Family:Whitney, Constant Hopkins (1824-1906)
Constant Hopkins7 Whitney (Sewell Pitt6, Barnabas5, Isaac4, Nathaniel3, Benjamin2, John1), son of Sewell Pitt6 and Annie (Tuttle) Whitney, was born 17 Apr 1824, Freeman, ME, and died 20 Jan 1906, Blue Earth Co., MN.
Marriage intentions were published 25 Jul 1846, Freeman, ME, for him and his first wife Olive H. Vaughan. He married firstly, 9 Aug 1846, Freeman, ME, Olive H. Vaughan. They were subsequently divorced in 1849.
He married secondly, 17 Apr 1854, Lowell, MA, Elizabeth Potter. She was born 30 Nov 1830, ME, and died 3 Jul 1908, probably MN. Both are buried in the Chase Cemetery, Mapleton, MN.
Constant was a Civil War veteran, and received a pension from the U.S. government.
He was also a farmer; resided Mapleton, MN.
In the census of 1850, Constant is probably found twice: once in his family's home in Freeman, ME, and again in the home of John and Rosalind Wilson in Phippsburg, Lincoln Co., ME. He is found in the censuses of 1860, 1880, and 1900 in Mapleton, MN.
Children of Constant Hopkins and Elizabeth (Potter) Whitney:
i. Sewell H. Whitney, b. May 1858, MN. ii. Minnetta A. Whitney, b. Jun 1861, MN, m. ca. 1883, Orson W. Healy, b. May 1859, MN.
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. 412.
- D.A.R Maine G.R.C. 1951, S2, V21.1; Marriage Intentions from Freeman, ME Records, 1811 to 1870
- From Maine legislative Indexes, 1846-1850; Year: 1849; Link 12721; Type: PS Ch 151; Access #245-151; An Act to dissolve the bonds of matrimony between Olive H. Whitney and Constant H. Whitney.
- Civil War Pension File of Constant H. Whitney, National Archives, Washington, DC.
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