Family:Whitney, William Henry (1840-1914)
William Henry8 Whitney (William7, Henry6, John5, Abraham4, Joseph3, John2, Henry1), son of William7 and Mary (Ressell) Whitney, was born 7 Feb 1840, Kingston, OH, and died 31 Oct 1914, Kewanee, IL. He was buried in Pleasant View Cemetery, Kewanee, IL.[1]
He married firstly, 15 Jan 1860, Mount Pleasant, IA, Ann Deline Miller, daughter of Rev. Arthur and Rebecca (Wherret) Miller. She was born 13 Dec 1837, Columbia, IN, and died 28 Jun 1864, Mount Pleasant, IA.
He married secondly, 6 Dec 1867, Mount Pleasant, IA, Nancy Ann Lambert, daughter of Jacob and Sydney (Feral) Lambert. She was born 3 Mar 1848, Fairview, IL, and died after 1925.
He was a carpenter and builder. They dwelt in Mount Pleasant till 4 Mar 1862; in Canaan, IA, till 10 Aug 1862; in Winfield, IA, till 1 Apr 1863; and then returned to Mount Pleasant. They were living in South Jefferson Street, Mount Pleasant, IA, in Aug 1874.
William Henry Whitney was an accomplished carpenter and builder in Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
He married 1) Ann Deline Miller (1837-1864) on Jan. 15, 1860, in Mount Pleasant, IA.
Two children: • Mary Frances Whitney Lamm (1861-1940) • William Arthur Whitney (1863-1872)
After Ann died at age 27, William married 2) Nancy Ann Lambert (1848-1930) on Dec. 6, 1867 in Mt. Pleasant, IA, and they were living on S. Jefferson St. in Mount Pleasant in 1874. William & Nancy moved to Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa, about 1900. They settled in Kewanee, Henry County, IL, by 1910.
Four children: • Charles Henry Whitney (1868-1931) • John Louis Whitney (1870-1946) • George Wesley Whitney (1871-1936) • Edward Austin Whitney (1873-1936)
William & Nancy appear together in the 1910 Henry County, IL, census in Kewanee.
From Portrait and Biographical Album of Henry County, Iowa, Chicago, Acme Publishing Company, 1888, p. 357:
"WILLIAM HENRY WHITNEY, architect, carpenter and builder, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, was born in Ross County, Ohio, Feb. 7, 1840, and is the son of William and Mary A. [Ressel] Whitney ....
"When the family came to Iowa, William H. Whitney, of whom we write, was fourteen years of age. He soon afterward engaged to learn the carpenter's trade, which he mastered, and in 1860 married Miss Angelina (Note: should be Ann Deline) Miller, daughter of Arthur Miller. Two children were born of their union: Mary F., born Nov. 15, 1861, and William A., born June 21, 1863. The former is now living in Colorado, and the latter died July 15, 1872. Mrs. Whitney died shortly after the birth of her second child, and Dec. 6, 1867, Mr. Whitney wedded Miss Nancy A. Lamb (Note: should be Lambert), daughter of Jacob and Sidney [Terrell] Lamb. She was born March 10, 1848, in Fulton County, Ill. Four children were born of the latter marriage, all sons. Charles H. was born Sept. 25, 1868; John L., Jan. 12, 1870; George W., July 17, 1871; Edwin, March 2, 1873.
"Mr. Whitney has been engaged in his occupation of contracting and building for upward of twenty-five years, and in that time has erected many of the best public and private buildings in Henry County, among which may be mentioned the residences of P. Summers, Walter Gamage, James Harlan, Jacob Housman, Le Grand Chandler, Wesley Greenfield, Daugherty and Comick. The Catholic Church, at Mt. Pleasant, destroyed by the cyclone of July, 1882, was rebuilt by him (Note: demolished in 2011), and in the summer and fall of 1887 he erected a handsome church building for the Methodist Episcopal Society of New London (Note: 7 miles E of Mt. Pleasant). He is a first-class mechanic and a fine draughtsman.
"Politically Mr. Whitney is a Democrat, and socially a member of the K. of L. and the Good Templars. In the latter body Mrs. Whitney is also a member. Both are members of the Christian Church, at Mt. Pleasant, in which they take a lively interest, generally being found in their accustomed place during the hours of worship."
Children of William Henry8 and Ann Deline (Miller) Whitney:
i. Mary Frances9 Whitney, b. ca. 1862, IL, or 1861, Mt. Pleasant, IA; d. aft. 1880. ii. Wiliam Arthur Whitney, b. 21 Jun 1863, Mt. Pleasant, IA; d. 15 Jul 1872, Winfield, IA; bur. Winfield Cemetery, Winfield, IA.
Children of William Henry8 and Nancy Ann (Lambert) Whitney:
iii. Charles Henry9 Whitney, b. 25 Sep 1868, Mt. Pleasant, IA. iv. John Lewis Whitney, b. 12 Jan 1870, Mt. Pleasant, IA. v. George Wesley Whitney, b. 17 Jul 1871, Mt. Pleasant, IA. vi. Edwin Austin Whitney, b. 2 Mar 1873, Mt. Pleasant, IA.
Census
424 419 Whitney, William 29 M W Carpenter $200 -- Ohio Male citizen over 21 -----, Nancy A. 21 F W Keeping House Illinois -----, Mary F. 7 F W Attending School Iowa Attended school -----, Chas. H. 2 M W do -----, Lewis 4/12 M W do Born in Feb
William WHITNEY 40 Self M M W OH Carpenter CT PA Nancy A. WHITNEY 32 Wife F M W IL Keeping House IN IN Charles H. WHITNEY 11 Son M S W IA At School OH IL John L. WHITNEY 10 Son M S W IA At School OH IL George W. WHITNEY 8 Son M S W IA At School OH IL Edwin A. WHITNEY 7 Son M S W IA At School OH IL Mary F. WHITNEY 18 Dau F S W IA Work By Week OH IA Sydney VAN HORN 67 MotL F W W IN No Occupation --- ---
References
- All data imported from Stephen Whitney Phoenix, The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its affiliations; being an attempt to trace the descendants, as well in the female as the male lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878; to which is prefixed some account of the Whitneys of England. (New York : Priv. Print. [Bradford Press] 1878), pp. 1069 and pp. 1935.
- Census records.
1.^ FindAGrave Memorial #83261733, William Henry Whitney.
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