Family:Whitney, William Ross (1831-1919)

William Ross Whitney (Ephraim⁷, Ephraim⁶, Amos⁵, Amos⁴, Nathaniel³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Ephraim⁷ and Edith (Ross) Whitney, was born 1 Aug 1831, Tuscawaras Co., OH, and died 15 Feb 1919, Coeur d'Alene, ID.

He married 25 Dec 1856, Princeton, Bureau Co., IL, Rebecca Jane Gesner, daughter of John and Sarah (-----) Gesner. She was born 11 Nov 1838, Nyack, NY, and died Apr 1909, Coeur d'Alene, ID.

Children of William Ross and Rebecca Jane (Gesner) Whitney:

i.	Irene Whitney, b. 10 Oct 1857, Pleasant Ridge, IL; d. 30 Jul 1932, Coeur d'Alene, ID.
ii.	Ada Edith Whitney, b. 21 Dec 1858, Pleasant Ridge, IL.
iii.	William Ellsworth Whitney, b. 3 Nov 1861, Bureau Co., IL; d. 27 Oct 1886, Wyanet, IL.
iv.	Ianta Whitney, b. 9 Mar 1863, Bureau Co., IL; d. 6 Jul 1863, Bureau Co., IL.
v.	Monroe Gesner Whitney, b. 7 Nov 1865, Limerick, IL.

Census

• 1860, Bureau, Bureau Co., IL; farmer
• 1870, Chicago, Cook Co., IL; teamster
• 1880, Wyanet, Bureau Co., IL; grain dealer
• 1900, Wyanet, Bureau Co., IL; Postmaster
• 1910, Sherman, Kootenai Co., ID

References

Civil War Pension File of William R. Whitney (Insert Link)

Thora V. Thompson of Tacoma, Washington

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