Family:Whitney, George Appleton (1838-1908)

George Appleton⁸ Whitney (George Ransom⁷, Appleton Downer⁶, Asa⁵, Joshua⁴, William³, Joshua², John¹), son of George Ransom⁷ and Harriett Maria (Bronson) Whitney, was born 28 Nov 1838, Berea, OH.

He married, 2 Dec 1869, Elyria, OH, Mary Arabella Patterson. She was born 10 May 1850.

He was born in Berea, OH. He was educated at Berea, OH, and was a soldier in the war for the Union. After the war closed he engaged in manufacturing business in Berea. He seems to have inherited a natural mechanical genius from some source, possibly from the same fountain head from which Eli Whitney, the inventor of the cotton-gin, received his. He has had several inventions patented. He is now a manufacturer at Vandalia, IL; resided Defiance, OH, and Vandalia, IL.

Children of George Appleton⁸ and Mary Arabella (Patterson) Whitney:

i.	Grace Mildrid9 Whitney, b. 2 May 1874; d. 9 Aug 1881.
ii.	Ethel Sophia Whitney, b. 26 Feb 1879.

Census

• 1870, Village of Berea, Middleburg, Cuyahoga Co., OH:

191 199 Whitney, G. A. 31 M W Manf. of felloes $500 $200 Ohio Married in Dec -----, Arbell 20 F W K. H. Do Married in Dec

• 1880, La Grange, Lorain Co., OH:

George WHITNEY 41 Self M M W OHIO Wood Bending OHIO OHIO Bell WHITNEY 42 Wife F M W OHIO Keeping House OHIO OHIO Grace M. WHITNEY 6 Dau F S W OHIO OHIO OHIO Ethel S. WHITNEY 1 Dau F S W OHIO OHIO OHIO Hiram PATTERSON 63 Oth M M W MASS Retired Farmer MASS MASS Cynthia PATTERSON 55 Oth F M W MASS Keeping House MASS MASS

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), p. 575.

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