Family:Whitney, Melvin Stow (1812-1865)

Melvin Stow⁷ Whitney (Benjamin⁶, Abraham⁵, Benjamin⁴, John³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Benjamin⁶ and Bethiah (Woodward) Whitney, was born 9 Oct 1812, and died 19 Jan 1865, New York, NY.

Marriage intentions were published 30 Sep 1834, Bangor, ME, for him and Sarah Langley.

She resided in Worcester, MA, at the Wellington.

He resided New York, NY.

Children of Melvin Stow⁷ and Sarah (Langley) Whitney:

i.

Elizabeth8 Whitney, b. 22 Nov 1857 (adopted); d. 1895; m. 17 Apr 1879, William S. Forrest. William S. Forrest was b. 9 Jul 1852, Baltimore, MD, and received an excellent preparatory education; he entered Dartmouth college, was honored with an election to the Psi Upsilon fraternity, and graduated in the class of 1875. Soon afterwards he began reading law in Boston with Gaston, Field & Jewett and remained with that firm till he went to Chicago in 1878, and was admitted to the various bars in October of that year. Since becoming a resident of that city he has been engaged in several noted criminal cases, but, although powerful in that line he is a general practitioner in his profession. In politics he is a Democrat and many of his addresses have attracted considerable attention. Probably he is the most prominent criminal lawyer in the city of Chicago, and was the leading attorney in the celebrated Cronin case. Ch.: Marjorie, b. 3 Feb 1880; d. 3 Apr 1883; Elizabeth, b. 22 Mar 1882; Marshall, b. 21 Jun 1886; infant, b. 21 Oct 1893; resided 3264 Groveland Ave., Chicago, IL.

Census

• 1850, New York Ward 1, New York Co., NY:

Hotel 1 1 John M. Flint 49 M - Inn Keeper New York ... Miles S. Whitney 37 M - Merchant Maine Abner G. Wheeler 28 M - Clerk Ohio Eliza Whitney 30 F - Maine ...

"Miles" is an error for "Melvin".

• 1860, New York Ward 15, New York Co., NY:

204 249 John S. Tucker 45 M - Hotel Keeper Massachusetts ... M. S. Whiteney 45 M - Merchant Maryland Lizzie " 40 F - do Elizabeth " 4 F - New York ...

"Maryland" is an error for "Maine".

• 1870, daughter Elizabeth not found.

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), pp. 405-406.

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