Family:Whitney, Abel (1804-1882)

Abel⁷ Whitney (Abel⁶, Benjamin⁵, Joseph⁴, Joseph³, Jonathan², John¹), son of Abel⁶ and Phebe (Scott) Whitney, was born 9 Feb 1804, Tunbridge, VT, and died 26 Feb 1882, Jefferson, WI.

He married, 28 Mar 1831, Mary Hall. She was born 12 Dec 1811, Tunbridge, VT, and died 9 May 1892, Jefferson, WI.

He resided Tunbridge, VT, and Jefferson, WI.

Children of Abel⁷ and Mary (Hall) Whitney:

i.	Mary Jane8 Whitney, b. 1 Apr 1832, Tunbridge, VT; d. after 1870; m. George Curtis. He was born ca. 1832, OH; d. 31 Dec 1862, Jefferson Co., WI, while enlisted in Company A, WI 1st Regiment Cavalry of disease. Ch.: Alta, b. ca. 1855, WI; d. 1915, Fort Atkinson, WI; unmarried.
ii.	Nathaniel H. Whitney, b. 15 Apr 1835, Tunbridge, VT; m. 13 Apr 1872, Jefferson Co., WI, Lucy A. Wells.
iii.	Elisabeth Sybil Whitney, b. Sep 1839, VT; d. after 1900; m. Oscar Sheld Cornish; b. ca. 1835, Middlefield, Otsego Co., NY; d. 16 Mar 1892; resided Fort Atkinson, WI. Ch.: Mary D., b. ca. 1859, Fort Atkinson, WI; Warner Whitney., b. 18 Jan 1869, Fort Atkinson, WI; Robert B., b. ca. 1874, Fort Atkinson, WI.
iv.	Amanda Whitney, b. ca. 1842, VT; m. 10 Oct 1867, Fort Atkinson, WI, James M. Smith.
v.	Hannah Emerette Whitney, b. ca. 1844, VT; not in family in 1870.
vi.	Burton C. Whitney, b. ca. 1846, VT; m. Idelia Hoyt, b. ca. 1848, NY. Ch.: (adopted) Arthur A., b. ca. 1867, IA.

Census

• 1840, Tunbridge, Orange Co., VT: Abel Whitney, 1 male 30-39, 1 male 15-19, 1 male 5-9, 1 female 20-29, 1 female 5-9, 1 female 0-4; 2 engaged in agriculture.
• 1850, Jefferson, Jefferson Co., WI:

619 645 Ezra B. Curtis 45 M - Farmer $1500 Vermont Ann " 45 F - " Merit " 19 M - Laborer " Attended school David " 16 M - Laborer " Attended school Delia " 10 F - " Attended school John " 8 M - " Attended school William Lamoth 14 M - Laborer New York 646 Abel Whitney 47 M - Farmer $600 Vermont Mary " 38 F - " Mary Jane " 18 F - " Attended school Nathaniel C. " 15 M - " Attended school Sybil G. " 10 F - " Attended school Amanda " 8 F - " Attended school Emerette " 6 F - " Attended school Benton C. " 4 M - " Attended school

• 1860, Jefferson, Jefferson Co., WI:

601 601 Abel Whitney 56 M - Farmer $2000 $500 Vt. Mary " 50 F - " Nathl. " 25 M - Farm hand " Amanda " 18 F - " Hannah P. " 16 " - " Burton " 14 M - "

• 1870, Jefferson, Jefferson Co., WI:

163 154 Whitney, Abel 67 M W Farmer $5000 $1360 Vt. Male citizen over 21 -----, Mary 59 F W Keeps house Vt. -----, Emerette 25 F W Vt. -----, Burton 24 M W Farm laborer $700 Vt. Male citizen over 21

• 1880, Jefferson, Jefferson Co., WI:

Able WHITNEY 75 Self M M W VT Farmer MA MA Mary WHITNEY 69 Wife F M W VT Keeping House MA MA Emrett WHITNEY 36 Dau F S W VT Teaching School VT VT Fred HOLMES 19 Oth M W WI Farm Laborer VT NY

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. 373.

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