Archive:Our Pioneer Families, part 3

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Our Pioneer Families: Genealogies of Whitney, Groathouse and Lignitz, by Vivian Gail Morrow Wade.

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1- Charles B. b. 1868; d. 1919, m. Lena Webber; secondly Ada Passer Staples. He was a blacksmith and lived in Phillips.

children:
a- Ardine, d. young; m. Lucille Vose of Kingfield, ME. He had 2 dau. and 1 son.
b- Hazen, m. Gladys Morton. lived in Dover-Foxcroft; had 4 sons.

2- Willmot F. Sweetser, b. 1870; m. Lilla McLaughlin in 1897, d. 1954. Lived in Madrid, ME; farmed and worked for the railroad.

children:
a- Ferne E. b. 1901, m. Kenneth Smith. lived Phillips & had 2 sons
b- Faye J. b. 1904, m. Daniel Steward. lived in Livermore Falls, ME and had 2 dau.
c- Donn W. b. 1913, m. Vertie Kilkenny of Freeman, ME (div) had 2 dau.
d- Maxine E. b. 1911, m. Arnold Palmer. lived Lynn, Mass.

3- Elgen G. d. middle age; married Belle Roberts.; lived in Farmington and had a son named Guy.
4- Joseph F., b. 1874, m. Edith Hughes. Edith d. 1934. child: Rev. Robert F. Sweetser of Augburn, ME
5- Lillian May, b. 29 April 1878, d. 28 Dec. 1922; m. to George B. Sedgeley, on 23 Aug. 1906. She was a teacher.
6- Evelyn, twin, born 1888; m. Ralph Morey.
7- Evedene-twin-b. 1888; m. William O. Steward; lived Phillips.

children:
a- Malcolm., b. 1906; d. 1922

b- Florence b 1909, m. Arthur Newell, lived Phillips
c- Pauline b. 1922;

8- Florette b. 1892, Farmington, ME. m. Clifford Cole in 1932, lived Mechanic Falls, ME.

children: Ruth, Allan and Patricia Ann

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e- Lilla Staples (dau. of Cynthia and George Staples) b. 27 April 1855, d. young
f- Mary b. approx. 1857, m. Daniel Plaisted. lived Phillips, Salem and Kingfield, ME.

children:
1- Florence, m. Andrew Sawyer, lived in Phillips
2- Delbert, lived Auburn, ME- optometrist
3- Roland; married and had several children.

g- George Alvah, b. 19 June 1860; m. Ida Calden; d. aprox. 68 yrs. old.

children:
1- Mertie Staples, m. Carl Whorff, lived in Phillips & worked at the mill- had son named Kenneth.

h- Hildreth S. Staples, youngest child of George and Cynthia Whitney Staples) b. 1862, m. Eva Butterfield, Phillips, (div) lived in Dixfield, ME.

C- Andrew (son of Andrew Whitney) b. 21 April 1822; d. 26 May 1832
D- Betsey R. (dau. of Andrew) b. 4 Jan 1826, m. 2 Jan, 1851 to Bial Chandler was widowed and had a son.
E- Mary (dau. of Andrew) b. 18 Sept 1827; m. Norman Beal-lived in Canton, ME had 5 dau.
F- John Sweetser (son of Andrew) b. 27 Dec. 1829; had children- maybe settled in Mass.
G- Lileus (child of Andrew) b. 1 Oct. 1831; d. young
H- Phebe French (dau. of Andrew) b. 23 Aug, 1833, m. 22 May 1852 to Ephraim Staples. son of Hugh and Joanna (Conant) Staples. lived in Phillips, ME. farmer and millman.

children:
a- Tryphena S. , b. 22 Dec. 1852; m. Charles B. Conant, farmer of Strong, ME;

children:
2 sons d. young,
Ella May m. Harry G. Vining, Minot, ME
Wilma m. Mr. Chapman/ then Albert B. Delbier/3rd Albert S. Conant. had dau. by first marriage.

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b- Andrew Whitney Staples, b. 4 Dec. 1854; first wife unknown; second. Sadie Walker Avery.

children:
1- Arthur (first m.) lived New Vineyard, ME
2- Clinton (2nd. m.)
3- Colon (2nd m.) lived Phillips m. Iva Weston ; had dau.-Maxine

c- Enoch S. b. 1 May 1857, lived in Strong, ME; son lived New Mexico named Howard
d- Myra A. Staples b. 18 May 1860; d. 1929 ; m. 7 Nov 1878; to Edgar Calden. He was a horse trainer, blacksmith, lived in Phillips and Hudson, Mass.- had 5 dau.
e- William A. Staples b. 29 Jan 1863, moved to Calif. - left his wife and dau. there- remarried in Winthrop years later.
f- Charles B. Staples, b. 11 July 1868, lived in Wilton, ME
g- Harry U. Staples, b. 2 May 1870, d. aprox. 1900; m. Ada Farmer.
h- Phebe Belle Staples, b. 20 April 1872 m. Mr. Tupper; had a son. lived in Phillips and Westbrook, ME.

I- Huldah Whitney (dau. of Andrew and Huldah) b. 7 Sept. 1835, Phillips, d. 1879; m. 14 April 1853 to Benjamin Whitney, who was the son of Christopher A. Whitney. Lived in Lincoln, ME. and Tomah, Wisc.- had two sons.

1- Charles (medical doctor in New York.

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Joel Whitney house, Phillips, Maine--now the Historical Museum