Family:Whitney, James Drake Cate (1838-a1880)
James Drake Cate8 Whitney (Silas Stacy7, Hananiah6, Samuel5, William4, Nathaniel3, John2, John1), son of Silas Stacy7 and Mary Bryant (Cate) Whitney, was born 28 Mar 1838, Center Harbor, NH.
He married, 15 Aug 1867, Alice Josephine Jennings. She was born 9 Jan 1842.
He was born in Center Harbor, NH. Came to Chicago with his father in Mar 1855. Has been employed in various capacities and for different individuals during his life there. Went into the army as a private in 1861; came out a private in 1863. Was in the employ of the city in the capacity of assistant secretary of the board of public works, under Secretary A. W. Tinkham, for some nine or ten years. Is now in the employ of the government, in the department of the interior, at the Indian supply warehouse in Chicago; resided 453 Belden Ave., Chicago, IL; s. p.
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), p. 464.
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