Family:Whitney, Milton Isaac (1846-1936)

Milton I.⁷ Whitney (Samuel⁶, Isaac⁵, Jason⁴, Mark³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Samuel⁶ and Ann (Stroup) Whitney, was born 4 Jun 1846, Macomb, MI.

He married, 5 Jul 1876, Chicago, IL, Elizabeth M. Fuller. She was born 11 Sep 1858, Toronto, ON.

He served during the war until its close in a Michigan regiment. For many years he has been a teacher and principal in the Detroit public schools; resided Detroit, MI, 209 Hancock Ave.

He attended school in Ypsilanti with his brother Samuel, where he is listed in 1870.

Children of Milton I.⁷ and Elizabeth M. (Fuller) Whitney:

i.	Robert A.8 Whitney, b. 30 Apr 1877.
ii.	Jessie E. Whitney, b. 10 Feb 1879; d. 10 Jun 1880.
iii.	Ralph M. Whitney, b. 31 Jul 1880 (twin); d. 24 Sep 1880.
iv.	Roger S. Whitney, b. 31 Jul 1880 (twin); d. 25 Sep 1880.
v.	Winnifred R. Whitney, b. 2 Mar 1885.

Census

• 1880, Portage, Houghton Co., MI:

Melton WHITNEY 30 Self M M W CANA Teaching School ENGL SCOTL Robert A. WHITNEY 3 Son M S W MI MI CANA Jessie E. WHITNEY 1 Dau F S W MI MI CANA

Wife Elizabeth, pregnant with twins, is not listed in the family. Possibly the birth information given for Milton is actually hers, and she was omitted by a clerical error. Milton and his parents were all born in Michigan.

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. 421.

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