Family:Whitney, Allen Caswell (1825-1892)

Allen Caswell Whitney (Joshua}, son of Joshua and Betsey (Caswell) Whitney, was born 19 Oct 1824, Otisfield, ME,^[1] and died 23 Feb 1892, Homer, MN, aged 66 years, of heart disease, farmer.^[2]

He married, 17 Nov 1848, Harrison, ME, Ann Maria Wilson.^[3] She was born about 1832, NH, and died 29 Mar 1890, Winona, MN.^[4]

Children of Allen Caswell and Ann Maria (Wilson) Whitney:

i.	Horace Josiah Whitney, b. 24 Apr 1852, Gorham, NH; m. Eliza Lemira Stowell.
ii.	Rosetta S. Whitney, b. ca. 1859, Otisfield, ME.
iii.	Edgar E. Whitney, b. ca. 1867, NH.

Census

• 1850, Gorham, Coos Co., NH:

33 36 Allen C. Whitney 25 M - Farmer $500 Me. Ann M. Whitney 18 F - N.H.

• 1860, Otisfield, Cumberland Co., ME:

180 180 Allen B. Whitney 35 M - Farmer $500 $330 Harrison Me. Ann M. " 28 F - Wife Gorham N.H. Horace J. " 8 M - " " Attended school Rosetta S. " 1 F - Otisfield Me.

• 1870, Gorham, Coos Co., NH:

152 195 Whitney, Allen C. 45 M W Farmer $800 $500 Maine Male citizen over 21 -----, Ann M. 38 F W Keeping House N.H. -----, Horace J. 18 M W At Home N.H. -----, Edgar 3 M W At Home N.H.

• 1880, Shetek, Murray Co., MN:

Allen C. WHITNEY 55 Self M M W ME Farmer ME ME Ann M. WHITNEY 48 Wife F M W NH Keeps House NH ME Edgar E. WHITNEY 13 Son M S W NH At Home ME NH

References

• Census records.

• Stowell, William Henry Harrison, 'Stowell genealogy: a record of the descendants of Samuel Stowell, of Hingham, Mass., {Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle, 1922), pp. 521-522.

1.^  Otisfield, Maine, Vital Records.

2.^  Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990, from FamilySearch.org.

3.^  Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, from FamilySearch.org; also 1.^  Harrison, Maine, Vital Records.

4.^  Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990, from FamilySearch.org.

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