Family:Whitney, James Voak (1839-a1880)

James Voak⁷ Whitney (Jesse⁶, Isaac⁵, Jason⁴, Mark³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Jesse⁶ and Eliza C. (Shepherd) Whitney, was born 4 Jan 1839, Macomb, MI.

He married, 20 May 1867, Mary Elizabeth Taylor. She was born 22 Feb 1848.

He served in the late war in a Michigan regiment; resided Grand Rapids, MI; 26 Page St.

Children of James Voak⁷ and Mary Elizabeth (Taylor) Whitney:

i.	Lewis L.8 Whitney, b. 11 Jul 1871; d. 11 Apr 1874.
ii.	James Whitney, b. 29 Aug 1887; d. 29 Aug 1887.

Census

• 1870, Thornapple, Barry Co., MI:

208 202 Whitney, James 31 M W Farmer $2500 $1000 Michigan Male citizen over 21 Do Mary 21 F W Keeps house New York

• 1880, Thornapple, Barry Co., MI:

James WHITNEY 41 Self M M W MI Farmer N Y N Y Mary WHITNEY 32 Wife F M W N Y Keeping House N Y N Y Jennie PARISH 7 Dau F S W MI N Y CAN

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. 421.

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