Family:Whitney, Charles Wesley (1829-1917)

Charles Wesley⁷ Whitney (John Merrick⁶, James Rex⁵, Caleb⁴, William³, Joshua², John¹), born Fayette, Mississippi, 15 Oct 1829; married 23 Nov 1848, Sarah Cunningham Fleming Darden, born 29 Jan 1831, died 12 Jul 1905; he died 4 Jan 1917; resided Fayette, Mississippi.

Children of Charles Wesley⁷ Whitney:

i.	Eugene8 Whitney, born 15 Sep 1849; died 25 Sep 1849.
ii.	Pendleton Darden Whitney, born 22 Dec 1851; assassinated Aug. 25, 1876.
iii.	John Merrick Whitney, born 1 Sep 1854; died 25 Sep 1872.
iv.	Maggie Whitney, born 22 Dec 1857; married 21 Mar 1878, Prof. J. E. Blankinship; 2 ch.; resided Danville, Arkansas.
v.	Katie Whitney, born 1 Dec 1861; married 1 Dec 1881, Rivers Harrison; 1 ch.; she died 4 Jul 1908?; resided Fayette.
vi.	Emmie Whitney, born 12 Jan 1865; married 1 Jun 1884, Howell F. West; 1 ch.; resided Natchez.
vii.	Charles Wesley Whitney, born 21 Apr 1870, died 8 Apr 1935.
viii.	Putnam Darden Whitney, born 21 Apr 1870, died 23 Nov 1938.

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. 390.

2. Tombstone information from Fayette, Mississippi.

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