Family:Whitney, William Henry (c1848-1908)

William Henry Whitney (Jacob, Eli, James), son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Bradstreet) Whitney, was born about 1848, and died 29 Feb 1908, Stamford, NY.

He married, Jennie I. Bryant daughter of Thomas and Phebe (Kersey) Bryant. She was born Aug 1850, Andes, NY, and died 29 Dec 1908, Stamford, NY.

Children of William Henry and Jennie I. (Bryant) Whitney:

i.	Winifred Bryant Whitney, b. Aug 1887; m.(1) 24 Jun 1908, Stamford, NY, Hugh Govern, Jr., son of Hugh and Anna (Lohan) Govern, b. ca. 1865, Roxbury, NY; m.(2) 29 Oct 1914, Stamford, NY, John Stephen O'Neil, son of Francis and Mary (FitzPatrick) O'Neil, b. 16 Aug 1880, Riverdale, NY.

Census

• 1880, Stamford, Delaware Co., NY:

William WHITNEY 32 Self M M W NY R.R. Station Agent NY NY Jennie WHITNEY 28 Wife F M W NY Keeping House NY NY

References

• Edmund J. Longyear, The Descendants of Jacob Longyear of Ulster County, New York (Los Angeles, privately printed, 1942), p. 152, 311.

• Census records.

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