Family:Whitney, Azro Burton (1840-1904)

Azro Burton⁸ Whitney (Benjamin⁷, David⁶, Benjamin⁵, Joseph⁴, Joseph³, Jonathan², John¹), son of Benjamin⁷ and Eliza (Hall)(Whitney) Whitney, was born 11 Mar 1840, Tunbridge, VT,^[1] and died 26 Nov 1904, Waterloo, IA.

He married, 1 Nov 1865, Emma Adell Hackett, daughter of Samuel Barnet and Sarah Ann (Williams) Hackett. She was born 4 Aug 1845, Tunbridge, VT, and died 17 Sep 1911, Waterloo, IA.

Whitney, Azro Burton, age 21, cred. to Tunbridge, VT

Service: enl 9/11/61, m/i 9/13/61, PVT, Co. F, 1st USSS, dis/dsb 3/20/62

born: 03/11/1840, Tunbridge, VT; died 11/26/1904; buried: New Barclay Cemetery, Waterloo, IA.^[2]

He resided Jessup, IA.

Children of Azro Burton⁸ and Emma A. (Hackett) Whitney:

i.	Myron Edson9 Whitney, b. 7 Jan 1867, Tunbridge, VT;[3] resided Jessup, IA.
ii.	Cora May Whitney, b. 10 Jan 1869, WI; m. 12 May 1886, E. H. Rice; resided Dunkerton, IA.
iii.	Aurie Earnest Whitney, b. 27 Mar 1871, WI; d. 1964; m. 24 Jun 1896, Waterloo, IA, Ola Isle Akin; resided Jessup, IA.
iv.	Mark H. Whitney, b. 13 Apr 1876.
v.	Don F. Whitney, b. 11 Mar 1881.
vi.	Nellie M. Whitney, b. 11 Dec 1886.

Census

• 1860: not found.
• 1870, Barclay, Black Hawk Co., IA:

84 84 Whitney, Azro B. 29 M W Farmer $2850 $842 Vermont Male citizen over 21 -----, Emma A. 24 F W Keeping house Vermont -----, Myron E. 3 M W Vermont -----, Cora M. 2 F W Iowa -----, David 25 M W Farmer $3800 $542 Vermont Male citizen over 21

Living with him was his cousin David, son of Daniel Whitney.

• 1880, Barclay, Black Hawk Co., IA:

A. B. WHITNEY 41 Self M M W VT Farmer VT VT Emma WHITNEY 35 Wife F M W VT Keeping House VT VT Myron E. WHITNEY 13 Son M S W VT Helps Fat VT VT Cora May WHITNEY 11 Dau F S W IA Attends School VT VT Aurie Ernest WHITNEY 9 Son M S W IA VT VT Mark H. WHITNEY 4 Son M S W IA VT VT

• 1900, Independence Ave., Waterloo city Ward 4, East Waterloo Township, Black Hawk Co., IA:

408 453 Whitney, A. B. Head W M Mar 1840 60 mar 35 Vermont Vermont Vermont Capitalist, Owns free house -----, Emma A. Wife W F Aug 1845 54 mar 35 5ch 5liv Illinois Illinois Illinois -----, Nellie Dau W F Dec 1885 14 sgl Iowa Vermont Illinois At school -----, John Son W M Mar 1881 19 sgl Iowa Vermont Illinois Farm hand -----, Mark H. Son W M Apr 1876 24 sgl Iowa Vermont Illinois At school

• 1900, Barclay Township, Black Hawk Co., IA:

45 45 Whitney, Marion Head W M Jan 1867 33 mar 3 Vermont Vermont Vermont Farmer, Rents mortgaged farm -----, L. Addie Wife W F Feb 1871 29 mar 2 2ch 1liv Illinois Indiana Illinois -----, R. Carol Son W M Mar 1899 1 stl Iowa Vermont Illinois

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. 558.

1.^  Vermont, Vital Records Index, All Births.

2.^  Vermont in the Civil War.

3.^  Vermont, Vital Records Index, All Births.

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