Family:Whitney, Harlan Harrison (1838-a1900)

Harlan Harrison⁷ Whitney (David Morse⁶, George⁵, Jason⁴, Mark³, Benjamin², John¹), son of David Morse⁶ and Mary Ann (Gilmore) Whitney, was born 7 Mar 1838, Natick, MA, and died after 1900.

He "of Natick" married, 19 Sep 1862, Framingham, MA [or Natick, MA], Marion S. Stowell, "of Framingham", daughter of Luther and Elzina (Davis) Stowell.^[1] She was born 22 Jan 1842, Londonderry, VT, and died 2 Aug 1917, Framingham, MA.

He was a shoemaker, enlisted in Company H, 13th Massachusetts Volunteers, resided Natick, MA. He reenlisted in 59th Massachusetts Infantry as Brevet Captain.

Harlan Harrison⁷ and Marion S. (Stowell) Whitney had no children.

Census

• 1860: not found.
• 1865 State, Lynn, Essex Co., MA:

212 289 Edwin B. Caswell 50 M - Northwood, N.H. M Policeman - - 1 1 - Mary E. Caswell 42 F - Strafford, N.H. M Housewife - - - - - Mary A. Caswell 14 F - Derry, N.H. S - - - - - George W. Caswell 12 M - Chester, N.H. S - - - - - Alma J. Caswell 10 F - Chester, N.H. S - - - - - Nathaniel Putnam 42 M - Gloucester, Mass. M Express Messenger - - 1 1 - Kate Putnam 33 F - Atkinson, N.H. M None - - - - - Fannie Putnam 15 F - Lynn, Mass. S None - - - - - J. M. Davis 22 M - Canada S Wheelwright - - 1 - - Geo. A. Martin 26 M - Boston, Mass. S Shoemaker - - 1 1 - Richard S. Dodge 23 M - Newburyport, Mass. M Shoemaker - - 1 - - Edwin Dodge 19 M - Newburyport, Mass. S Shoecutter - - - - - John F. Twombly 34 M - No. Berwick, Me. M Painter - - 1 1 - John C. Putnam 25 M - Danvers, Mass. S Shoemaker - - 1 - - H. H. Whitney 26 M - Natick, Mass. M Shoemaker - - 1 1 - P. B. Hennessey 22 M - Ireland S Shoemaker - - 1 - - Samuel C. Foss 28 M - Durham, N.H. M Shoemaker - - 1 1 - Martha E. Foss 24 F - Concord, N.H. M Shoefitter - - - - - J. C. Stewart 32 M - Nova Scotia S Shoemaker - - 1 - - Patrick O'Neal 33 M - Ireland S Shoemaker - - 1 - - Julia C. Andrews 32 F - Georgetown, Mass. M Domestic - - - - - Kate Mahoney 19 F - Ireland S Domestic - - - - - Harriett L. Durgin 25 F - New Hampshire S Shoefitter - - - - -

• 1870: not found.
• 1880: not found.
• 1880, Westborough, Worcester Co., MA:

Hannah P. PETERS 68 Self F S W MA Keeping House MA MA Marion WHITNEY 38 Oth F S W NH Works In Straw Shop NH NH

Note that she calls herself "single".

• 1890 Veterans Schedule, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA:

151 192 Harlen H. Whitney Corpl. H 13 MA Inf 16 Apr 1861 26 Jun 1865 2y 2m 10d 815 Arch St., Philadelphia, PA Reinlisted in 59 Mass Inf as Brevet Captain

• 1900, Wauwatosa, Milwaukee Co., WI: N.W. Branch, National Home for D.V.S. [Disabled Veteran Soldiers]: Harlan H. Whitney, 61, b. Mar 1839, MA, widowed. Note that he calls himself "widowed".
• 1900, wife Marion not found.
• 1910: not found.

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. 425.

• Stowell, William Henry Harrison, Stowell genealogy: a record of the descendants of Samuel Stowell, of Hingham, Mass., {Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle, 1922), pp. 430-431.

1.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 154, page 180.

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