Family:Whitney, Benjamin Franklin (1815-a1880)
Dr. Benjamin Franklin7 Whitney (Thomas6, Peter5, Josiah4, Josiah3, Jonathan2, John1), born Randolph, Vermont 27 Feb 1815; married at Coshocton, Ohio, 15 Apr 1840, Sarah Renfrew, born 20 May 1819.
He was born in Randolph, Orange County, Vermont; was educated at the common schools and at academy at Woostock. He began the study of medicine in West Hartford, Vermont, and attended a full course of lectures and part of another at the Hanover Dartmouth college in New Hampshire, one of the oldest medical institutions in the United States. On account of ill health he was obliged to relinquish the studies. He emigrated to Ohio the last day of Sept., in 1835, and taught school, also continuing his medical studies, and began practice. later he formed a partnership with Dr. Wright at Danville, and still later with Dr. Fuller at Loudonville, where he practiced until June, 1840, when he removed to Ashland. There he was engaged in the drug business besides practicing medicine. In the spring of 1853 he graduated and took his degree in medicine. Moving to Mansfield in Oct., 1861, he has resided and practiced there ever since. He is held in high esteem by all who know him; resided Mansfield, Ohio.
Children of Benjamin Franklin7 Whitney:
i. Frances M.8 Whitney, born 20 Jun 1841; married 31 Oct 1865, Lyman A. Strong; resided M. ii. Mary Ellen Whitney, born 3 Mar 1843; married 25 Dec 1860, John M. Pierce; res, Kenton, Ohio. Ch. John B., born June, 1862; died ----- ; Frank McK., born Jan., 1864; Daisy R., born May, 1866; Frances W., born Aug., 1868; Hugh E., born Dec., 1870. iii. Irene Emily Whitney, born 29 Nov 1844; died 19 Jun 1857. iv. Sarah Delia Whitney, born 18 Nov 1847; married 13 Jan 1868, Andrus J. Gilbert. - Ch.: Edward J., born Apr. 1868; Nellie W., born May, 1871; died -----; Frances M., born Apr., 1876; Raymond A., born July, 1882; died -----; Rexford W., born Jan., 1888.
v. Ida Renfrew Whitney, born 17 Jan 1853; married 6 May 1874, Emmet G. Campbell; resided M. - Ch.: Perie A., born Mar., 1875: Jessamine, born Sept., 1876; Faye W., born Nov., 1877; William B., born Sept. 1879.
vi. Hattie Belle Whitney, born 26 Dec 1857; married 20 Sep 1882, Walter B. Kimball; resided Columbus, Ohio.
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), pp. 370-371.
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