Family:Whitney, George Wescott (1848-a1900)

George W.⁸ Whitney (Thomas⁷, Cornelius⁶, Cornelius⁵, Matthias⁴, Cornelius³, Joshua², John¹), son of Thomas⁷ and Annie (Jewel) Whitney, was born 1848, Albion, NY, and died after 1886.

He married, 30 Jul 1869, Shelby County, IA, Alice Castle. She was born 1856, and died after 1886.

He is a farmer; resided Gibbon, NE.

Children of George W.⁸ and Alice (Castle) Whitney:

i.	Daniel S.9 Whitney, b. 1871.
ii.	Elizabeth Whitney, b. 1872; m. 1890, ----- Marshall; resided Aurora, NE.
iii.	Edith Whitney, b. 1876; d. 1889.
iv.	Jennie Whitney, b. 1886.

Census

• 1870, Jackson, Shelby Co., IA, p. [4]:

25 25 McConnel, J. R. 36 M W Farmer $900 $795 Ohio Male citizen over 21 -----, Catharine 30 F W Keeping House Indiana -----, Chas. I. 12 M W Farm Laborer Iowa Attended school -----, Emma L. 9 F W At home Iowa Attended school -----, Mary E. 4 F W At home Iowa 26 Whitney, Geo. 23 M W Farmer $100 New York Married in Jul, Male citizen over 21 -----, Alice 14 F W Keeping House Iowa Married in Jul

• 1880, Round Mound, Osborne Co., KS:

George WHITNEY 31 Self M M W IL Farmer --- --- Alice WHITNEY 23 Wife F M W IA Keeping House --- --- Daniel S. WHITNEY 9 Son M S W IA IL IA Elizabeth WHITNEY 7 Dau F S W IA IL IA Edith WHITNEY 4 Dau F S W IA IL IA

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. 573.

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