Family:Whitney, Lyman (1806-1889)

Rev. Lyman⁸ Whitney (Christopher⁷, Christopher⁶, William⁵, William⁴, William³, Joshua², John¹), son of Christopher⁷ and Rhoda (Wilder) Whitney; born Locke, New York, 6 Oct 1806; married 24 Aug 1828, Elizabeth Weatherby, born 16 Sep 1811; died at Troy, Ohio, 12 Apr 1894.

He studied for the ministry at the school at Hamilton, New York, going there from Hinsdale, New York, in the year 1836. In 1840 he moved to Ohio; in 1843 he went to Bloomington, Illinois; in 1846 he went back to Ohio, having charge of churches in Seville, Greenfield, Painesville and other places. For a while he also had charge of a church in Carrollton, Illinois. In the fall of 1856 he went to St. Anthony's Falls, Minnesota, and remained one year. From there he went to Illinois; thence to Kansas. From Kansas, in the year 1877, he came to California, living at Los Angeles, where he died. He died 20 Aug 1889; resided Hinsdale, New York, and Los Angeles, California.

Children of Lyman⁸ and Elizabeth (Weatherby) Whitney:

i.	Albertus L.9 Whitney, born 1 Aug 1829, married Cornelia L. Tozer; resided Los Angeles, California.
ii.	Albert B. Whitney, born 30 Dec 1830.

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. 566.

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