Family:Whitney, David Josiah (1814-1887)

David Josiah⁸ Whitney (William Henry⁷, Aaron⁶, Aaron⁵, Moses⁴, Moses³, Richard², John¹), born 22 Jan 1814, Vermont; married Mehitable B. Smith, Mass; born about 1818, Massachusetts. He died 1887; resided Clinton, New York, Racine, Wisconsin, and Chicago, Illinois. In 1850 he was listed as a saddler. In 1870, he was listed as a corn merchant.

Children of David Josiah⁸ and Mehitable B. (Smith) Whitney:

i.	Isadore9 Whitney, born circa 1838, Clinton, New York; married Charles Black; resided Racine, Wisconsin. She was a teacher and Temperance leader. She was listed on the 1850 census in Dunkirk, Dane County, Wisconsin.She contracted pneumonia while on Temperance work and died Dec 23,1905.
ii.	Frances M. Whitney, born 1839, Clinton, New York, died 12 Apr 1902, Rochester, New York. She married Horace Johnson.
iii.	Caroline Whitney, born circa 1844, Clinton, New York; lived Chicago, Illinois; married ----- Stephens.
iv.	Clarence S. Whitney, born 17 Jan 1850, Clinton, New York, died 15 May 1912, Kansas City, Missouri.

Census Records

1820 - Not yet located (with parents)

1830 - Not yet located (with parents)

1840 - David J Whitney, Kirkland, Oneida County, New York

1850 - David Whitney, Kirkland, Oneida County, New York

1860 - Not yet located

1870 - David J Whitney, Chicago Ward 13, Cook County, Illinois

1880 - David Whitney, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

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. 494.

2.1850 Federal Census, Oneida County,NY.

3. Death Certificates of Frances M. (Whitney) Johnson and Clarence S. Whitney.

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