Family:Whitney, William Wallace (c1845-a1880)

William Wallace⁸ Whitney (Benjamin⁷, Joseph⁶, Jonathan⁵, James⁴, Joseph³, Jonathan², John¹), son of Benjamin⁷ and ----- (-----) Whitney, was born 6 Dec 1847, NY, and died 28 May 1890. He was buried in Neoga Memorial Cemetery, Neoga, IL.^[1]

He married, before 1864, Lola Savannah Birch. She was born 8 Dec 1851, PA, and died 11 Dec 1937, Springfield, IL. She was buried in Neoga Memorial Cemetery, Neoga, IL.^[2]

Children of William Wallace⁸ and Lola Savannah (Birch) Whitney:

i.	Wallace Percy9 Whitney, b. 1873, IL; d. 1926; bur. Neoga Memorial Cemetery, Neoga, IL.[3] He may have m. Dolly Singer, b. 1875, d. 1948, bur. Neoga Memorial Cemetery, Neoga, IL.[4] They may have been the parents of E. Eloise Whitney, b. 1911, d. 1980, Neoga Memorial Cemetery, Neoga, IL.[5]
ii.	Willard Roy Whitney, b. 29 Dec 1878, IL; d. 14 May 1945;[6] m. Edna Cullen, b. 16 Jul 1880, d. 11 Aug 1973; both were bur. Neoga Memorial Cemetery, Neoga, IL.[7] Child: a. Donald William10 Whitney, b. 3 May 1905; d. 2 Apr 1963; bur. Neoga Memorial Cemetery, Neoga, IL.[8]
iii.	Carroll V. Whitney, b. Sep 1883, IL; d. after 1900.

Census

• 1860, Wilson, Niagara Co., NY:

217 213 David Jeffry 34 M - Farmer $3500 $1367 New York Mandana " 34 F - " Edwin L. " 9 M - " Attended school Allen " 7 M - " Attended school Daniel E. " 5 M - " Attended school Timothy H. " 3 M - " Otto " 10/12 M - " Deborah " 68 F - New Jersey William W. Whitney 12 M - New York Attended school

• 1870, Chicago Ward 14, Cook Co., IL:

608 731 Whitney, Newton L. 34 M W Bell Hanger $350 New York Male citizen over 21 -----, Mary 39 F W Keeps House Kentucky -----, Le Brunne 6 F W At Home Ill. Attended school Huffaker, Eva 22 F W " " Whitney, Wallace 23 M W Law Student New York Male citizen over 21

• 1880, Neoga, Cumberland Co., IL:

William W. WHITNEY 32 Self M M W NY Lawyer NY NY Lola WHITNEY 28 Wife F M W PA PA PA Percy WHITNEY 6 Son M S W IL NY PA Roy WHITNEY 1 Son M S W IL NY PA

• 1900, Neoga, Cumberland Co., IL:

Whitney, Lola S. Head W F Dec 1851 48 wid Pennsylvania -----, Carol V. Son W F Sep 1883 16 sgl Illinois

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. 212.

• Census records.

1.^  Find A Grave memorial #57145040, William Wallace Whitney.

2.^  Find A Grave memorial #57145332, Lola Savannah Birch Whitney.

3.^  Find A Grave memorial #57145264, Wallace Perry Whitney.

4.^  Find A Grave memorial #57145351, Dolly Singer Whitney.

5.^  Find A Grave memorial #57145372, D. Eloise Whitney.

6.^  Find A Grave memorial #57145236, Willard Roy Whitney.

7.^  Find A Grave memorial #57145398, Edna Cullen Whitney.

8.^  Find A Grave memorial #57145433, Donald William Whitney.

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