Family:Whitney, Robert Patten (1819-1897)

Robert Patten Whitney (Joseph, Joseph, Abel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), was born 10 13 1819, Lubec, ME, and died 11 20 1897, Topsham, ME.

He married 06 17 1846, Topsham, ME, Ruth F. Sprague, daughter of Willis S. Sprague. She was born 03 01 1824, Topsham, ME, and died 04 03 1868, Topsham, ME.

Robert married secondly, intentions in Topsham on 10 November 1869, Margaret P. Haley, b. 14 March 1835. She died 2 July 1903 in Topsham. With Margaret he had one child: Mabel Eugenia Whitney, b. in Topsham in 1868. She died 13 July 1875 in Topsham. Robert, both of his wives, and his dau. Mabel are all buried in Riverside Cemetery in Topsham.

Census:

  1850, Topsham, ME; merchant
  1860, Topsham, ME; merchant
  1870, Topsham, ME; retired grocer

Children of Robert Patten and Ruth F. (Sprague) Whitney:

i.	Franklin Patten Whitney, b. 05 14 1847, Topsham, ME, d. 08 01 1882, Topsham, ME. He married Kate Bradley on 10 June 1872. They had two children: Grace Whitney Sadie Hamilton Whitney Franklin is buried in the Riverside Cemetery in Topsham.
ii.	Willis Sprague Whitney, b. 10 19 1848, Topsham, ME. He married Lillian E. Thompson on 12 July 1882.
iii.	Frederick Myrtillo Whitney, b. 07 13 1850, Topsham, ME, d. 05 01 1877, Topsham, ME.
iv.	George Edwin Whitney, b. 04 14 1852, Topsham, ME. He married Loathe "Lottie" W. Merrill on 28 October 1879 in Topsham
v.	Jane Caroline Whitney, b. 02 01 1855, Topsham, ME. She married Edwin L. Farrar in Topsham on 10 Feb. 1887
vi.	Charles Sumner Whitney, b. 06 15 1857, Topsham, ME. He marrried, intentions in Topsham on 2 Novemeber 1881, Eliza Springer Robbins of Bath, ME. Their dau., Ruth Sprague Whitney was b. in Brunswick, ME
vii.	Edward Lincoln Whitney, b. 06 13 1859, Topsham, ME, d. 1927. He married Matilda Irene Crocker, b. in 1867, d. in 1925. Both are buried in Riverside Cemetery in Topsham. They had a dau. named Margaret Mary Whitney.
viii.	Israel Nash Whitney, b. 08 26 1861, Topsham, ME, d. 04 07 1863, Topsham, ME. He is buried in Riverside Cemetery in Topsham.
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References

Archive:Lubec, Maine, Vital Records (Please insert link) Archive:Topsham, Maine, Vital Records (Please insert link)

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