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| + | [[Family:Whitney, James Porter (1838-a1880)|James Porter<sup>9</sup> Whitney]], m. Anna Grumman |
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| + | Henry Clare<sup>10</sup> Whitney, b. 12 Jan 1868, Wayland, MI; m. 27 Dec 1894, Nelson, Kent Co., MI, Edith Butler |
− | "PIONEER PEOPLE"
| + | Paul V.<sup>11</sup> Whitney, b. ca. , MI, m. Dorothy G. ----- |
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| + | Donald A.<sup>12</sup> Whitney, b. ca. 1927, MT |
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− | "IRVING G. WHITNEY"
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− | '''<u>WHITNEY NEWS & GENEALOGY</u>'''
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− | extends it's appreciation
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− | to Mr. James Whitney, of
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− | 2410 Prairie Rd., Madison,
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− | Wisconsin, 53711; for all
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− | the information on these
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− | pages! Many thanks to <u>all</u>
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− | my readers for the items
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− | they sent for printing,
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− | and to help me make the
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− | newsletter more informa-
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− | tive! Even just '''one date''',
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− | or just '''one name''', may be
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− | that special bit of infor-
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− | mation that helps someone
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− | else to make a connection
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− | in their family lines! I
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− | hope these pages of family
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− | information from Jim will
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− | be of lots of help to all
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− | of you. '''Thanks to all!'''..Lisa
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− | '''<u>LEFT</u>: Xeroxed photo of Irving G. Whitney.
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− | <u>RIGHT</u>: Story on Irving G. Whitney:A'''
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− | <font size=-1> For more of its earliest settlers Alden was, for many years, a sort of
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− | base of supplies from which they could strike at the newer and still
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− | more wonderful Far We4st--the West of gold and buffaloes, of war-
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− | painted Indians and alkaline deserts. Crossing the plains was a
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− | hazard which hardy young men took with full knowledge that others,
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− | as brave and strong as themselves, had undertaken at the cost of their
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− | lives. But this furnished no hindrance. It rather added a new allure-
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− | ment to the vision of golden gulches where, if once found, the yellow
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− | nuggets could be had for the picking up.
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− | Irving G. Whitney was one of these. He made three trips into the
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− | Rockies, crossing the plains six times inside of six years. He was born
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− | March 4, 1836 in Franklin county, Vermont and arrived in Alden with
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− | his brother Andrew in June, 1857. The two worked together at the
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− | carpenter trade for one and a half years. In the spring of 1860 he
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− | started on his first tour of inspection of Pike's Peak, the land of en-
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− | chantment. He was accompanied by Messrs. Sibley and Thompson
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− | and John W. Kinney, father of Chris and Clark Kinney of Buckeye.
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− | Council Bluffs was the out-fitting point at that time and from there
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− | pilgrims continued the journey in large trains for the purpose of mutual
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− | protection from Indians. Notwithstanding this, raids were frequent
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− | and rude headboards were frequently seen beside the trail marked
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− | "Unknown. Killed by Indians." Julesberg was a point of discour-
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− | agement where many turned back for the states again. At Julesberg
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− | Mr. Whitney saw two partners divide, one going west and one east.
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− | They even sawed the wagon reach in two, each taking a pair of wheels.
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− | This first trip was disastrous. He worked two weeks and laid up $40.
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− | Mountain fever struck him then and he lay for eight weeks more dead
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− | than alive. He gave the $40 to the doctor who saved his life and his
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− | watch ot a man for letting him ride back to Iowa in the hind end of
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− | his freight wagon. A buffalo was killed the second day's travel this
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− | side of Denver and furnished food for much of the way home.
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− | Mr. Whitney spent the winter at the "American House" in Alden,
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− | then under the management of M. J. Davis, and was back in Colorado
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− | the next spring. He remained there a year and a half. Happening
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− | to meet Gurley and Martin Pritchard, he came home with them.
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− | In the spring of 1864 he started west again, this time in company
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− | with Howell, Perl and Frank Sperry, Orra and Geo. Bigelow, Ira
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− | Sheldon, Fred Schlegmilch and Wm. Loopold. They took ox teams
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− | and carried, as a part of their cargo, eggs bought at three cents a
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− | dozen and afterwards sold at seventy-five. The party joined the
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− | Bozeman train of 125 wagons and continued with it to Virginia City,
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− | Montana. The next train following them, a few days later, had
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− | twelve horses and four men killed a few days before reaching destina-
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− | tion and Bozeman and his party were wiped out by Blackfeet on the
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− | return trip.
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− | Mr. Whitney returned to Alden in December 1865 and on April 15,
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− | 1866, was united in marriage to Miss Adaline, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
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− | M. J. Davis, who became residents of Alden in October 1857. The
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− | Davis family came from Michigan and settled first in Blemond in the
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− | spring of 1857. All the children, except the youngest daughter,
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− | Hattie McMichaelis, were born in Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Whitney's
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− | first home, built by themselves, is now the north part of the Cousins'
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− | home. Most of their married life has been spent on the farm west of
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− | town, where their family of nine children grew to manhood and
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− | womanhood.
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− | The illustration is fairly recent.</font>
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