Family:Whitney, Joseph (1806-1883)

Joseph⁷ Whitney (Abel⁶, Benjamin⁵, Joseph⁴, Joseph³, Jonathan², John¹), son of Abel⁶ and Phebe (Scott) Whitney, was born 27 Jan 1806, Tunbridge, VT, and died 25 Oct 1883, Tunbridge, VT.

He married, Caroline Pierce.

He resided Tunbridge, VT.

Children of Joseph⁷ and Caroline (Pierce) Whitney:

i.	Abel8 Whitney, b. 9 Jul 1847; d. 8 Aug 1864, Andersonville prison camp, during the civil war. "Whitney, Abel D., age 18, cred. to Tunbridge, VT Service: enl 12/30/63, m/i 1/2/64, Pvt, Co. D, 9th VT INF, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Andersonville, d/prison 8/8/64 (diarrhea) born: 07/09/1847, Tunbridge, VT; died 08/08/1864; buried: Andersonville National Cemetery, GA (cenotaph not identified)."[1]
ii.	Ransom Whitney, b. 24 Jun 1849 (but Pierce says 24 Jun 1844), Tunbridge, VT; d. 23 Cec 1903, Haverhill, MA, aged 54 years, of suicide by hanging;[2] m.(1) 1 Feb 1870, Lebanon, NH, Sarah B. (Johnston) Clark, b. ca. 1843, NH, dau. of John Johnston; m.(2) 8 Apr 1893, Rockingham, VT, Frances L. (Williams) Havens, b. ca. 1855, Claremont, NH, dau. of Abijah and Emma (Stearns) Williams; m.(3) 25 Sep 1903, Providence, RI, Caroline (Jones) Patch, b. ca. 1858, Manchester, ME, dau. of Isaac and Harriet M. (Marrow) Jones;[3] resided Cavendish, VT, Lebanon, Pittsfield, and Claremont, NH, and Mansfield and Haverhill, MA. Whitney, Ransom, age 18, cred. to Tunbridge, VT Service: enl 8/27/64, m/i 8/27/64, Pvt, Co. D, 9th VT INF, tr to 2d VT INF, Co. C, 1/20/65 born: 06/24/1849, Tunbridge, VT; died unknown; buried: Unknown.[4]
iii.	James Pierce Whitney, b. ca. 1855, VT; m. Rosa Goodale.

Census

• 1850, Tunbridge, Orange Co., VT:

71 79 Joseph Whitney 44 M - Farmer $900 Vt. Caroline " 34 F - " Abel " 2 M - " Ransom " 1 M - "

• 1860, Tunbridge, Orange Co., VT:

2328 2496 Joseph Whitney 50 M - Farmer $1300 $250 Vermont Caroline " 45 F - " Abel " 12 M - " Attended school Ransom " 10 M - " Attended school

• 1870, Tunbridge, Orange Co., VT:

61 62 Whitney, Joseph 64 M W Farmer $2000 $445 Vt. Male citizen over 21 " Caroline 55 F W Keep house " " James 14 M W " Attended school

• 1870, Lebanon, Grafton Co., NH:

218 314 Sanborn, Sarah B. 61 F W Keeping house $2000 $100 N.H. Clark, Sarah B. 28 F W Tailoress N.H. 315 Merrill, Martin E. 29 M W Works on Agricultural Implements $150 N.H. Male citizen over 21 -----, Sarah B. 25 F W Keeping house N.H. -----, Burton E. 2 M W N.H. Colburn, Truman 33 M W Painter Vermont Male citizen over 21 -----, Elizabeth 29 F W Boarding New York Whitney, Ransome 24 M W Works in Agricultural Shop Vermont Male citizen over 21

• 1880, Tunbridge, Orange Co., VT:

Joseph WHITNEY 74 Self M S W VT Laborer VT MA

• 1880, Pittsfield, Sullivan Co., NH:

Ransom WHITNEY 31 Self M M W VT Farmer VT VT Sarah P. WHITNEY 37 Wife F M W NH Keeping House NH NH Lucy E. GOODELL 21 Oth F S W VT Boarder VT VT

• 1890 Veterans Schedule, Claremont, Sullivan Co., NH:

U.S. 1890 Veterans Schedule, Claremont, Sullivan Co., NH, p. 3[12]: 196 209 Ranson Whitney Private C 2 VT Inf 22 Aug 1864 19 Jun 1865 9m 17d Claremont, NH

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.

• Census records

1.^  Vermont in the Civil War.

2.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 1903/25, page 515.

3.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 536, page 256.

4.^  Vermont in the Civil War.

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