Family:Whitney, Williams (1835-1898)

Williams⁷ Whitney (Eliab Turner⁶, Josiah⁵, John⁴, Nathaniel³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Eliab Turner⁶ and Lydia (Williams) Whitney, was born 30 Aug 1835, Newcastle, ME, and died 19 Jan 1898, Bath, ME. He is buried in the Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, ME.

He married, 7 Jul 1859, Newcastle, ME, Rosalinda Harlow Merry, daughter of Hiram and Elizabeth (Trask) Merry. She was born 2 Jun 1839, Edgecomb, ME, and died 17 May 1913, Bath, ME. She is buried in the Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, ME.

He resided Bath, ME, 136 Commercial St. He came to Bath in 1874.

Children of Williams⁷ and Rosalinda Harlow (Merry) Whitney:

i.	Williams8 Whitney, b. 26 Jul 1876, Bath, ME; m. Alice C. Hopkins; resided Bath, ME.
ii.	Walter Lee Whitney, b. 11 May 1882, Bath, ME; d. 26 Jan 1943, Bath, ME; resided Bath, ME, where he was the City Marshall; never married.
iii.	Calista Annie Whitney, b. 6 Dec 1859; d. 11 Oct 1923, Bath, ME; m. 24 Nov 1877, Bath, ME, James T. Graham, b. ca. 1855, ME. His parents were born in Scotland, and he was a blacksmith. They had two known children: a. Clara Graham, b. Jun 1878; m. Alden P. Denham. b. Ethel M. Graham, b. Aug 1879; m. Clarence E. Reed
iv.	Rose E. Whitney, b. 23 Aug 1863, Edgecomb, ME, d. 26 Oct 1936, Bath, ME; m. 2 Dec 1885, Thomas W. Leydon; resided 168 Water St., Bath, ME.

Census

• 1850: Edgecomb, ME; Mariner
• 1860: Edgecomb, ME; Mariner
• 1870: Edgecomb, ME; Mariner
• 1880: Bath, ME; Keeps an eating saloon

References

• All data imported from Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), p. 409.

• "Bath Families of the 19th Century", Alfred T. Holt; Patten Free Library, Bath, ME

• "Vital Records of Edgecomb and Newcastle to 1892"; Christine Huston Dodge

• Bath, ME Vital Records, 1873 to 1892

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