Family:Whitney, Nelson Oliver (1858-1901)

Nelson O.'s Locations

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Prof. Nelson O.⁹ Whitney (Alexander Nelson⁸, Jacob⁷, Jacob⁶, Abraham⁵, Abraham⁴, Moses³, Richard², John¹), son of Alexander Nelson⁸ and Elvira Augusta (Smith) Whitney, was born 3 May 1858, Aiken, SC and died 17 March 1901, Dane, WI.

He married, 12 Jun 1883, Philadelphia, PA, Mary E. Tainter. She was 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 Jun 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, IL, and Madison, WI.

Children of Nelson O.⁹ and Mary E. (Tainter) Whitney:

i.	Helen Goldsmith10 Whitney, b. 21 Mar 1884.
ii.	Alden Bradford10 Whitney, b. 1 Dec 1885. d. 5 Jan 1945
iii.	Mary Park Whitney, b. 10 Oct 1888.
iv.	Edward Nelson Whitney, b. 17 Jun 1890.

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. 624, except information related to Alden Bradford Whitney.

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