Family:Whitney, Joseph Newell (1836-1912)
Joseph Newell7 Whitney (Zachariah Leach6, Isaac L.6, Isaac5, Isaac4, Nathaniel3, Benjamin2, John1), son of Zachariah Leach6 and Elizabeth Cambridge (Hayden) Whitney, was born 13 Sep 1836, Raymond, ME, d. 10 January 1912 in Washington, D.C.
He married firstly, 23 Nov 1865, Washington, DC, Charlotte S. Burroughs, b. June 1831 in New York, d. 18 March 1909 in Washington, D.C. He married secondly on 1 July 1910 in Atlantic City, NJ Portia C. Sprague, b. November 1873 in Washington, D.C., the dau. of Catharine C. (----) Sprague.
He resided Washington, DC, s. p. Chief clerk of bureau of statistics. He and his wife Charlotte are buried in the Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
Joseph was a Civil War veteran, and he received a pension from the U.S. government.
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. 582.
Civil War Pension File of Joseph Newell Whitney Invalid Applic. # 660240 Cert. # 454906 National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. (Please insert link)
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