Family:Whitney, Ebenezer (1803-1877)

Ebenezer⁶ Whitney (Stephen⁵, Isaac⁴, Nathaniel³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Stephen⁵ Whitney and Martha (Irish) Whitney, was born 22 Mar 1803, Gorham, ME, and died 20 Dec 1877.

He married, int. 1 Jan 1835, cert. 17 Jan 1835, Harrison, ME, Sarah P.⁸ Whitney, daughter of Daniel⁷ and Susan (Harmon) Whitney. She was born 29 Feb or 1 Mar 1816, Harrison, ME, and died 10 Sep 1883.

Children of Ebenezer⁶ and Sally⁸ (Whitney) Whitney (possibly incomplete):

i.

Susan Augusta7 Whitney, b. 1835-1840.

ii.

Calvin Crocker Whitney, b. 22 Feb 1839; d. 30 Sep1896, Bridgton, ME; m. 3 Sep 1841,['] Sarah Blake of Gorham, d 7 Feb 1907. Calvin C. Whitney was a carriage painter of high professional ability. He worked many years in the great carriage factories of Charles P. Kimball in Portland, ME, and in Chicago, IL. He also worked in the great Pullman Car Shops in Pullman, IL. Their children: Eveline Augusta, b. Sept. 1, 1862; died Feb. 11, 1897; unmarried. Margie Isadore, b. Apr. 3, 1864; married Willis E. Marriner of Bridgton, June 29, 1889; children, Ernest Cummings, b. Oct. 16, 1891; student in Bridgton High School, college preparatory year. Frederick Whitney, b. Feb. 5, 1896. Evelyn Louise, b. Feb. 2, 1905. Fred Ernest, 3d child of Calvin, b. in Gorham, Aug. 11, 1867; married Emily Brackett of Watertown, Mass.; and resides there. He is a provision dealer in Cambridge, Mass. James Cummings Sloan, 4th child of Calvin, b. in Portland, Sept. 19, 1869; was grocer in Bridgton for years; now of the firm of Whitney & Hobson, in trucking business in Portland; married Georgia McGee of Bridgton; they had one son: Clarence Eastman Whitney, b. Mar. 5, 1897; died May 6, 1906. Magaret Edith, b. Nov. 10, 1906. Lillian, b. Aug. 19, 1871; married Willis E. Crosby of Bridgton, Nov. -, 1901; children: Mary Lela, b. Aug. 20, 1903. Calvin, b. July 19, 1905. Maude Esther, b. Nov. 19, 1873; married Edwin Rae Hill of Cumberland,Me. Clifford Calvin, b. Apr. 13, 1882; grocer; resides in Portland.

References

• Census records.

• Moulton, Alphonso, Howard L. Sampson, and Granville Fernald, comps. and eds., Centennial History of Harrison, Maine: Containing The Centennial Celebration of 1905, and Historical and Biographical Matter (Portland: Southworth Printing Company, 1909), pp. 703-704.

1.^  Harrison, Maine, Vital Records.

Census

• 1830: not found.
• 1840, Bangor, Penobscot Co., ME: Eben^r Whitney, 1 male 30-39, 1 male 0-4, 1 female 20-29, and 1 female 0-4; 1 engaged in in manufacture or trades.
• 1850: not found.

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