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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"
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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>'''
 
extends it's appreciation
 
to Mr. James Whitney, of
 
2410 Prairie Rd., Madison,
 
Wisconsin, 53711; for all
 
the information on these
 
pages! Many thanks to <u>all</u>
 
my readers for the items
 
they sent for printing,
 
and to help me make the
 
newsletter more informa-
 
tive! Even just '''one date''',
 
or just '''one name''', may be
 
that special bit of infor-
 
mation that helps someone
 
else to make a connection
 
in their family lines! I
 
hope these pages of family
 
information from Jim will
 
be of lots of help to all
 
of you. '''Thanks to all!'''..Lisa
 
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'''<u>LEFT</u>: Xeroxed photo of Irving G. Whitney.
 
<u>RIGHT</u>: Story on Irving G. Whitney:A'''
 
<font size=-1>  For more of its earliest settlers Alden was, for many years, a sort of
 
base of supplies from which they could strike at the newer and still
 
more wonderful Far We4st--the West of gold and buffaloes, of war-
 
painted Indians and alkaline deserts. Crossing the plains was a
 
hazard which hardy young men took with full knowledge that others,
 
as brave and strong as themselves, had undertaken at the cost of their
 
lives. But this furnished no hindrance. It rather added a new allure-
 
ment to the vision of golden gulches where, if once found, the yellow
 
nuggets could be had for the picking up.
 
  Irving G. Whitney was one of these. He made three trips into the
 
Rockies, crossing the plains six times inside of six years. He was born
 
March 4, 1836 in Franklin county, Vermont and arrived in Alden with
 
his brother Andrew in June, 1857. The two worked together at the
 
carpenter trade for one and a half years. In the spring of 1860 he
 
started on his first tour of inspection of Pike's Peak, the land of en-
 
chantment. He was accompanied by Messrs. Sibley and Thompson
 
and John W. Kinney, father of Chris and Clark Kinney of Buckeye.
 
Council Bluffs was the out-fitting point at that time and from there
 
pilgrims continued the journey in large trains for the purpose of mutual
 
protection from Indians. Notwithstanding this, raids were frequent
 
and rude headboards were frequently seen beside the trail marked
 
"Unknown. Killed by Indians." Julesberg was a point of discour-
 
agement where many turned back for the states again. At Julesberg
 
Mr. Whitney saw two partners divide, one going west and one east.
 
They even sawed the wagon reach in two, each taking a pair of wheels.
 
This first trip was disastrous. He worked two weeks and laid up $40.
 
Mountain fever struck him then and he lay for eight weeks more dead
 
than alive. He gave the $40 to the doctor who saved his life and his
 
watch ot a man for letting him ride back to Iowa in the hind end of
 
his freight wagon. A buffalo was killed the second day's travel this
 
side of Denver and furnished food for much of the way home.
 
  Mr. Whitney spent the winter at the "American House" in Alden,
 
then under the management of M. J. Davis, and was back in Colorado
 
the next spring. He remained there a year and a half. Happening
 
to meet Gurley and Martin Pritchard, he came home with them.
 
  In the spring of 1864 he started west again, this time in company
 
with Howell, Perl and Frank Sperry, Orra and Geo. Bigelow, Ira
 
Sheldon, Fred Schlegmilch and Wm. Loopold. They took ox teams
 
and carried, as a part of their cargo, eggs bought at three cents a
 
dozen and afterwards sold at seventy-five. The party joined the
 
Bozeman train of 125 wagons and continued with it to Virginia City,
 
Montana. The next train following them, a few days later, had
 
twelve horses and four men killed a few days before reaching destina-
 
tion and Bozeman and his party were wiped out by Blackfeet on the
 
return trip.
 
  Mr. Whitney returned to Alden in December 1865 and on April 15,
 
1866, was united in marriage to Miss Adaline, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
 
M. J. Davis, who became residents of Alden in October 1857. The
 
Davis family came from Michigan and settled first in Blemond in the
 
spring of 1857. All the children, except the youngest daughter,
 
Hattie McMichaelis, were born in Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Whitney's
 
first home, built by themselves, is now the north part of the Cousins'
 
home. Most of their married life has been spent on the farm west of
 
town, where their family of nine children grew to manhood and
 
womanhood.
 
  The illustration is fairly recent.</font>
 
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James Porter9 Whitney, m. Anna Grumman Henry Clare10 Whitney, b. 12 Jan 1868, Wayland, MI; m. 27 Dec 1894, Nelson, Kent Co., MI, Edith Butler Paul V.11 Whitney, b. ca. , MI, m. Dorothy G. ----- Donald A.12 Whitney, b. ca. 1927, MT