Family:Whitney, Robert Patten (1819-1897)

Robert Patten Whitney (Joseph, Joseph, Abel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), was born 10 13 1819, Lubec, ME, and died 11 20 1897, Topsham, ME.

He married 06 17 1846, Topsham, ME, Ruth F. Sprague, daughter of Willis S. Sprague. She was born 03 01 1824, Topsham, ME, and died 04 03 1868, Topsham, ME.

Robert married secondly, intentions in Topsham on 10 November 1869, Margaret P. Haley, b. 14 March 1835. She died 2 July 1903 in Topsham. With Margaret he had one child: Mabel Eugenia Whitney, b. in Topsham in 1868. She died 13 July 1875 in Topsham. Robert, both of his wives, and his dau. Mabel are all buried in Riverside Cemetery in Topsham.

Census:

  1850, Topsham, ME; merchant
  1860, Topsham, ME; merchant
  1870, Topsham, ME; retired grocer

Children of Robert Patten and Ruth F. (Sprague) Whitney:

i.	Franklin Patten Whitney, b. 05 14 1847, Topsham, ME, d. 08 01 1882, Topsham, ME.
ii.	Willis Sprague Whitney, b. 10 19 1848, Topsham, ME, d. , .
iii.	Frederick Myrtillo Whitney, b. 07 13 1850, Topsham, ME, d. 05 01 1877, Topsham, ME.
iv.	George Edwin Whitney, b. 04 14 1852, Topsham, ME, d. , .
v.	Jane Caroline Whitney, b. 02 01 1855, Topsham, ME, d. , .
vi.	Charles Sumner Whitney, b. 06 15 1857, Topsham, ME, d. , .
vii.	Edward Lincoln Whitney, b. 06 13 1859, Topsham, ME, d. 1927 , .
viii.	Israel Nash Whitney, b. 08 26 1861, Topsham, ME, d. 04 07 1863, Topsham, ME.
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References

Archive:Lubec, Maine, Vital Records (Please insert link) Archive:Topsham, Maine, Vital Records (Please insert link)

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