Family:Whitney, Hammond Moore (1851-a1910)

Hammond Moore⁹ Whitney (Asa Hammond⁸, Asa⁷, Elisha⁶, Elijah⁵, Daniel⁴, John³, John², John¹), son of Asa Hammond⁸ and Laura Leffingwell (Henshaw) Whitney, was born 28 Jul 1851, Hampton, VA, and died after 1910.

He married, 13 Nov 1879, Boston, MA, Catherine Howard Reed, daughter of Edward and Catherine (Howard) Reed. She was born 26 Apr 1854, Boston, MA, and died after 1910.

He was born in Hampton, VA, 28 Jul 1851. Moved to New York, 1855, and to Newtown about 1857 and to Cambridge, MA, at the death of his father in 1859. In 1862 he went to live with an aunt, on a farm at Leicester, MA, attending the Leicester Military academy two winters, and working on the farm at other times, until 1865, when the family moved to Lancaster, MA, where he continued to work on a farm, except in winter, until 1867, when he went to work in a cotton mill, and continued there until 1869, when he went to Oxford, MA, and worked in a woolen mill until early in 1870, when he went to Boston and went to work in a wholesale paper store, where he remained until 1885, at which time he became connected with one of the oldest paper manufacturing concerns in the country, and in 1889 was made vice-president, which office he now holds. He served in the state militia six years; resided 39 Carlton St., Brookline, MA.

Children of Hammond Moore⁹ and Catherine Howard (Reed) Whitney:

i.	Catherine10 Whitney, b. 28 Sep 1881.
ii.	Margaret Whitney, b. 28 Dec 1887.

Census

• 1880 Census Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA:

Edward REED 59 Self M M W MA MA MA Catherine REED 53 Wife F M W MA Keeps House MA MA John REED 30 Son M S W MA MA MA William C. REED 27 Son M S W MA MA MA Hammond WHITNEY 28 SonL M M W VA Store Clerk MA OH Catherine R. WHITNEY 26 Dau F M W MA MA MA William JACKSON 23 Oth M S B VA Servant VA VA Issabella BROWN 28 Oth F S W CAN Servant CAN CAN Amelia POTTER 28 Oth F S W CAN Servant CAN CAN Alice SUTHERLAND 28 Oth F S W CAN Servant CAN CAN

• 1900: not found.
• 1910, 39 Carlton Street, Brookline, Norfolk Co., MA:

246 271 Whitney, Hammond M. Head M W 58 m30 Virginia Massachusetts Massachusetts Manufacturer paper, Owns mortgaged house -----, Catherine R. Wife F W 55 m30 2ch 2lv Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts None -----, Margaret Dau F W 23 sgl Massachusetts Virginia Massachusetts None Reed, William H. BiL M W 57 sgl Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts Broker wool Moxley, Mary J. Srvt F W 27 sgl Ireland Ireland Ireland Servant Aldworth, Sarah J. Srvt F W 25 sgl Ireland Ireland Ireland Servant Kennedy, Julia M. Srvt F W 31 sgl Ireland Ireland Ireland Servant

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. 592.

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