Family:Whitney, Justin (1831-1905)

Justin⁸ Whitney (Horace⁷, Joel⁶, Jonas⁵, David⁴, Benjamin³, John², John¹), son of Horace⁷ and Mary (Sawin) Whitney, was born 9 Jul 1831, Westminster, MA.^[1]

He married firstly, 2 Nov 1856, Betsey Jane Winchester Taylor. She was born 27 Sep 1831, and died 17 Nov 1863.

He married secondly, 14 Feb 1878, Emma Jane Nash. She was born 5 Dec 1847.

The life of Justin Whitney, son of Horace and Mary Whitney, born in Westminster, MA, 9 Jul 1831, is not of moment. At the age of 2 years moved to Hubbardston, MA. In 1845 returned to Westminster. In 1849 removed to Gardner, MA, and engaged in the chair business. In 1852 removed to Leominster, MA, and engaged in the pianoforte business. In 1857 removed to Boston and engaged in the pianoforte business. In 1868 engaged in the apothecary business in Boston, and still continues therein. Has held and does hold the commissions of a justice of the peace and notary public for the commonwealth of Massachusetts; resided 75 Kendall St., Boston, MA.

Children of Justin⁸ and Betsey Jane Winchester (Taylor) Whitney:

i.	William Augustus9 Whitney, b. 12 Dec 1862; m. Shiblie Robertson, of Concord, NH. They resided in Sunapee, NH.

Children of Justin⁸ and Emma Jane (Nash) Whitney:

ii.	Grace Emma Whitney, b. 13 Mar 1880.
iii.	Gladys Justina Whitney, b. 27 Dec 1889.

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), pp. 478-479.

1.^  "Justin [Whitney], s. Horace and Mary, [born] July 9, 1831," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Westminster, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1915).

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