Family:Whitney, Alfred Rutgers (1835-a1892)
Alfred Rutgers9 Whitney (James H.8, John7, John6, James5, James4, John3, Jonathan2, John1), born New York, New York, 26 Feb 1835; married there 5 Dec 1861, Adaline P. Nesbitt, died Aug. 1878; married second 1 Nov 1879, Mary L. Freeman.
He was born in New York City, and started in the grocery business in 1853, but was not successful, as the war broke out and he lost heavily. He was employed by Capt. Ericsson and associates to take charge of all material for the Monitors, and when the war was over he began buying all the iron left over and selling it, and from this became an iron merchant and then built a rolling mill and wire nail factory. He has neverr held office, but has always been a Republican and took a deep interest in politics, and was a delegate from New York that nominated Harrison, but was for Depew; resided Morristown, New Jersey.
Children of Alfred Rutgers9 Whitney:
i. Alfred R.10 Whitney, born 16 Jun 1868; resided Everett, Washington. ii. Sallie Nesbitt Whitney, born 10 Apr 1871. iii. Elsie Montgomery Whitney, born 23 Oct 1876. iv. Livingston Whitney, born 12 Nov 1890. v. Lelia Whitney, born 23 Aug 1882. vi. H. LE Roy Whitney, born 4 Feb 1884. vii. Frank Whitney, born 20 Dec 1885. viii. Eleanor N. Whitney, born 12 Sep 1887. ix. Roger Van Rensselaer Whitney, born 24 May 1889; died 24 Jan 1895. x. Maurice Whitney, born 28 Aug 1892.
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), p. 651.
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