Family:Whitney, George Washington (1827-1914)
George Washington7 Whitney (John6, Amos5, Amos4, Nathaniel3, Benjamin2, John1), son of John6 and Betsey (Fairbanks) Whitney, was born 19 Aug 1827, Newburgh, ME, and died 16 Sep 1914, Bangor, ME, buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, ME.
He married, about 1853, Mary J. -----. She was born about 1828, ME, and died after 1900.
He resided in Newburgh, ME in 1850; in Bangor, ME in 1860 through 1880, where he was the jail keeper; and Newburgh, ME, in 1900, where he was a farmer.
Child of George Washington7 and Mary J. (-----) Whitney:
i. Mary Florence8 Whitney, b. ca. 1858, ME; d. after 1880.
Notes
There is some confusion about which George W. Whitney was the jailer at Bangor. Pierce claims it was Richard Whitney's son,[1] but the age in the censuses supports John's. Furthermore, John's son Warren was living with George in 1860.
Census
990 1055 George W. Whitney 33 M - Keeper Jail $1300 $1000 Me. Mary I. " 32 F - " Mary F. " 2 " - " Prudential Newcomb 23 " - Domestic " Ann Simpson 28 " - " Warren Whitney 26 M - Clerk $600 " [and 13 inmates]
937 1067 Whitney, Geo. W. 42 M W Jailor $1200 $6500 Maine Male citizen over 21 -----, May J. 41 F W Keeping House " -----, Mary F. 12 F W " Attended school Moran, Patrick 45 M W Day Laborer " Parents foreign born, Illiterate, Male citizen over 21 Dodge, Angelia 30 F W Domestic Servant "
George W. WHITNEY 52 Self M M W ME --- --- Mary J. WHITNEY 51 Wife F M W ME Keeping House MA MA M. Florence WHITNEY 22 Dau F S W ME At Home ME ME Emily J. PAGE 55 Oth F S W ME Clerk In Store --- NH
4 5 Whitney, George W. Head W M Aug 1827 72 mar 47 Maine Maine Maine Farmer, Owns free farm -----, Mary Wife W F Dec 1828 71 mar 47 1ch 1liv Maine Massachusetts Massachusetts
References
- Census records.
1.^ Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), p. 229.
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