Family:Whitney, Martha White (1836-a1895)

Martha White⁷ Whitney (Abiezer Holbrook⁶, Nathan⁵, Benjamin⁴, John³, Benjamin², John¹), daughter of Abiezer Holbrook⁶ and Elizabeth (White) Whitney, was born 29 Feb 1836, Augusta, ME,^[1] and died 16 Feb 1905, New Orleans, LA.

She married firstly, 17 Oct 1854, New Orleans, LA,, Thomas G. Godfrey, son of John and Mercy (Whitney) Godfrey, of Lisbon, ME. He was born 17 Sep 1815 or 1814, and died 13 Jun 1860, New Orleans, LA.

He was a stevedore. He is buried in the Cypress Grove Cemetery, New Orleans, LA.

She married secondly, 7 Oct 1869, Dr. Stephen Chapen Russell. He was born 25 Sep 1819, ME, and died 11 Jun 1902, New Orleans, LA. He was a physician, and resided 104 Orange St., New Orleans, LA. He was also a veteran of the Civil War. He was Acting Asst. Surgeon, U.S.A., and Post Surgeon, U.S. Volunteers. He and Martha are buried in the Cypress Grove Cemetery, New Orleans, LA.

Children of Thomas and Martha White ⁷ (Whitney) Godfrey:

i.	John Thomas Godfrey, b. 11 Jan 1856, New Orleans, LA; d. 23 May 1856.
ii.	Bertha Aphia Godfrey, b. 15 Jun 1857, New Orleans, LA; d. 2 Jun 1860, Oceans Springs, MS.
iii.	Ida Godfrey, b. 2 Jul 1859; d. after 1895; m. 20 Sep 1881, A. H. Brackett; resided No. 717 17th St., east, Minneapolis, MN.

Children of Dr. Stephen Chapen and Martha White⁷ (Whitney)(Godfrey) Russell:

iv.	Martha "Mattie" Chapin Russell, b. 3 Aug 1870, New Orleans, LA; d. 5 Dec 1938, Hennepin Co., MN; resided New Orleans, LA.
v.	Eduard Ernest Russell, b. 30 Jun 1872, New Orleans, LA; d. 3 Feb 1875, New Orleans, LA.
v.	Anna Gertrude Russell, b. 15 May 1877, New Orleans, LA; d. 21 Apr 1960, Orleans Parish, LA; m. Joseph Logan Sparkman, 27 Jul 1905, New Orleans, LA; resided New Orleans, LA.

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. 227-228.

1.^  "Martha [Whitney], d. Abizer and first w. Betsy, [born] Feb. 29, 1826, in Augusta, ME," according to Rachel Townsend Cox, ed., Vital Records of Bowdoin Maine to the Year 1892, (Maine Historical Society, 1944).

2. From the Civil War Pension File of Stephen C. Russell: Acting Asst. Surgeon, U.S.A.; Post Surgeon, U.S. Vols.

3. New Orleans, Louisiana, Birth Records Index, 1790-1915; Ancestry.com

4. U.S. Federal Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885; Ancestry.com

5. New Orleans, Louisiana, Death Records Index, 1804-1949; Ancestry.com

6. Louisiana, Statewide Death Index, 1819-1964; Ancestry.com

7. Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929; Ancestry.com

8. Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2017; Ancestry.com

9. Louisiana, Statewide Death Index, 1819-1964; Ancestry.com

10. New Orleans, Louisiana, Marriage Records Index, 1831-1964; Ancestry.com

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