Family:Whitney, Hiram Elias (1832-a1880)

Hiram Elias⁷ Whitney (William Perse⁶, Micah⁵, Abel⁴, Nathaniel³, Benjamin², John¹), son of William Perse⁶ and Sarah (Frank) Whitney, was born 12 Apr 1832, Phillips, ME, and died after 1880.

He married, firstly, 24 Aug 1852, DeKalb Co., IL, Catherine Harshey. She was born 1835, and died 1857, Cortland, IL.

He married, secondly, 29 Dec 1858, Kane Co., IL, Mary E. Dow. She was born circa 1838, NY.

He married, thirdly, Mary -----. She was born circa 1840, VT.

He was a physician; resided in Shellsborough, IA.

Children of Hiram E.⁷ and Catherine (Harshey) Whitney:

i.	Effie G.8 Whitney, b. ca. 1853, IL.

There were no known children of Hiram E.⁷ and Mary E. (Dow) Whitney.

Children of Hiram E.⁷ and Mary (-----) Whitney:

ii.	Franklin Whitney, b. ca. 1876, IA.

Census

• 1860 Pampas, DeKalb Co., IL, Reaper Agent. His parents live with him, his wife Mary, and daughter Effie G. Whitney, who was born abt. 1853 in Illinois.
• 1870: not found.
• 1880 Bigelow, Holt Co., Missouri, Physician. Wife is Mary, born abt 1840 in Vermont. Son is Franklin, b. abt. 1876 in Iowa.

References

• Pierce, Frederick Clifton, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635 (Chicago: 1895).

• Sedgeley, George B., Micah Whitney, Revolutionary Soldier and His Twelve Children Settled Early in Philips, Maine; Jacob and Joseph Whitney Came to Phillips 1792; Salmon Whitney Appeared in Letter E Plantation 1810 (Farmington, Maine: The Knowlton & McLeary Co., Printers, 1943).

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