Mass. -------, Sarah 2 F 31 Wife mar Keeping house Massachusetts Mass. Mass.

• 1900, Heath, Franklin Co., MA:

58 60 Whitney, Eleazer Head W M Feb 1850 50 wid Massachusetts Vermont Massachusetts Farmer Owns mortgaged farm Roy A. Son W M Aug 1884 15 sgl Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts Farm Laborer

References

1.^  "Eleazer [Whitney], s. Jotham, farmer, and Angeline, [born] Feb. 13, 1845," according to Vital Records of Buckland, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1934).

2.^  "Eleazer [Whitney], [born] Feb. 7, 1846, Gravestone Record, East Charlemont Cemetery," according to Vital Records of Charlemont, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1917)

3.^  L.D.S. International Genealogical Index.

4.^  L.D.S. International Genealogical Index.

5.^  "Sarah J. Stetson [---], w. Eleazer, Oct. 4, 1849, Gravestone Record, East Charlemont Cemetery," according to Charlemont Vital Records

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