Family:Whitney, Joseph Washington (1815-a1880)

Joseph Washington⁷ Whitney (Joseph⁶, Jonathan⁵, James⁴, Joseph³, Jonathan², John¹), son of Joseph⁶ and Sophia (Oliver) Whitney, was born 16 Feb 1815, Broadalbin, NY, and died after 1880.

He married, before 1842, Almira -----. She was born about 1827, NH, and died after 1880.

He resided Coldwater, MI.

Children of Joseph Washington⁷ and Almira (-----) Whitney:

i.	Catherine M.8 Whitney, b. ca. 1842, MI.
ii.	Martha Whitney, b. ca. 1844, MI
iii.	Joseph Alford Whitney, b. ca. 1850, MI; d. after 1880; m. ----- -----, d. before 1880.
iv.	George A. Whitney, b. ca. 1859, MI; d. after 1880, then unmarried.
v.	Frank H. Whitney, b. ca. 1864, MI; d. after 1880, then unmarried.
v.	Cynthia L. Whitney, b. ca. 1869, MI

Census

• 1840, Liberty, Jackson Co., MI: Joseph W. Whitney. 1 male 20-29 and 1 female 20-29; 1 engaged in agriculture.
• 1850, Liberty, Jackson Co., MI:

1226 1253 Joseph W. Whitney 35 M - Farmer $1000 N.Y. Almira " 23 F - N.H. Catherine " 8 F - Mich. Attended school Martha " 4 F - " Attended school

• 1860, Coldwater, Branch Co., MI:

708 730 J. W. Whitney 45 M - Farmer $1600 $400 N.Y. Almira " 33 F - N.H. C. M. " 18 F - Help Mich. Attended school Alford " 10 M - Do Attended school George A. " 1 M - Do

• 1870, Coldwater, Branch Co., MI:

291 297 Whitney, Joseph W. 55 M W Farmer $5000 $800 New York Male citizen over 21 -----, Almira E. 43 F W Keeping house New Hampshire -----, Joseph A. 19 M W Farm laborer Michigan -----, George A. 11 M W At home Michigan Attended school Whitney, Frank H. 6 M W Michigan Attended school -----, Cynthia L. 1 F W Michigan

• 1880, Coldwater, Branch Co., MI:

Joseph W. WHITNEY 65 Self M M W NY Farmer NY NY Almira WHITNEY 53 Wife F M W NH Keeping House NH NH Joseph A. WHITNEY 29 Son M W W MI Farm Laborer NY NH George A. WHITNEY 21 Son M S W MI Farm Laborer NY NH Frank H. WHITNEY 15 Son M S W MI At Home NY NH

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. 212.

• Census records.

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