Family:Whitney, Sumner Clark (1853-a1880)

Dr. Sumner Clark⁹ Whitney (Sumner Allen⁸, John⁷, John⁶, Nathan⁵, David⁴, Benjamin³, John², John¹), son of Sumner Allen⁸ and Lura (Clark) Whitney; born Portsmouth, Virginia, 7 Mar 1853; married in Worcester, Massachusetts, 7 Jul 1874, May Olive Hoyt, born 7 Mar 1853

He was brought up in Worcester and attended the public schools and the military academy; studied dentistry and medicine in Philadelphia in 1876 and 1877, and practiced dentistry in Worchester till March, 1891 when owing to poor health, he went to New Haven in hopes of finding a more congenial climate. He is church clerk of the First Baptist church, member of several temperance organizations, of the New England Dental Societies, but his most loved work is in connection with the Boys' Brigade, a Christian movement for the best interests of the boys. Is president of the 6th New Haven Boys' Brigade, and was the organizer of the company; resided New Haven, Connecticut, 678 State St.

Children of Sumner Clark⁹ and May Olive (Hoyt) Whitney:

i.	Harry Sumner10 Whitney, born 18 May 1876, Worcester, MA; died 26 Aug 1878, Warren, MA.
ii.	Ernest Sumner Whitney, born 27 Mar 1878, Warren, MA.

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), pp. 618-620.

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