Family:Whitney, James Gray (1822-1905)

James Gray⁸ Whitney (Freeman⁷, Enoch⁶, Moses⁵, Nathaniel⁴, Nathaniel³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Freeman⁷ and Mary S. (Gray) Whitney, was born 20 Dec 1822, Harrison, ME, and died 23 Jan 1905. He is buried in the Harrison Village Cemetery, Harrison, ME.

He married, 3 Jan 1847, Betsey H. Carsley. She was born 5 Jan 1825 or 1823, Harrison, ME, daughter of Seth and Asenath (Cummings) Carsley.

He resided Harrison, ME, in the censuses of 1850 through 1900. He was a prosperous farmer and prominent citizen.

Children of James Gray⁸ and Betsey H. (Carsley) Whitney:

i.	Charles Freeman9 Whitney, b. 10 Oct 1847, Harrison, ME; d. 18 Feb 1911, Norway, ME; m. Sarah E. -----, and resided Harrison, ME. They had two known children: a. Cora B.10 Whitney, b. 1876; d. 1881. b. Karl Eugene Whitney, b. Sep 1878; d. 1956.
ii.	Horace K. Whitney, b. 3 Oct 1849; m. 12 Jan 1885, Esther L. Tarbox, b. 16 May 1846; resided s. p. Olympia, WA.
iii.	Eleazer Plummer Whitney, b. 15 Feb 1851; m. 25 Sep 1876, Mary E. Dwyer, b. 22 Jan 1841; resided s. p. Green River, WA. For more information see Archives - Biographies.

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. 578.

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