Family:Whitney, Moses (1772-1816)

Moses⁷ Whitney (Joseph⁶, Joseph⁵, Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Thomas², John¹), born Shelburne, Massachusetts, 24 Sep 1772; married 19 Nov 1794, Lydia Allen, born 3 Feb 1777; died Dec. 17 1860, at Penn Yan, New York. Squire Moses Whitney was born in Shelburne, Massachusetts. Probably soon after his majority he moved to New York state and all his children were born in the town of Constantia, Oswego county. He was a school teacher, and also a dealer in live stock, in which latter business he lost a large sum. With two of his wife's brothers, he was one of the first settlers in that town. He was an enterprising man, and of acknowledged integrity, and held what offices of trust there were in the samll town. For instance, he was appointed supervisor when the board met in Rome, forty miles distant, and when on his visits to that place would o the merchandizing necessary for the inhabitants in the town. He was instrumental in procuring school teachers, and conducted church serves himself when the people were not able to employ a minister. His death was occasioned by a fall from a tree while cutting timber preparatory to building himself a new house. There were many regrets at the untimely death of Squire Whitney. He was held in high esteem by the entire community. He died 12 Jan 1816; resided Shelburne, Massachusetts, and Constantia. New York.

Children of Moses⁷ Whitney:

i.	Philena8 Whitney, born 19 Nov 1796; married 1816, William Patterson. He died and she married 2d Thomas Beebe, who died s. p. Ch.: Christiana Emily C., Whitney, and Jeannette. She died 25 Mar 1866.
ii.	Stebbins Whitney, born 9 Apr 1799; died 20 Apr 1810; fell from a tree.
iii.	Joseph Whitney, born 17 Dec 1801; died unmarried 31 Mar 1831.
iv.	Lucius B. Whitney, born 13 Jul 1804; died 7 May 1823, at Lockport, New York.
v.	James H. Whitney, born 4 Aug 1808; married L. Marie Southworth.
vi.	Martha Stebbins Whitney, born 20 Sep 1811. Lyman Munger and Martha Stebbins Whitney were married at Clarendon, New York, June 23, 1836, the the log house of the Presbyterian minister, the Rev. Mr. Cheeseman, who performed the ceremony. Lyman Munger was the son of Gaius and Abigail Button Mugner, and was born in Agawam, West Springfield, Massachusetts, 22 Sep 1811. He inherited a love of liberty and hatred of oppression from his grandfather and great-grandfather, both of whom served in the Revolutionary was and fought at Bunker Hill. He early became an abolitionist, assisting in the escape of fugitive slaves, and rejoiced greatly when the emancipation proclamation was issued. In temperance matters he also had a lively concern, endeavoring as far as he could to lessen the evils of the drink traffic. He followed intelligently by the intellectual movements of his time, and by the consistency of his life won and held the esteem of his fellow townsmen in the communities where he lived. Mrs. Munger, also was of New England parentage, and her ancestors, certain of whom settled at Deerfield, Massachusetts, prior to Philip's war, took an active and honorable part in the early history of Massachusetts, and suffered much at the hands of the Indians in the hostilities of 1675 and 1704. Martha Whitney's independence of character and domestic virtues make her a worthy descendant of her Puritan ancestors, amoung whom there could not have been a more notable housewife or more devoted mother. A son and daughter were born to Mr. and Mrs. Munger in Bergen, New York, and with these, they moved in 1839, to Penn Yan, Yates County, New York, where six other children were born. One of these, a daughter, died in infancy. Three of the four daughters attended Oberlin college. The two older sons served in the civil war, the other brother, eleven years of age, being too young to serve. In 1866 Mr. and Mrs. Munger moved to Galva, Illinois, and here in 1886, was celebrated their golden wedding, seven married children with their families coming to honor the occasion. In 1891, they moved to Denver, Colorado, the home of their oldest daughter, Mrs. John R. Hanna, with whom they now reside. In 1893, not deterred by her fourscore years and over, Mrs. Munger went to the polls and cast her first ballot, assisting to elect her daughter (Mrs. Hanna) as a member of the school board, the first woman to hold this office in Denver. That this aged couple are now (1895) in excellent health, at the age of eighty-three, shows a physical endowment which has been to them and their children a valuable possession. Gental, kindhearted, and true, their lives have been a benediction to those who have come under their influence, and with Christian faith they calmly await the transition to a higher and better life; resided 500 14th St., Denver; George Merrick, born 17 Jan 1839; married May 2, 1865, Susan B. Owens; resided Eureka, Kansas; 3ch.; Agnes Almeda, born 9 Aug 1841; married 29 Jan 1867, Oliver Perry Stoddard; resided Galva; Orett Lyman, born 7 Jul 1843; married 28 Jan 1868, Marcia J. Booth, born 4 Feb 1843; died 26 Oct 1882, leaving 3 ch., one having died and 2d, 8 Aug 1889, Julia S. Latimer, 2 ch.; resided Chicago, Illinois; Florence Ida, born 28 Aug 1847; died Apr.11, 1849; Pliny Fisk, B. 8 Jul 1850; married 10 Jun 1874, Belle A. Torrance, s. p.; resided Chicago; Florence Elize, born 17 Sep 1852; married 26 Sep 1871, William F. Wiley; resided Sioux City, Iowa, 3 ch.; Harriett Allen, born 6 Nov 1856; married 8 Oct 1879, Charles N. Cox; resided Grand Junction, Colorado; 2 ch.
vii.	Thirza A. Whitney, born 23 Dec 1814; married Albert Elmore. She died Feb. 17, 1894. Ch.: Julia D. born 15 Apr 1839; Merritt W., 23 Nov 1841; married and resided Santa Rosa, California, and one other child.

References

1. All data imported from Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), pp. 334-337.

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