Family:Whitney, Oscar (1817-1890)

Oscar⁸ Whitney (Joel⁷, Joel⁶, Jonathan⁵, Jonathan⁴, Jonathan³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Joel⁷ and Esther (Belding) Whitney, was born 26 Sep 1817, and died 29 Oct 1890.

He married, 15 Aug 1839, Ontario County, NY, Elizabeth R. Crosby. She was born about 1823, NY, and died after 1880.

Address of living child, Mrs. Lorain F. McCook, Kenilworth, IL.

Child of Oscar⁸ and Elizabeth R. (Crosby) Whitney

i.	Loraina9 Whitney, b. ca. 1842, Hudson, MI; d. after 1880; m. E. S. McCook, d. between 1870 and 1880. Child: Charles M. McCook, b. ca. 1864, OH; d. after 1880.

Census

• 1840: not found.
• 1850: not found.
• 1860, St. Louis Ward 5, Independent City, MO:

401 397 Oscar Whitney 43 M - $3000 $600 N.Y. Elizabeth " 37 F - " Lorena " 18 F - Michigan C. W. Tuttle 43 M - Policeman Penn. S. E. " 33 F - "

• 1870, Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL:

180 180 Bemis, Thos. K. 43 M W Hotel Keeper $800 $4000 Mass. Male citizen over 21 ... McCook, E. S. 31 M W Pilot Ohio Male citizen over 21 " Loraine 29 F W Wife N.Y. " Chas. N. 6 M W Ohio Male citizen over 21 Whitney, O. 58 M W Clerk in Col. Office N.Y. -----, Elizth. 49 F W Keeping Room " ...

• 1880, Washington, Washington Co., DC:

Oscar WHITNEY 62 Self M S W N Y Clk In Land Office N Y MA Elizabeth WHITNEY 57 Wife F M W N Y Keeping House CT PA Loraina F. MCCOOK 40 Dau F W W MI At Home N Y N Y Charles M. MCCOOK 16 GSon M S W OH At School OH MI Charlotte BROWN 40 Oth F W MU MD Servant MD MD

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. 585.

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