Family:Whitney, John Almon (1827-a1880)

John Almon⁷ Whitney (John⁶, Samuel⁵, John⁴, Henry³, John², Henry¹), son of John⁶ and Polly⁶ (Whitney) Whitney, was born 10 May 1827, Henderson, NY, and died after 1874.

He married, 27 Nov 1847, Belleville, in Ellisburgh, NY, Margaret Chawgo, daughter of Henry and Sally (Chrisman) Chawgo. She was born 5 Aug 1828, Chittenango, NY, and died after 1874.

Phoenix says the following:

". . . a farmer . . . . They settled on the homestead of his father, in the north-west part of Ellisburgh, near Rural Hill post-office, and were living there, with his mother and brother, in 1874."

Child of John Almon⁷ and Margaret (Chawgo) Whitney:

i.	Mark Marshall8 Whitney, b. 5 Apr 1869, Ellisburgh, NY.

References

• All data imported from Stephen Whitney Phoenix, The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its affiliations; being an attempt to trace the descendants, as well in the female as the male lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878; to which is prefixed some account of the Whitneys of England. (New York : Priv. Print. [Bradford Press] 1878), p. 468 and p. 1121.

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