Family:Whitney, Edwin Goldsmith (1812-1880)

Edwin Goldsmith⁸ Whitney (Jacob⁷, Jacob⁶, Abraham⁵, Abraham⁴, Moses³, Richard², John¹), son of Jacob⁷ and Maria (Goldsmith) Whitney, was born 30 Nov 1812, and died 3 Dec 1880, Madison, IN.

He married, Jul 1834, Maria Carver. She was born about 1814, PA, and died after 1870.

He was for many years president of First National bank there; very wealthy and influential all along the Ohio river in the active early years of developments in that region. He resided Madison, IN.

Children of Edwin Goldsmith⁸ and Maria (Carver) Whitney:

i.	William Brainard9 Whitney, b. ca. 1843, Madison, IN; m. 14 Jul 1874, Nashua, NH, Lucy Fayette Cutter;[1] resided New York City and Chicago, IL.
ii.	Rowland Whitney, b. ca. 1846, IN.

Census

• 1840, Madison, Jefferson Co., IN: E. G. Whitney, 2 males 20-29, 1 female 20-29, and 1 female 0-4; 1 engaged in manufacture or trades.
• 1850, Madison, Jefferson Co., IN:

227 229 Edwin G. Whitney 39 M - Clerk $15500 N. York Mona " 42 M - Pennsylvania Branard " 7 M - Indiana Rowland " 4 M - " Margaret Anderson 18 F - Pennsylvania Maria Whitney 58 F - Massachusetts

• 1860, Madison, Jefferson Co., IN:

728 705 E. G. Whitney 48 M - Bank Cashr. $7000 $12500 N.Y. Mariah 51 F - Penn. Rowling 14 M - Ind. Sarah Lewis 18 F M Servt. Genl. Ky.

• 1860, Brainard not found.
• 1870, Madison, Jefferson Co., IN, p. 20:

110 110 Whitney, Edwin G. 57 M W Banker $7000 $40000 New York Male citizen over 21 " Maria 56 F W Keep House $15000 Penna. " Brainard 26 M W Hay Merchant $7000 $25000 Indiana Male citizen over 21 Sanders, Elizabeth 30 F W Dom Servant $1000 Kentucky " Stella 9 F W At Home Indiana " Edwin 7 M W " " Whitney, Maria 78 F W " $6000 Mass.

• 1870, Rowland not found.
• 1880: not found.
• 1880, Plainfield, Union Co., NJ:

William B. WHITNEY 36 Self M M W INDIANA Wholesale Produce MASS LA Lucy WHITNEY 36 Wife F M W KENTUCKY Keep House N HAMP NH Lucy WHITNEY 5 Dau F S W N HAMP IND KY Susan WHITNEY 3 Dau F S W ILLINOIS IND KY Elizabeth WHITNEY 2 Dau F S W ILLINOIS IND KY Ellen CROIL 21 Oth F S W NY Servant IRELAND IRE Hannah ANDERSON 22 Oth F S W SWEDEN Servant SWED SWED

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), pp. 494-495.

1.^  "Will B. Whitney (b. 1843, s. of Edwin E. Whitney & Maria C.) & Lucy F. Cutter, m. 14 Jul 1874, Nashua, Hillsborough Co., NH," and "William B. Whitney (b. 1843, Madison, IN, s. of Edwin Whitney & Maria C.) & Lucy F. Cutter, m. 14 Jul 1874, Nashua, Hillsborough Co., NH," according to New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index.

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