Family:Whitney, Charles (1812-1900)

Charles⁷ Whitney (Henry⁶, John⁵, Abraham⁴, Joseph³, John², Henry¹), son of Henry⁶, was born 23 Sep 1812, Wilton, CT, and died after 1873.

He married, 18 Nov 1840, East Townsend, OH, Roxana Malvina Palmer, daughter of Lory and Elizabeth (Mott) Palmer. SHe was born 12 Nov 1816, Oriskany, NY, and died after 1873.

Phoenix says the following:

". . . a black-smith and farmer . . . . He left his father's house in 1831; lived in Milan, Ohio, for about eight years; and then moved to East Townsend, Ohio, where they were living in 1873, having been members of the Baptist Church for a third of a century."

Children of Charles⁷ and Roxana Malvina (Palmer) Whitney, all born East Townsend, OH:

i.	Palmer8 Whitney, b. 20 Oct 1841; d. 17 Apr 1862, Evansville, IN, where he was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery. He enlisted in May 1861, for three years, in Company A, 29th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; left Norwalk, OH, 6 Jun 1861, for Camp Chase, near Columbus, OH; and in August, went with his regiment to Cheat Mountain, VA, where they were encamped till November. They were then removed to Kentucky, remaining for a time at Camps Wickliffe and Jenkins; and joined the army of Grant, in time to take part in the battle of Pittsburgh Landing, where his right arm was shot away near the shoulder, 7 Apr 1862. After amputation, he was sent, by steamer, to Evansville, IN, where he died.
ii.	Ann Whitney, b. 27 Nov 1843; d. 21 Sep 1845, East Townsend, OH, and was buried in Norwalk Township, OH.
iii.	Calvin Whitney, b. 25 Sep 1846; m. 5 Nov 1868, Norwalk, OH, Marian Dean, daughter of Royal Cady and Mary Ann (Smith) Dean, b. 16 Oct 1847, Irville, OH; a wholesale dealer in hard-wood lumber. He dwelt for two years in Custar, OH; and thence moved to 44 Prospect Street, Norwalk, OH, where they were living in 1873.
iv.	John Lory Whitney, b. 12 Nov 1848; m. 24 Nov 1870, Bluffton, IN, Clara Bell Borden, daughter of John and Mary (Satterthwaite) Borden, b. 27 Dec 1849, Xenia, OH; a wholesale dealer in lumber, in company with his brother Calvin, at 22 Summit Street, Toledo, Ohio; and was living at Bluffton in 1873, without children.
v.	Richard Burt Whitney, b. 7 Nov 1853; a dealer in lumber; was living at Worthington, IN, in 1873.
vi.	Idalia Louisa Whitney, b. 5 May 1856; was living in the family of her brother Calvin, in Norwalk, OH, attending the High School, in 1873.

References

• All data imported from Stephen Whitney Phoenix, The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its affiliations; being an attempt to trace the descendants, as well in the female as the male lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878; to which is prefixed some account of the Whitneys of England. (New York : Priv. Print. [Bradford Press] 1878), p. 424 and pp. 1065-1066.

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