Family:Whitney, Jeremiah (1819-1907)

Jeremiah⁷ Whitney (Jeremiah⁶, Jeremiah⁵, Jeremiah⁴, Nathan³, John², Henry¹), son of Jeremiah⁶ and Susan (Resseguie) Whitney, was born 10 Feb 1819, Fishkill, NY, and died 15 Dec 1907, Tioga, PA. He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Tioga, PA.^[1]

He married, 9 Jun 1844, Middlebury, PA, Sarah Goodwin, daughter of Benjamin and Lydia (Rexford) Goodwin. She was born 27 Mar 1824, Middlebury, PA, and died 2 Jul 1910, Tioga, PA. She was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Tioga, PA.^[2]

Phoenix says the following:

". . . a farmer . . . . They dwelt in Middlebury (except one year, passed in Minnesota) till Sept. 1874; and then settled in Farmington, Penn., where they were living in Oct. 1876."

Children of Jeremiah⁷ and Sarah (Goodwin) Whitney, all born Middlebury, PA:

i.	Alfred8 Whitney, b. 16 Mar 1845; a soldier in the war of 1861, Co. F, 45th Pennsylvania Infantry; was captured, and died in Salisbury prison, in 1864.
ii.	Charles Elijah Whitney, b. 4 Jun 1847; m. Josephine M. Dickinson.
iii.	Jeremiah Whitney, b. 28 Feb 1849; d. 6 Mar 1853, Middlebury, PA, where he was buried.
iv.	Ellis Whitney, b. 13 May 1851; m.(1) Della Shellman; m.(2) Lillia/Lily/Nell Frie/Friar.
v.	Judson Henry Whitney, b. 5 Oct 1853; m. Ella S. Westbrook.
vi.	Vernon D. Whitney, b. 27 Mar 1856; m. Julia Brownell.
vii.	Richard Whitney, b. Sep 1858, PA; m. Mary Salome Butler.
viii.	Cora Whitney, b. 17 Mar 1865; d. 13 Jan 1943; m. 30 May 1883, Charles L. Updike, of Andover, NY.

Census

• 1850, Middlebury, Tioga Co., PA:

141 146 Jeremiah Whitney Jr. 27 M - Labourer N.Y. Illiterate Sarah A. Whitney 27 F - Pa. Alfred Whitney 5 M - Pa. Charles Whitney 4 M - Pa. Jeremiah Whitney 1 M - Pa.

• 1860, Middlebury, Tioga Co., PA:

669 671 Jeremiah Whitney 38 M - Farmer $1200 $350 N.Y. Sally Whitney 37 F - Pa. Alfred " 15 M - " Attended school Charles " 13 M - " Attended school Ellis " 9 M - " Attended school Judson " 7 M - " Attended school Vernon " 4 M - " Richard " 2 M - "

• 1870, Middlebury, Tioga Co., PA:

186 190 Whitney, Jerry 50 M W Laborer $1000 Pennsylvania Male citizen over 21 -----, Sarah 47 F W Keeping House " -----, Ellis 19 M W " Attended school -----, Judson 17 M W " Attended school Whitney, Virnon 14 M W " Attended school -----, Richard 11 M W " Attended school -----, Cora 5 F W " Attended school

• 1880, Jeremiah and Sarah not found.
• 1900, Farmington, Tioga Co., PA:

135 138 Whitney, Jerimiah Head W M Feb 1817 83 mar 57 New York Un. Un. Farmer, Rents farm -----, Sarah Wife W F May 1824 76 mar 57 9ch 4liv Pennsylvania New Hampshire Un.

• 1910, Elkhorn Road, Farmington, Tioga Co., PA, p. 4B:

92 95 Whitney, Vern D. Head M W 54 mar1 28 Pennsylvania New York Pennsylvania Laborer farm, Owns free farm -----, Julia Wife F W 47 mar1 28 4ch 4liv Pennsylvania New York Ohio None -----, Merle Son M W 9 sgl Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania None -----, Sarah Moth M W 87 wid 9ch 3liv Pennsylvania U. States Canada Eng. None

References

• All data imported from Stephen Whitney Phoenix, The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its affiliations; being an attempt to trace the descendants, as well in the female as the male lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878; to which is prefixed some account of the Whitneys of England. (New York : Priv. Print. [Bradford Press] 1878), p. 853 and pp. 1737-1738.

• Census records.

1.^  FindAGrave Memorial #98841718, Jeremiah Whitney.

2.^  FindAGrave Memorial #98842556, Sarah Goodwin Whitney.

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