Family:Whitney, George Callender (1809-1880)
George Callender6 Whitney (George5, Jason4, Mark3, Benjamin2, John1), son of George5 and Esther (Morse) Whitney, was born 3 Feb 1809, Natick, MA,[1] and died Mar 1880, Niles, MI, aged 71 years of chronic diarrhea.[2]
He married, 2 Dec 1830, Natick, MA, Persis Robbins Broad.[3] She was born 20 Dec 1806, MA, and died between 1870 and 1880.
He was admitted to the church in Dedham, MA, 20 Aug 1843.[4] Persis was admitted 2 days earlier.[5]
He was a farmer and shoe manufacturer. He resided Natick, MA, and Chicago, IL.
Children of George Callender6 and Persis Robbins (Broad) Whitney:
i. Charles Henry7 Whitney, b. ca. 1832, MA; resided Chicago, IL. ii. Sarah Frances Whitney, b. ca. 1837, MA; m. 23 Oct 1862, NJ, George Washington Oliphant; resided Chicago, IL.
Census
- 1840: not found.
- 1850, Ward 5, Newark, Essex Co., NJ:
305 453 Edward C. Sanford 25 M - Sash & Blind maker $1600 New Jersey Martha E. Sanford 25 F - Tennessee Martha Sanford 4 F - New Jersey 454 George C. Whitney 40 M - Helper in Saddler Shop Massachusetts Persis R. Whitney 43 F - " Sarah F. Whitney 13 F - " Attended school
Select School 555 616 Ebenezer Seymour 48 M - Teacher $6500 New York Mary " 44 F - " . . . Charles H. Whitney 18 M - Student Massachusetts Attended school . . .
- 1860: not found.
- 1870, Howard, Cass Co., MI:
204 210 Alfant, Sarah 33 F W Keeping House $4000 $500 Massachusetts -----, Florence 18 F W Tennessee Attended school 211 Whitney, George C. 61 M W Farmer $3500 Massachusetts Male citizen over 21 -----, Perces R. 63 F W Keeping House Massachusetts
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. 242.
1.^ "George Callender [Whitney], s. of George and Ester, [born] Feb 3, 1809," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Natick, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1910).
3.^ "George C. [Whitney] and Persis Broad, [married] Dec. 2, 1830.," according to Natick Vital Records.
4.^ "George C. [Whitney], adm. Aug. 20, 1843," according to Don Gleason Hill, ed., Dedham, Records of Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths 1638-1845 (Dedham, MA: Dedham Transcript, 1886).
5.^ "Persis R. [Whitney], adm. Aug. 18, 1843, from Natick," according to Dedham Vital Records.
Copyright © 2006, 2008, 2010, Robert L. Ward and the Whitney Research Group
- Missing from 1840 Census
- Missing from 1860 Census
- Michigan
- Berrien County, Michigan
- Niles, Berrien County, Michigan
- Illinois
- Cook County, Illinois
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
- Massachusetts
- Middlesex County, Massachusetts
- Natick, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
- Norfolk County, Massachusetts
- Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts