Family:Whitney, Orlando (1840-a1880)
Orlando7 Whitney (Walter6, Josiah5, Eliasaph4, Nathan3, John2, Henry1), son of Walter6 and Caroline Matilda (Disbrow) Whitney, was born 23 Sep 1840, Darien, CT, was baptized 5 Mar 1841, Darien, CT, and died after Jul 1874.
He married, 25 Dec 1866, Webster, NH, Mary Stickney Couch,[1] daughter of Enoch and Jane Osgood (Stickney) Couch. She was born 12 Jun 1844, Webster, NH, and died after Jul 1874.
Phoenix says the following:
- "He was engaged in teaching from the Spring of 1857 to 1860; lived at Groton, CT, from the Autumn of 1860 to the Spring of 1862; entered the Methodist Episcopal Theological School at Concord, NH, in the Fall of 1863, graduating in 1866; was ordained a deacon at New York, 5 Apr 1868, by Bishop Edmund F. Janes, but had to give up preaching, on account of delicate health; taught school at Darien for one year, 1871-72; and then engaged in wood-turning, which employment was still continued in July 1874, when he was living at Darien."
Child of Orlando7 and Mary Stickney (Couch) Whitney:
i. Herbert Clyde8 Whitney, b. 16 Nov 1867, Darien, CT; d. after 1920.
Census
165 163 Whitney, Caroline 64 F W Keeping house $3000 $1000 Connecticut -----, Orlando 29 M W No occupation Connecticut Male citizen over 21 -----, John 27 M W Farmer $1500 $1000 Connecticut Male citizen over 21 Betts, Mary D. 3 F W At home New York 164 Miner, John O. 40 M W Pilot Connecticut Male citizen over 21 -----, Julia A. 35 F W School Teacher $500 Connecticut -----, Walter 9 M W At School Connecticut Attended school
56 60 Couch, Joseph 33 M W Farmer $4500 $3000 N.H. Male citizen over 21 -----, Jane O. 62 F W Keeping house $3000 Maine -----, Nancy E. 35 F W School Teacher $2700 N.H. Whitney, Mary C. 26 F W Teacher of Musick $2700 N.H. -----, Herbert O. 2 M W Connecticut
John H. WHITNEY 37 Self M S W CT Farmer CT CT Orlando F. WHITNEY 39 Broth M W W CT Farmer CT CT
Nancy E. COUCH 45 Self F S W NH Keeps House NH ME Herbert C. WHITNEY 12 Neph M S W CT Home CT NH Jeremiah W. LOVEJOY 53 Oth M S W ME Farmer NH ME
82 84 Couch, Nancy E. Head W F Feb 1835 65 sgl New Hampshire New Hampshire Maine Farmer, Owns free farm Whitney, Herbert C. Neph W M Nov 1867 32 sgl Connecticut Connecticut New Hampshire Farm Severin, Louise Brdr W F Apr 1885 15 sgl Germany Germany Holland School Atkinson, Edwin B. Brdr W M May 1848 52 sgl New Hampshire New Hampshire New Hampshire Farm-laborer Webster, Georg P. Brdr W M Jan 1877 23 sgl Massachusetts New Hampshire Massachusetts Farmer
- 1910, Webster, Merrimack Co., NH:
34 34 Macurdy, David A. Head M W 77 m7 New Hampshire New Hampshire New Hampshire Farmer, Owns free farm -----, Nancy E. Wife F W 75 m7 0ch 0lv New Hampshire New Hampshire Maine None Whitney, Herbert C. Neph M W 42 sgl Connecticut Connecticut New Hampshire Farm laborer Atkinson, Edwin B. Hird M W 62 wid New Hampshire New Hampshire New Hampshire Farm laborer Huntoon, Mary Srvt F W 45 wid 0ch 0lv New Hampshire New Hampshire New Hampshire Servant
- 1920, Courses Hill, Webster, Merrimack Co., NH:
69 72 Whitney, Herbert C. Head M W 52 sgl Connecticut Connecticut New Hampshire Farmer, Owns free property Macurdy, Nancy Aunt F W 84 wid New Hampshire New Hampshire Maine None Shaw, F. L. Hkpr F W 67 wid Vermont Vermont Vermont Housekeeper Corliss, Charles Hird M W 54 div New Hampshire New Hampshire New Hampshire Laborer
References
- All data imported from Stephen Whitney Phoenix, The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its affiliations; being an attempt to trace the descendants, as well in the female as the male lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878; to which is prefixed some account of the Whitneys of England. (New York : Priv. Print. [Bradford Press] 1878), p. 825 and p. 1695.
1.^ "Orlando Whitney (b. 1840, Darien, CT, s. of Walter Whitney & Caroline) & Mary S. Couch, m. 25 Dec 1866, Webster, Merrimack Co., NH," according to New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index.
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