Family:Whitney, Charles Louis (1874-1949)

Charles Louis⁸ Whitney (John Drury⁷, Ebenezer⁶, (Micah⁵, Abel⁴, Nathaniel³, Benjamin², John¹), son of John Drury⁷ and Eldusty (Peary) Whitney, was born 9 Feb 1874, Freeman, ME, and died 8 Oct 1949, Dedham, MA.

He married 3 Nov 1896, Hyde Park, MA, Florence Jessie Gibson, daughter of William M. and Ellen M. (Phinney) Gibson. She was born 28 Mar 1878, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, and died 28 Dec 1951, Dedham, MA.

Charles was a clerk in the Adams and American Express Co. in Hyde Park, MA. He retired from there after 48 years of service. He also played first trumpet in the 110th Cavalry Band (mounted) of Boston. This was a U.S. Army Reserve unit, and the only mounted band in the country at that time. Florence immigrated from New Brunswick, Canada in 1888 and became a naturalized citizen of the US in 1896.

Charles and Florence are buried in the Brookdale Cemetery in Dedham, MA.

Children of Charles Louis⁸ and Florence Jessie (Gibson) Whitney:

i.	William Earl9 Whitney, b. 30 Jul 1898, Hyde Park, MA; d. 5 Mar 1967, Trumbull, CT.
ii.	Charles Harold "Harry" Whitney, b. 1 Jul 1900, Hyde Park, MA; d. 27 Jun 1973, Wareham, MA.
iii.	Clarence Raymond "Ray" Whitney, b. 11 May 1903, Hyde Park, MA; d. 25 Dec 1986, Hyde Park, MA.
iv.	Grace Louella Whitney, b. 6 Dec 1908, Hyde Park, MA; d. 8 Mar 1996, Cumming, Forsyth Co., GA.
v.	Louis Irwin Whitney, b. 9 Dec 1915, Hyde Park, MA; d. 27 Dec 1985, Boston, MA.

References

• Civil War Pension File of John Drury Whitney

• Sedgeley, Geo. B., Micah Whitney, Revolutionary Soldier and His Twelve Children Settled Early in Philips, Maine; Jacob and Joseph Whitney Came to Phillips 1792; Salmon Whitney Appeared in Letter E Plantation 1810 (Farmington, Maine: The Knowlton & McLeary Co., Printers, 1943).

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