Family:Whitney, Jaruel B. (c1842-a1880)

Jaruel B.⁷ Whitney (Thomas S.⁶, Joseph⁵, Benjamin⁴, John³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Thomas S.⁶ and Lydia (Tufts) Whitney, was born about 1842, IN, and died after 1880.

He married, 31 Dec 1872, Henry Co., IL, Caroline C. Henderson.

He was a farmer.

Children of Jaruel B.⁷ and Caroline C. (Henderson) Whitney:

i.	Ida M.8 Whitney, b. ca. 1875, IL.
ii.	George H. Whitney, b. ca. 1877, IL.

Census

• 1850, Franklin, Ripley Co., IN:

106 107 Thomas Whitney 50 M - Farmer, &c. $2000 Me. Lydia " 44 F - " Sarah H. " 21 F - Ohio Attended school Rebecca Jane " 16 F - " Attended school Melissa " 14 F - " Attended school Israel B. " 8 M - Ind. Attended school Thomas Marion " 4 M - "

• 1860: not found.
• 1870, Burns, Henry Co., IL:

7 7 Whitney, M. F. 24 M W Farmer $8500 $3500 Ind. Illiterate, Male citizen over 21 -----, J. B. 27 M W " " Illiterate, Male citizen over 21 -----, Lydia 64 F W Keeping House Maine Illiterate

Note: The enumerator seems to have been confused, marking the columns for those who could read and write, instead of those who couldn't.

• 1880, Burns, Henry Co., IL:

Jaruel B. WHITNEY 38 Self M M W IN Farmer ME ME Carrie WHITNEY 28 Wife F M W OH Keeping House OH OH Ida M. WHITNEY 5 Dau F S W IL IN OH George H. WHITNEY 3 Son M S W IL IN OH William FEETS 20 Oth M S W PRUSSIA Farm Laborer PRU PRU

References

• Census records.

• Edith S. Middleton, Marion Thomas Whitney: The Story of His Predecessors & Descendants: Parker, Greely, Tufts (Portland, OR: The author, 1995).

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