Family:Whitney, Ephraim (1799-1879)

Capt. Ephraim⁷ Whitney (Samuel⁶, Abner⁵, John⁴, Isaiah³, Thomas², John¹) son of Samuel⁶ and Hannah (Thompson) Whitney, was born 22 Sep 1799, Falmouth, ME, and died 6 Apr 1879, Santa Cruz, CA.

He married, 28 May 1826, Corinth, ME, Nancy Fisher Skinner. She was born 25 May 1806, and died 10 Mar 1886, CA.

About the year 1822 he bought land in East Corinth, ME, where he lived until the fall of 1875, when he moved to Santa Cruz, CA, where he died. He was a farmer; he resided Corinth, ME, and Santa Cruz, CA.

Children of Ephraim⁷ and Nancy Fisher (Skinner) Whitney:

i.	Charles G.8 Whitney, b. 15 Apr 1829; d. 9 Jun 1858.
ii.	Sarah M. Whitney, b. 28 Jun 1831; m. 20 Nov 1859, John N. F. Marsh; resided Santa Cruz, CA.
iii.	Elijah Skinner Whitney, b. 4 Oct 1834, Corinth, ME; m. 8 Dec 1858, East Corinth, ME, Allaseba T. French; b. 18 Dec 1834, s. p. He is a merchant, and resided Los Gatos, CA. He was born in Corinth, ME; commenced a mercantile business in Corinth, ME, in the fall of 1860, and continued in said business until the fall of 1875, when he moved to Santa Cruz, CA, where he lived ten years, after which he moved to Los Gatos, CA, where he engaged in mercantile, real estate, and railway business. In the year of 1887 he was made excursion agent of the Union Pacific Railway. He has made forty-five trips across the continent from one ocean to the other, besides other partial trips. Is now passenger agent of the Northern Pacific Railway at Los Gatos, CA.
iv.	Daniel Elmon Whitney, b. 13 Nov 1835; d. 3 May 1837.
v.	Alvin W. Whitney, b. 27 May 1838; m. Louise Mcdonald.
vi.	Mary Jane Whitney, b. 13 May 1840; m. 12 May 1875, George P. Lake; resided Santa Cruz, CA.
vii.	Nancy Whitney, b. 1 Jun 1843; d. 3 Jun 1843.
viii.	Eudora Melissa Whitney, b. 13 Oct 1847; "of Corinth" m. 19 Mar 1874, Bangor, ME, Henry W. Silsby "of Aurora";[1] resided San Francisco, CA, 621 1/2 Post street.

Census

• 1830, Corinth, Penobscot Co., ME: Ephraim Whitney, 1 male 20-29, 1 male 0-4, and 1 female 20-29.
• 1840, Corinth, Penobscot Co., ME: Ephraim Whitney, 1 male 30-39, 1 male 10-14, 1 male 5-9, 1 male 0-4, 1 female 30-39, 1 female 15-19, 1 femael 5-9, and 1 female 0-4; 2 engaged in agriculture.
• 1850, Corinth, Penobscot Co., ME:

245 260 Ephraim Whitney 50 M - Farmer $1200 Maine Nancy " 44 F - " Sarah M. " 18 F - " Attended school Elijah S. " 16 M - " Alvin W. " 12 M - " Attended school Mary Jane " 10 F - " Attended school Eudora E. " 2 F - "

• 1860, Corinth, Penobscot Co., ME:

45 48 Ephraim Whitney 60 M - Farmer $1500 $400 Maine Nancy F. " 54 F - " Mary J. " 19 F - C. S. Teacher " Attended school Eudora " 12 F - " Attended school Henry C. Lyford 16 M - Farmer " Attended school 46 49 Daniel Messer 53 M - Farmer $2000 $400 N.H. Sarah T. " 51 F - " Sarah E. " 23 F - C. S. Teacher Maine Attended school Jay R. " 21 M - Farmer " Attended school Hannah B. " 18 F - Domestic " Attended school Henrietta D. " 14 F - " Attended school 50 Elijah S. Whitney 26 M - Farmer & Cooper $200 $550 " Allaceba T. " 25 F - "

• 1870, Corinth, Penobscot Co., ME:

214 214 Whitney, Ephraim 60 M W Farmer $2000 $670 Maine Male citizen over 21 -----, Nancy 64 F W Keeping House Maine Whitney, Eudora 22 F W Teacher of Common Schools Maine

• 1870, Corinth, Penobscot Co., ME:

318 318 Whitney, Elijah S. 36 M W Farmer $2000 $790 Maine Male citizen over 21 -----, Allaseba T. 36 F W Keeping House Maine

• 1880, widow Nancy not found.
• 1880, Branciforte, Santa Cruz Co., CA:

E. S. WHITNEY 46 Self M M W ME Farmer ME ME A. F. WHITNEY 45 Wife F M W ME Keeping House NH NH

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. 322-323.

1.((note|1}} "Henry W. Silsby of Aurora and Eudora M. Whitney of Corinth, 19 March 1874 in Bangor," according to Ruth Gray, ed., Penobscot County, Maine Marriage Records prior to 1892 (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1994).

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