Family:Whitney, Solon (1810-1851)

Solon⁸ Whitney (Chester⁷, Aaron⁶, Nathan⁵, Nathan⁴, Thomas³, Thomas², John¹), born Waterbury, Vermont, 1810; married Lucy B. Noble; married 2d Emeline Butler; died 1852.

He was born in Waterbury, Vermont, about 1810, and moved from that state to Illinois about 1835, where he was engaged in farming near Shockoken, in Henderson county, across the Mississippi river from Burlington, Iowa. He also owned a steam ferryboat and was engaged in ferrying the California emigrants across the river at that place in an early day. His first wife died childless soon after marriage. He died in 1851, leaving a widow and several small children, viz., Chester, Otis and Emeline. In 1853 the children went [Photo] to live with their uncle Baxter in Vermont. He died 1851; resided Shockoken, Illinois.

Children of Solon⁸ Whitney:

i.	Elisha Green9 Whitney, born -----; died young.
ii.	Mary Whitney, born -----; died young.
iii.	Chester Whitney, born 1840; died 1857; injured by falling on the ice.
iv.	Amelia Whitney, born -----; died young.
v.	Otis Whitney, born 30 Apr 1847; resided unm. Cosmopolis, Washington. He was born in Shockoken, Illinois. His father dying Otis Whitney. when he was young he went to live with his uncle Baxter in Vermont. There he resided until 1866, when he moved to Riley, Kansas. In 1868 he engaged in farming on his own account. In the spring of 1873 he started for Arizona, where he arrived in August and at once engaged in farming and mining. Later he moved to Washington, where he has since resided.
vi.	Emeline Whitney, born 4 Jul 1850; married 4 Jul 1868, Orlando B. Heath, and died 22 Dec 1882. Ch.: Herbert J., Clinton Otis, Orlando Baxter, one died young.

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. 536-537.

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