Family:Whitney, Constant Hopkins (1824-1906)
Constant Hopkins7 Whitney (Sewell Pitt6, Barnabas5, Isaac4, Nathaniel3, Benjamin2, John1), son of Sewell Pitt6 and Annie (Tuttle) Whitney, was born 17 Apr 1824, Freeman, ME, died 20 January 1906 in Blue Earth Co., Minnesota
He married firstly, intentions in Freeman, ME 25 July 1846, married 9 August 1846 in Freeman, ME, Olive H. Vaughan. They were subsequently divorced in 1849. He married secondly, 17 Apr 1854, Lowell, MA, Elizabeth Potter, b. 30 November 1830 in ME; died 3 July 1908, probably in Minnesota. Both are buried in the Chase Cemetery in Mapleton, Minnesota.
Constant was a Civil War veteran, and received a pension from the U.S. government.
He was also a farmer; resided Mapleton, MN.
In the census of 1850, Constant is probably found twice: once in his family's home in Freeman, ME, and again in the home of John and Rosalind Wilson in Phippsburg, Lincoln Co., ME. He is found in the censuses of 1860, 1880, and 1900 in Mapleton, Minnesota.
Children of Constant Hopkins and Elizabeth (Potter) Whitney:
i. Sewell H. Whitney, b. May 1858, MN. ii. Minnetta A. Whitney, b. Jun 1861, MN, m. ca. 1883, Orson W. Healy, b. May 1859, MN.
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. 412.
2. D.A.R Maine G.R.C. 1951, S2, V21.1; Marriage Intentions from Freeman, ME Records, 1811 to 1870
3. From Maine legislative Indexes, 1846-1850; Year: 1849; Link 12721; Type: PS Ch 151; Access #245-151; An Act to dissolve the bonds of matrimony between Olive H. Whitney and Constant H. Whitney.
4. Civil War Pension File of Constant H. Whitney, National Archives, Washington, D.C. (Please insert link)
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