Family:Whitney, Alexander (1789-1878)

Alexander⁶ Whitney (Alexander⁵, Eleazer⁴, Eleazer³, Thomas², John¹), born Henniker, New Hampshire, Dec 5, 1789; married there Nov 24, 1814, Lydia Foster, born Nov 2, 1795; died Apr 27, 1875. Was a farmer; was a hard working, industrious, and honest citizen and respected by all who knew him. He moved from Henniker to New London in 1826. He died Nov 26, 1878; resided Henniker and New London, New Hampshire.

Children of Alexander⁶ Whitney:

i.	Aaron Foster7 Whitney, born Mar 26, 1815; died Jan 1, 1830.
ii.	Mary Story Whitney, born Mar 29, 1817; died unm. Dec 14, 1836.
iii.	Gilman H. Whitney, born Nov 30, 1819; married Sarah Jane Durgan.
iv.	WM.S. Whitney, born Nov 1, 1822; married Mary B. Durgan.
v.	George A. Whitney, born Feb 11, 1825; married Sept 1, 1852, Ann Eliza Jones. He died s.p. 14 Jun 1854. Was a lumberman and was killed by lightning while peeling bark.
vi.	Alonzo Whitney, born Nov, 1827; unm.; resided N.L.
vii.	Emeline L. Whitney, born 15 Jun 1830; unm.; resided Ridgeway, Iowa.
viii.	Livonia M. Whitney, born Feb 6, 1833; married Dec 4, 1862, Daniel S. Piper. Ch.: Girl, born Mar 9, 1870; died Mar 11, 1870; Myra Alice, born Nov 15, 1873; resided Medford, Minnesota.
ix.	Harriett N. Whitney, born Sept 8, 1835; married Oct 13, 1867, at Sutton, New Hampshire, Erwin G. Cate. Ch.: Alice Carrie, born Jan 22, 1878; resided Boscowen, New Hampshire.
x.	Charles S. Whitney, born Mar 1, 1837; married Laura A. Pearson.
xi.	Jannett M. Whitney, born Mar 10, 1840; died Mar 28, 1872, unm.

References

1. 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. 193.

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