Family:Whitney, George Washington (1828-a1880)
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George Washington7 Whitney (Richard6, Richard5, Richard4, Henry3, John2, Henry1), son of Richard6 and Adeline (Jones) Whitney, was born 27 Jan 1828, Magnolia, NY, and died after Apr 1874.
He married, 5 May 1867, Sherman, NY, Hannah Dutton, daughter of Oliver and Julia (Thorp) Dutton. She was born 16 Jul 1840, Sherman, NY, and died after Apr 1874.
Phoenix says the following:
- ". . . a physician; graduated at Buffalo Medical College in the Spring of 1852; went to California in the succeeding Autumn, and for eight years experienced all the vicissitudes of the early Californian life; was a member of the Legislature of California in 1859 and 1860 . . . . They settled in Jamestown, N.Y., and were living there in Ap. 1874."
Children of George Washington7 and Hannah (Dutton) Whitney, all born Jamestown, NY:
i. John8 Whitney, b. 11 Jul 1870; d. 20 Aug 1872, Jamestown, NY, where he was buried. ii. Samuel Whitney, b. 8 Jan 1872. iii. Richard Whitney, b. 19 Mar 1874.
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. 532 and pp. 1232.
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