Family:Whitney, Russell Velasco (1832-1904)

Russell Velasco⁹ Whitney (Torrey⁸, Moses⁷, Samuel⁶, Samuel⁵, Nathaniel⁴, Nathaniel³, John², John¹), born Gibson, Pennsylvania, 29 Jan 1832; married 24 Dec 1852, Melissa C. Wheaton, born 15 Jun 1830.

Russell Velasco Whitney is a farmer in Thompson, Pennsylvania. For some time he was in the grocery business with his son-in-law at Susquehanna, Pennsylvania. During the war was Sergt. In the 17th Pennsylvania. Cavalry; resided Thompson, Pennsylvania.

Children of Russell Velasco⁹ Whitney:

i.	Ella A.10 Whitney, born 9 Apr 1854; married 15 Jun 1879, Edwin J. Mathews, born 13 Mar 1854. Is a marble dealer in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania; is Supt. Of the M. E. Sunday school. Ch.: Ruth E., born 15 Mar 1884; Ina L., born 24 Sep 1889.
ii.	William M. Whitney, born 21 Oct 1855; married Ida E. Hamlin.
iii.	Edwin S. Whitney, born 15 Feb 1862; married Emma E. Larrabee.

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. 600.

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