Family:Whitney, William Moore (1820-1862)

William Moore⁷ Whitney (Joel⁶, Joel⁵, Abel⁴, Nathaniel³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Joel⁶ and Anna (Moore) Whitney, was born 14 Dec 1820, St. Stephen, NB, and died said 15 Oct 1862 (but see below).

He married, about 1854, Mary E. Johnson, daughter of Friend and Phebe (Yale) Johnson. She was born 15 Jun 1830, Wallingford, CT, and died after 1901, CT.

On 31 Jan 1901, CT, Mary E. Whitney filed an application for a widow's pension based on William M. Whitney's service in Co. C, 28th Connecticut Infantry, and Co. F, 3rd Connecticut Infantry. The application number was 734,650, and the certificate number was 528,425.^[1] There is a problem, however. The 28th Connecticut Infantry was organized at New Haven on 15 Nov 1862, a month after his reputed death date.

Children of William Moore⁷ and Mary E. (Johnson) Whitney:

i.	Seth Todd8 Whitney, b. 23 Jun 1856, St. Stephen, NB; d. 14 Jun 1919, Quincy, MA;[2] "of St. Stephen" m. (int 14 and 21 Dec 1887, Calais, ME[3]) 2 Jan 1888, Calais, ME, Ada Gertrude Smart "of Calais".[4]
ii.	William F. Whitney, b. 26 Feb 1859, St. Stephen, NB; m. Helen M. "Nellie" Caulkins.

Census

• 1860, Wallingford, New Haven Co., CT:

554 628 William Whitney 39 M - Sailor Cap. $2000 $1000 N.B. Mary E. " 31 F - Conn. Seth F. " 4 M - " William F. " 1 M - " Mary A. Lawler 16 F - Servant Scotland

• 1870, New Haven Ward 7, New Haven Co., CT:

196 286 Perry, Thomas W. 30 M W Engineer $200 Nova Scotia Parents foreign born, Male citizen over 21, Nonvoter ... 287 Clark, Eli 45 M W Key maker $150 Connecticut Male citizen over 21 288 Whitney, Mary E. 41 F W Keeping house $2200 Con. -----, Seth T. 14 M W Con. Father foreign born, Attended school -----, William T. 11 M W Con. Father foreign born, Attended scho

• 1880: not found.
• 1900: not found.

References

1.^  U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, from Ancestry.com.

2.^  Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920, from FamilySearch.org.

3.^  "Seth T., of St. Stephen, N.B., and Ada G. Smart, of Calais, int. 14 Dec 1887 and 21 Dec 1887," according to Howland, Sharon D., Vital Records of Calais to the Year 1892 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1999, 2000, 2001), p. 253.

4.^  "Seth T., and Ada G. Smart, m. Jan. 2, 1888, by C. G. McCully," according to Howland, Sharon D., Vital Records of Calais to the Year 1892 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1999, 2000, 2001), p. 254.

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