Family:Whitney, Solomon (1790-1843)

Solomon⁶ Whitney (Tarball⁵, Solomon⁴, David³, Joshua², John¹), son of Tarball⁵ and Lois (Lawrence)(Hopkins) Whitney; born Apr 29 1790, Poultney, Vermont; married 4 Jul 1813, Sarah A. Haskins, born Dec 15, 1798; died July 24 1834. He was a farmer. He died Nov 26, 1843; resided Almond, New York, and Van Buren, Indiana.

Children of Solomon⁶ and Sarah A. (Haskins) Whitney:

i.	Ami7 Whitney, born 28 Jul 1815; married Elizabeth Ferguson and Caroline Borders.
ii.	Temperance Whitney, born 4 Jan 1818; died 6 Aug 1822, from burns caused by her clothing taking fire.
iii.	Asenath Whitney, born 2 Jun 1820; married 1 Aug 1839, Stephen Ketchum; resided Primrose, Wisconsin. She died 28 Mar 1886. Stephen Ketchum was born 29 Oct 1813; died 24 Aug 1856, from the effect of being kicked in the bowels by a horse, only living about twenty minutes after being injured. This occured at Van Buren, Indiana. Stephen and Asenath had nine ch.: Edwin S., born 28 Sep 1840; Albert, born 25 Jul 1842; died 17 Jul 1846; George, born 16 Oct 1844 died at Madison, Wisconsin, with the measles shortly after enlisting in a Wisconsin volunteer regt. during the Rebellion; Ann Eliza, born 27 Dec 1846; Hubert, born 7 May 1848; Loren L. and Lawrence L., twins, were born 23 Dec 1850; Loren resided Madison, Wisconsin; Ami Whitney, born 13 Aug 1854; died 10 Dec 1878; was murdered at Plumb Creek, Nebraska.
iv.	Sarah Ann Whitney, born 9 Jul 1823; married 12 Nov 1844, Rev. Caleb H. Blanchard; resided Wolcottville, Indiana. He is a Baptist clergyman, and for fifty years has preached to one congregation-quite an honorary record for a country pastor. He was born 11 Dec 1817, in Rutland County, Vermont. Is s.p. They celebrated their golden wedding 12 Nov 1894.
v.	Solomon Whitney, born 22 Mar 1827; married Sarah Struble and Mrs. Selena Lomax.
vi.	Rufus Whitney, born 28 Sep 1829; married Lodema Bartle.

Census

• 1820, Alfred, Allegany Co., NY: Salmon Whitney, 1 male over 26-45, 1 male under 10, 1 female 16-25, 2 females under 10, 1 person in agriculture.

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. 225.

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