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<b>Family Group Record</b>
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<font size=-1>Husband <b>Andrew Clow Whitney</b>
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  Birth    11 Aug 1833      Franklin Co., Vt.
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  Death    22 Jun 1909      Alden, Iowa
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  Marriage 31 Dec 1858      Alden, Iowa
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  Father  Solomon Whitney (b 3 Jan 1795)
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  Mother  Besheba Clow (b 1 Sep 1795)
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Wife    <b>Mary Gardner Todd</b>
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  Birth    9 Nov 1836        Killawog, NY
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  Death    25 Jan 1928      Alden, Iowa
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  Father  John Todd (b 18 May 1817)
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  Mother  Lucy B Gardner (b 17 Apr 1818)
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Children
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1 M Andrew Melvin Whitney
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    Birth    14 Jan 1871      Alden, Iowa
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    Death    11 Oct 1953      Radcliffe, Iowa
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    Spouse  Augusta Vieth (m 22 Mar 1906)
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2 F Effie Whitney
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    Birth    12 Oct 1880      Alden, Iowa
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    Death                      Alden, Iowa
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3 F Mabel Whitney
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    Birth    18 Oct 1876
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    Death
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4 m Charles Whitney
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    Birth    4 Dec 1874
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    Death                      Ft. Dodge
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5 F Minnie S Whitney
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    Birth    15 Mar 1868
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    Death                      Alden, Iowa
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6 F Leona A Whitney
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    Birth    6 Aug 1865        Alden, Iowa
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    Death                      Alden, Iowa
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7 M Louis H Whitney
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    Birth    6 Aug 1863        Alden, Iowa
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    Death    25 Aug 1935      Libertyville, Ill.
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    Spouse  Grace McPherson
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8 F Edith F Whitney
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    Birth    18 May 1861      Alden, Iowa
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    Death                      Alden, Iowa
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9 F Ida May Whitney
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    Birth    31 Mar 1860      Alden, Iowa
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    Death    13 Feb 1925      Alden, Iowa
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    Spouse  Lyman Beecher Rogers (m 30 Jun 1886)
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<b>HUSBAND NOTES: Andrew Clow Whitney</b>
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Andrew began learning the carpenter trade at the age of 16. He
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became a resident of Iowa in 1855, working as a carpenter in
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Independence until June 1857, when he, his brother Irving, and
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others drove through to Alden. He and the few who had preceded him
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then began construction of the new town. He was soon the owner of
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a carpenter shop, which developed into a cabinetmakers shop and
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then into a furniture store. He ws in the furniture business
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for thirty years. Eleven years before his death the store was
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destroyed by fire. He was a member of the first town council, and
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also served on the school board and as treasurer. Funeral
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services were conducted by Rev. A. G. Axtel of the Congregational
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Church. He was interred in the Alden Cemetery.
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Andrew built his own home at the corner of Maine and Pearl streets, and
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made most of the furniture in that home.
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<b>WIFE NOTES: Mary Gardner Todd</b>
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Attended school in Killawog until aged 11 (1847), when she became
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a member of the Deacon Rogers family of Marathon, NY, through the
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second marriage of her mother. In 1856 the family moved to Alden,
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Iowa. Her paternal grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary
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War. She had two sisters, Mrs Eva Cleveland of Two Harbors, Minn,
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and Mrs Jennie George of Ashland, Wis. She also had a
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half-brother, Dr. R R Rogers of Jamestown, NY.
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Pallbearers were the nephews, M.A. Whitney, M.D. Whitney,
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I.G. Whitney, and M.L. Webster. Out of town attendees at the
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funeral were Mr and Mrs A.M. Whitney, Gladys, and Harvey of Garden
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City, Mr Montie A Whitney of Ft. Dodge, Mr and Mrs Martin D
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Whitney of Albert Lea, Minn, Mr and Mrs M.L. Webster
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of Independence, Iowa.</td>
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<td valign=top>
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<b><u>LEFT</u>: Andrew Clow Whitney with his wife
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Mary Gardner Todd, and their children:
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<u>RIGHT</u>: Mary Gardner Todd Whitney's
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parents, brothers.
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Family Group Record</b><font size=-1>
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Husband <b>John Todd</b>
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  Birth    18 May 1817
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  Death    6 Dec 1844
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  Father  Henry Todd (b 1799)
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  Mother  Elizabeth Mills (b 10 Dec 1798)
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Wife    <b>Lucy B Gardner</b>
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  Birth    17 Apr 1818
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  Death    24 Oct 1865
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Children
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1 F Mary Gardner Todd
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    Birth    9 Nov 1836        Killawog, NY
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    Death    25 Jan 1928      Alden, Iowa
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    Spouse  Andrew Clow Whitney (m 31 Dec 1858)
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2 M Henry W Todd
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    Birth    18 Jan 1841      Killawog, NY
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    Death    23 Oct 1912      Marshalltown, Iowa
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    Spouse  Jeannette Bigelow
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3 M Chauncy D Todd
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    Birth    17 Jul 1844      Killawog, NY
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    Death                      New York, NY
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    Spouse  Ellen Button
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<b>HUSBAND NOTES: John Todd</b>
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<b>WIFE NOTES: Lucy B. Gardner</b>
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Todd Geneology, CS71 T634 1920 p. 361:
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Lucy B. Gardner married Jesse Rogers of Alden, Iowa
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<b>CHILD NOTES: Mary Gardner Todd</b>
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Attended school in Killawog until aged 11 (1847), when she became
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a member of the Deacon Rogers family of Marathon, NY, through the
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second marriage of her mother. In 1856 the family moved to Alden,
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Iowa. Her paternal grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary
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War. She had two sisters, Mrs Eva Cleveland of Two Harbors, Minn,
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and Mrs Jennie George of Ashland, Wis. She also had a
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half-brother, Dr. R R Rogers of Jamestown, NY.
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Pallbearers were the nephews, M.A. Whitney, M.D. Whitney,
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I.G. Whitney, and M.L. Webster. Out of town attendees at the
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funeral were Mr and Mrs A.M. Whitney, Gladys, and Harvey of Garden
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City, Mr Montie A Whitney of Ft. Dodge, Mr and Mrs Martin D
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Whitney of Albert Lea, Minn, Mr and Mrs M.L. Webster
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of Independence, Iowa.
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<b>CHILD NOTES: Henry W Todd</b>
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Enlisted in Company F, 2nd Iowa Cavalry, on August 9, 1861. He
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was mustered out Sept 19, 1865, at Selma, Alabama. For 25 years
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after the close of the war he was employed by the Fargo Express
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Company at Denver. He lived in Los Angeles for ten years, and
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returned to Iowa in 1911. Among the relatives who attended the
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funeral were Mrs. A. C. Whitney, George Bigelow, Mr and Mrs L.
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B. Rogers, and Miss Mabel Whitney. Mr and Mrs O. S. Cleveland of
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Webster City were also present.
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<b>CHILD NOTES: Chauncy D Todd</b>
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His boyhood days were spent in Alden, where he was a clerk at the
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L H Utley store. During the Civil War he was a member of the 32nd
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Iowa Infantry. He married Ellen Button after the war. They moved
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to Colorado where he was employed by the Singer sewing machine
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company as head salesman for many years. He spent his last days
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at the home of his daughter, Mrs Fred Roe, in New York.  He was
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buried at Orange City NJ, by the side of his wife. He was the last
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of the civil war veterans from Alden.
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Prepared 9 Aug 1996 by:
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James Whitney
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2410 Prairie Rd
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Madison, WI 53711
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608 721 5440</td></tr>
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</table>
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Family Group Record
Husband Andrew Clow Whitney
 Birth    11 Aug 1833       Franklin Co., Vt.
 Death    22 Jun 1909       Alden, Iowa
 Marriage 31 Dec 1858       Alden, Iowa
 Father   Solomon Whitney (b 3 Jan 1795)
 Mother   Besheba Clow (b 1 Sep 1795)
Wife    Mary Gardner Todd
 Birth    9 Nov 1836        Killawog, NY
 Death    25 Jan 1928       Alden, Iowa
 Father   John Todd (b 18 May 1817)
 Mother   Lucy B Gardner (b 17 Apr 1818)
Children
1 M Andrew Melvin Whitney
    Birth    14 Jan 1871       Alden, Iowa
    Death    11 Oct 1953       Radcliffe, Iowa
    Spouse   Augusta Vieth (m 22 Mar 1906) 
2 F Effie Whitney
    Birth    12 Oct 1880       Alden, Iowa
    Death                      Alden, Iowa
3 F Mabel Whitney
    Birth    18 Oct 1876
    Death
4 m Charles Whitney
    Birth    4 Dec 1874
    Death                      Ft. Dodge
5 F Minnie S Whitney
    Birth    15 Mar 1868
    Death                      Alden, Iowa
6 F Leona A Whitney
    Birth    6 Aug 1865        Alden, Iowa
    Death                      Alden, Iowa
7 M Louis H Whitney
    Birth    6 Aug 1863        Alden, Iowa
    Death    25 Aug 1935       Libertyville, Ill.
    Spouse   Grace McPherson
8 F Edith F Whitney
    Birth    18 May 1861       Alden, Iowa
    Death                      Alden, Iowa
9 F Ida May Whitney
    Birth    31 Mar 1860       Alden, Iowa
    Death    13 Feb 1925       Alden, Iowa
    Spouse   Lyman Beecher Rogers (m 30 Jun 1886)

HUSBAND NOTES: Andrew Clow Whitney
Andrew began learning the carpenter trade at the age of 16. He
became a resident of Iowa in 1855, working as a carpenter in
Independence until June 1857, when he, his brother Irving, and
others drove through to Alden. He and the few who had preceded him
then began construction of the new town. He was soon the owner of
a carpenter shop, which developed into a cabinetmakers shop and
then into a furniture store. He ws in the furniture business
for thirty years. Eleven years before his death the store was
destroyed by fire. He was a member of the first town council, and
also served on the school board and as treasurer. Funeral
services were conducted by Rev. A. G. Axtel of the Congregational
Church. He was interred in the Alden Cemetery.

Andrew built his own home at the corner of Maine and Pearl streets, and
made most of the furniture in that home.

WIFE NOTES: Mary Gardner Todd
Attended school in Killawog until aged 11 (1847), when she became
a member of the Deacon Rogers family of Marathon, NY, through the
second marriage of her mother. In 1856 the family moved to Alden,
Iowa. Her paternal grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary
War. She had two sisters, Mrs Eva Cleveland of Two Harbors, Minn,
and Mrs Jennie George of Ashland, Wis. She also had a
half-brother, Dr. R R Rogers of Jamestown, NY.
Pallbearers were the nephews, M.A. Whitney, M.D. Whitney,
I.G. Whitney, and M.L. Webster. Out of town attendees at the
funeral were Mr and Mrs A.M. Whitney, Gladys, and Harvey of Garden
City, Mr Montie A Whitney of Ft. Dodge, Mr and Mrs Martin D
Whitney of Albert Lea, Minn, Mr and Mrs M.L. Webster
of Independence, Iowa.
LEFT: Andrew Clow Whitney with his wife
Mary Gardner Todd, and their children:

RIGHT: Mary Gardner Todd Whitney's
parents, brothers.

Family Group Record
Husband John Todd
 Birth    18 May 1817
 Death    6 Dec 1844
 Father   Henry Todd (b 1799)
 Mother   Elizabeth Mills (b 10 Dec 1798)
Wife    Lucy B Gardner
 Birth    17 Apr 1818
 Death    24 Oct 1865
Children
1 F Mary Gardner Todd
    Birth    9 Nov 1836        Killawog, NY
    Death    25 Jan 1928       Alden, Iowa
    Spouse   Andrew Clow Whitney (m 31 Dec 1858)
2 M Henry W Todd
    Birth    18 Jan 1841       Killawog, NY
    Death    23 Oct 1912       Marshalltown, Iowa
    Spouse   Jeannette Bigelow
3 M Chauncy D Todd
    Birth    17 Jul 1844       Killawog, NY
    Death                      New York, NY
    Spouse   Ellen Button

HUSBAND NOTES: John Todd

WIFE NOTES: Lucy B. Gardner
Todd Geneology, CS71 T634 1920 p. 361:
Lucy B. Gardner married Jesse Rogers of Alden, Iowa

CHILD NOTES: Mary Gardner Todd
Attended school in Killawog until aged 11 (1847), when she became
a member of the Deacon Rogers family of Marathon, NY, through the
second marriage of her mother. In 1856 the family moved to Alden,
Iowa. Her paternal grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary
War. She had two sisters, Mrs Eva Cleveland of Two Harbors, Minn,
and Mrs Jennie George of Ashland, Wis. She also had a
half-brother, Dr. R R Rogers of Jamestown, NY.
Pallbearers were the nephews, M.A. Whitney, M.D. Whitney,
I.G. Whitney, and M.L. Webster. Out of town attendees at the
funeral were Mr and Mrs A.M. Whitney, Gladys, and Harvey of Garden
City, Mr Montie A Whitney of Ft. Dodge, Mr and Mrs Martin D
Whitney of Albert Lea, Minn, Mr and Mrs M.L. Webster
of Independence, Iowa.

CHILD NOTES: Henry W Todd
Enlisted in Company F, 2nd Iowa Cavalry, on August 9, 1861. He
was mustered out Sept 19, 1865, at Selma, Alabama. For 25 years
after the close of the war he was employed by the Fargo Express
Company at Denver. He lived in Los Angeles for ten years, and
returned to Iowa in 1911. Among the relatives who attended the
funeral were Mrs. A. C. Whitney, George Bigelow, Mr and Mrs L.
B. Rogers, and Miss Mabel Whitney. Mr and Mrs O. S. Cleveland of
Webster City were also present.

CHILD NOTES: Chauncy D Todd
His boyhood days were spent in Alden, where he was a clerk at the
L H Utley store. During the Civil War he was a member of the 32nd
Iowa Infantry. He married Ellen Button after the war. They moved
to Colorado where he was employed by the Singer sewing machine
company as head salesman for many years. He spent his last days
at the home of his daughter, Mrs Fred Roe, in New York.  He was
buried at Orange City NJ, by the side of his wife. He was the last
of the civil war veterans from Alden.

Prepared 9 Aug 1996 by:
James Whitney
2410 Prairie Rd
Madison, WI 53711
608 721 5440
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