Family:Whitney, Nelson Oliver (1858-1901)
Prof. Nelson O.9 Whitney (Alexander Nelson8, Jacob7, Jacob6, Abraham5, Abraham4, Moses3, Richard2, John1), born in Aiken, South Carolina, 3 May 1858; married 12 Jun 1883, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mary E. Tainter, born 10 Sep 1858.
Prof. Whitney attended public schools until 1871; Saunders academy and Hastings academy till 1874; University of Pennsylvania, 1874 to 1878 graduated in the civil engineering section of the class of 1878; assisted Prof. Haupt as instructor in civil engineering for a short time and taught in the Pennsylvania School of Industrial Arts at the same time; with Pennsylvania railroad 1879 and 1880; with the Mexican National railroad in old Mexico, 1881 and 1882 as locating engineer in the valley of Toluca; 1883 to 1888 locating engineer South Pennsylvania railroad in Pennsylvania, and afterward resident engineer charge Tuscarora tunnel; 1886 to 1891 assistant to chief engineer Pennsylvania company; member Pilgrim Congregational church, Western Society Civil Engineers, etc. In June, 1891, was elected professor of railway engineering at University of Wisconsin, Madison; is a charter member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He has filled the chair at the University of Wisconsin with great ability and is one of the leading engineers in the west. The author of this work is indebted to him for valuable assistance; resided Chicago, Illinois, and Madison, Wisconsin.
Children of Nelson O.9 Whitney:
i. Helen Goldsmith10 Whitney, born Mar 21, 1884. ii. Alden Bradford Whitney, born Dec 1, 1885. iii. Mary Park Whitney, born Oct 10, 1888. iv. Edward Nelson Whitney, born 17 Jun 1890.
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. 624.
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