Family:Whitney, George Lewis (c1822-c1852)

George Lewis⁷ Whitney (Anson⁶, Josiah Anson⁵, Richard⁴, Henry³, John², Henry¹), son of Anson⁶ and Mary (Phillips) Whitney, was born say 1823, Williamsburgh, Upper Canada, and died about 1852, Commerce, MI.

He married firstly, Caroline Kenyon. She died Bedford, OH.

He married secondly, 25 Apr 1852, Commerce, MI, Marietta Shattuck, daughter of Lyman and Julia Ann (Phelps) Shattuck. She was born 2 Aug 1834, Hamilton, NY. She married secondly, ----- Payne.

Phoenix says the following:

"George Lewis Whitney, b. at Williamsburgh, Upper Canada; married Caroline Kenyon, who died at Bedford, Ohio; married (2d), 25 Ap. 1852, at Commerce, Mich., Marietta Shattuck, dau. of Lyman and Julia Ann (Phelps) Shattuck, of Commerce, formerly of Hamilton, N. Y., where she was born, 2 Aug. 1834. He died at Commerce, about 1852. She married (2d) ----- Payne."

Child of George Lewis⁷ and Caroline (Kenyon) Whitney:

i.	Frances8 Whitney, b. 1844, Commerce, MI; m. bef. Apr 1874, ----- -----; prob. the Frances Whitney who m. 8 Mar 1862, Cuyahoga Co., OH, Orvill Kirkum.
ii.	Eliza Whitney, b. ca. 1844, MI; probably the same as the preceding child.

George Lewis⁷ and Marietta (Shattuck) Whitney had no children.

Census

• 1850, Commerce, Oakland Co., MI:

1223 1223 Anson Whitney 55 M - J. of Peace $700 Conn. George 28 M - Farmer C.W. Caroline 27 F - N.Y. Eliza 6 M - Mich. Attended school

• 1860, Bedford, Cuyahoga Co., OH:

122 118 James B. Kenyon 62 M - Farmer $5000 $400 Jefferson Co., N.Y. Hannah Kenyon 61 F - Washington Co., N.Y. Birdacy Hollridge[?] 16 M - Brownsville, Pa. Attended school Frances Whitney 16 F - Domestic Commerce, Mich. Attended school Lucy Bates 36 F - Dress Maker $1200 -- Washington Co., N.Y. James A. Mudge 19 M - Labourer Brownsville, Pa.

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. 535 and p. 1236.

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