Family:Whitney, Melvin (1851-a1880)

Melvin⁸ Whitney (John⁷, Palmer⁶, Joseph⁵, Timothy⁴, John³, John², John¹), son of John⁷ and Mariah (Blood) Whitney, was born 20 Feb 1851, Compton, IL, and died after 1880.

He married, 11 Nov 1875, Geneva Lake, WI, Adelia C. Millen. She was born 24 Jan 1859, and died after 1880.

He is a farmer and dealer in cattle and hogs; resided Wasco, IL.

Children of Melvin⁸ and Adelia C. (Millen) Whitney:

i.	Lottie May9 Whitney, b. 11 Oct 1877.
ii.	Vernie Mariah Whitney, b. 10 Mar 1883.
iii.	Clarence Melvin Whitney, b. 7 Sep 1885.

Census

• 1880, Campton, Kane Co., IL:

Melvin WHITNEY 29 Self M M W IL Clerk In Store NY NY Lottie May WHITNEY 2 Dau F S W IL IL IL Adella C. WHITNEY 21 Wife F M W IL Keeping House NJ NJ

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. 434.

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