Family:Whitney, Jeremiah (1847-1933)

Jeremiah⁸ Whitney (James Davis⁷, Henry⁶, John⁵, Abraham⁴, Joseph³, John², Henry¹), son of James Davis⁷ and Hannah (Pugh) Whitney, was born 28 Sep 1847, Bloomfield, OH, and died 14 May 1933, Bloomfield, OH. He was buried in Plum Cemetery, Lakeview, OH.^[1]

He appears most often in the records as "Jerry".

He married, 7 Feb 1878, Logan Co., OH, Elizabeth Thompson, daughter of John M. and Susan (Hayes) Thompson. She was born 4 Jan 1856, OH, and died 31 Oct 1924, Bloomfield, OH.

He was living in Bloomfield, OH, in 1873, unmarried.

Children of Jeremiah⁸ and Elizabeth (Thompson) Whitney:

i.	Iva Armetta9 Whitney, b. 24 May 1880, Bloomfield, OH; m. 8 Feb 1909, Logan Co., OH, Alonzo F. Coover.

Census

• 1880, Bloomfield, Logan Co., OH:

Jerry WHITNEY 32 Self M M W OH Farmer NY OH Elizabeth WHITNEY 24 Wife F M W OH Keeping House --- --- WHITNEY 1M Dau F S W OH OH OH William TOMPSON 15 BroL M S W OH Farms --- ---

• 1900, Bloomfield, Logan Co., OH:

105 106 Whitney, Jerry Head W M Sep 1847 52 mar 22 Ohio Ohio Ohio Farmer, owns free farm -----, Elizabeth Wife W F Jan 1856 44 mar 22 1ch 1liv Ohio Ohio Ohio -----, Iva E. Dau W F May 1880 20 sgl Ohio Ohio Ohio At school

• 1910, Bloomfield, Logan Co., OH.
• 1920, Bloomfield, Logan Co., OH.
• 1930, Bloomfield, Logan Co., OH.

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. 1067.

• Census records.

1.^  Find A Grave memorial #96889134, Jerry Whitney.

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