Family:Whitney, George Washington (1803-1882)

George Washington⁷ Whitney (Joseph⁶, Caleb⁵, Jonathan⁴, Richard³, Richard², John¹), son of Joseph⁶ and Esther (Crittenden) Whitney, was born c. 1803, Utica, NY,^[1] and died 28 February 1882, Phillipston, MA.^[2]

He married 1859, Maria Arvilla Tenney. She was born about 1841, Ipswich, NH,^[3] and died after 1899.^[4]

Children of George Washington and Maria Arvilla (Tenney) Whitney:^[5]

i.	Abigail Maria Whitney, b. ca. 1860, Hubbardston, Worcester, MA.
ii.	Nellie Augusta Whitney, b. ca. 1862, Hubbardston, MA.
iii.	Willis Washington Whitney, b. 2 March 1865, Hubbardston, MA, d. 2 May 1930, Cleveland, OH.
iv.	Albert Edwin Whitney, b. ca. 1867, Hubbardston, MA.
v.	John Monroe Whitney, b. ca. 1870, Hubbardston, MA.
vi.	George F. Whitney, b. ca. 1875, Hubbardston, MA.
vii.	Idella May Whitney, b. 20 Sep 1876, Hubbardston, MA.
viii.	Mary Ellen Whitney, b. ca. 1879, Hubbardston, MA.

References

1.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 339, page 421.

2.^  Ibid.

3.^  1860, 1870 Federal censuses for Hubbardston, Worcester Co., MA; 1880 Federal census for Phillipston, Worcester, MA.

4.^  She appears as Maria Hopkins in 1900 Federal census for Troy, Cheshire, NH, with daughter Mary Ellen and family.

5.^  1870 Federal census for Hubbardston, 1880 Federal census for Phillipston, MA Town VR for Hubbardston.

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