Family:Whitney, Charles (1805-1884)

Charles⁸ Whitney (Silas⁷, Silas⁶, Daniel⁵, Richard⁴, Richard³, Richard², John¹), son of Silas⁷ and Abigail M. (Shedd) Whitney, was born 15 Sep 1805, Boston, MA, and died 27 Dec 1884, Boston, MA.

Marriage intentions were published 1826, Charlestown, MA, for him "Mr." "of Charlestown" and "Miss" Maria Emery "of Chichester, N.H."^[1] He married, 6 Jun 1826, Concord, NH, Lydia Maria Emery. She was born 24 Feb 1808, Concord, NH, and died 12 Dec 1884.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Whitney, of the Highlands, reached the fifty-eighth anniversary of their marriage, Friday, 6 Jun 1884. Mr. Whitney started from Charlestown, Massachusetts, 5 Jun 1826, at sunrise, and arrived at Chichester, New Hampshire, at sundown, in a chaise, a distance of about seventy miles. The following morning he was united in marriage to Lydia Maria Emery, having seen her but twice, their courtship being done mostly by proxy. And that they have lived together so long and happily proves that long courtships are not always necessary. Mr. Charles Whitney, a gentleman highly esteemed by all who knew him, died on Sunday, at his home on Melrose street, aged 79 years. It was only 16 days after the death of his wife, with whom he been wedded nearly 59 years. It seemed a beautiful mercy of the Almighty that death should not long divide them, and, although their departure is sorrowful to the mourners bereft, yet they were sheaves fully ripe, and God has garnered them. [Melrose Journal.] He died 27 Dec 1884; resided Boston, Massachusetts.

Children of Charles⁸ and Lydia Maria (Emery) Whitney:

i.	Louisa M.9 Whitney, b. 16 Sep 1827; m. Benjamin F. Peakes; resided 8 Codman Park, Roxbury, MA.
ii.	Augusta G. Whitney, b. 20 Aug 1829; d. 22 Apr 1860; m. ----- Weissbuga.
iii.	Mary Eliza Whitney, b. 5 Nov 1831; d. 23 Apr 1874, Berlin, WI; m. Edgar B. Fox. Ch.: Edgar Augustus, b. 7 Jun 1852; m. Bertha Sweet; res. Berlin, WI; Harold Sumner, b. 16 Jun 1856; m. Addie Easton; res, Berlin; George Julian, b. 4 May 1858; m. Emma Seelye; resided Berlin; Fannie Louise, b. 14 Feb 1864; m. Frank C. Roberts; resided Braintree, MA; Annie Alice Lydia, b. 7 Sep 1868; m. A. Adelbert Doty; Edgar Bernard, Jr., b. 9 Dec 1872; resided Berlin.
iv.	Fannie E. Whitney, b. 14 May 1837; m. Henry G. Washburn; resided 8 Codman Park.
v.	Helen S. Whitney, b. 18 Jul 1849; resided 8 1/2 Beethoven St., Roxbury.
vi.	Charles J. Whitney, b. 15 May 1843; m.(1) Mary E. Dunbar; m.(2) Helen E. Fuller.
vii.	Helen S. Whitney, b. 2 Apr 1834; d. 1843.
viii.	Charles J. Whitney, b. 15 Jan 1839; d. Feb 1839.
ix.	Charles J. Whitney, b. 11 Jan 1840; d. 1842.

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. 513.

1.^  "Mr. Charles Whitney of Charlestown & Miss Maria Emery of Chichester, N.H., entered May 20, 1826," according to Roger D. Joslyn, F.A.S.G., comp. and ed., Vital Records of Charlestown, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1984).

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