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Family Group Record
Husband Andrew Clow Whitney
Birth 11 Aug 1833 Franklin Co., Vt.
Death 22 Jun 1909 Alden, Iowa
Marriage 31 Dec 1858 Alden, Iowa
Father Solomon Whitney (b 3 Jan 1795)
Mother Besheba Clow (b 1 Sep 1795)
Wife Mary Gardner Todd
Birth 9 Nov 1836 Killawog, NY
Death 25 Jan 1928 Alden, Iowa
Father John Todd (b 18 May 1817)
Mother Lucy B Gardner (b 17 Apr 1818)
Children
1 M Andrew Melvin Whitney
Birth 14 Jan 1871 Alden, Iowa
Death 11 Oct 1953 Radcliffe, Iowa
Spouse Augusta Vieth (m 22 Mar 1906)
2 F Effie Whitney
Birth 12 Oct 1880 Alden, Iowa
Death Alden, Iowa
3 F Mabel Whitney
Birth 18 Oct 1876
Death
4 m Charles Whitney
Birth 4 Dec 1874
Death Ft. Dodge
5 F Minnie S Whitney
Birth 15 Mar 1868
Death Alden, Iowa
6 F Leona A Whitney
Birth 6 Aug 1865 Alden, Iowa
Death Alden, Iowa
7 M Louis H Whitney
Birth 6 Aug 1863 Alden, Iowa
Death 25 Aug 1935 Libertyville, Ill.
Spouse Grace McPherson
8 F Edith F Whitney
Birth 18 May 1861 Alden, Iowa
Death Alden, Iowa
9 F Ida May Whitney
Birth 31 Mar 1860 Alden, Iowa
Death 13 Feb 1925 Alden, Iowa
Spouse Lyman Beecher Rogers (m 30 Jun 1886)
HUSBAND NOTES: Andrew Clow Whitney
Andrew began learning the carpenter trade at the age of 16. He
became a resident of Iowa in 1855, working as a carpenter in
Independence until June 1857, when he, his brother Irving, and
others drove through to Alden. He and the few who had preceded him
then began construction of the new town. He was soon the owner of
a carpenter shop, which developed into a cabinetmakers shop and
then into a furniture store. He ws in the furniture business
for thirty years. Eleven years before his death the store was
destroyed by fire. He was a member of the first town council, and
also served on the school board and as treasurer. Funeral
services were conducted by Rev. A. G. Axtel of the Congregational
Church. He was interred in the Alden Cemetery.
Andrew built his own home at the corner of Maine and Pearl streets, and
made most of the furniture in that home.
WIFE NOTES: Mary Gardner Todd
Attended school in Killawog until aged 11 (1847), when she became
a member of the Deacon Rogers family of Marathon, NY, through the
second marriage of her mother. In 1856 the family moved to Alden,
Iowa. Her paternal grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary
War. She had two sisters, Mrs Eva Cleveland of Two Harbors, Minn,
and Mrs Jennie George of Ashland, Wis. She also had a
half-brother, Dr. R R Rogers of Jamestown, NY.
Pallbearers were the nephews, M.A. Whitney, M.D. Whitney,
I.G. Whitney, and M.L. Webster. Out of town attendees at the
funeral were Mr and Mrs A.M. Whitney, Gladys, and Harvey of Garden
City, Mr Montie A Whitney of Ft. Dodge, Mr and Mrs Martin D
Whitney of Albert Lea, Minn, Mr and Mrs M.L. Webster
of Independence, Iowa. |
LEFT: Andrew Clow Whitney with his wife
Mary Gardner Todd, and their children:
RIGHT: Mary Gardner Todd Whitney's
parents, brothers.
Family Group Record
Husband John Todd
Birth 18 May 1817
Death 6 Dec 1844
Father Henry Todd (b 1799)
Mother Elizabeth Mills (b 10 Dec 1798)
Wife Lucy B Gardner
Birth 17 Apr 1818
Death 24 Oct 1865
Children
1 F Mary Gardner Todd
Birth 9 Nov 1836 Killawog, NY
Death 25 Jan 1928 Alden, Iowa
Spouse Andrew Clow Whitney (m 31 Dec 1858)
2 M Henry W Todd
Birth 18 Jan 1841 Killawog, NY
Death 23 Oct 1912 Marshalltown, Iowa
Spouse Jeannette Bigelow
3 M Chauncy D Todd
Birth 17 Jul 1844 Killawog, NY
Death New York, NY
Spouse Ellen Button
HUSBAND NOTES: John Todd
WIFE NOTES: Lucy B. Gardner
Todd Geneology, CS71 T634 1920 p. 361:
Lucy B. Gardner married Jesse Rogers of Alden, Iowa
CHILD NOTES: Mary Gardner Todd
Attended school in Killawog until aged 11 (1847), when she became
a member of the Deacon Rogers family of Marathon, NY, through the
second marriage of her mother. In 1856 the family moved to Alden,
Iowa. Her paternal grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary
War. She had two sisters, Mrs Eva Cleveland of Two Harbors, Minn,
and Mrs Jennie George of Ashland, Wis. She also had a
half-brother, Dr. R R Rogers of Jamestown, NY.
Pallbearers were the nephews, M.A. Whitney, M.D. Whitney,
I.G. Whitney, and M.L. Webster. Out of town attendees at the
funeral were Mr and Mrs A.M. Whitney, Gladys, and Harvey of Garden
City, Mr Montie A Whitney of Ft. Dodge, Mr and Mrs Martin D
Whitney of Albert Lea, Minn, Mr and Mrs M.L. Webster
of Independence, Iowa.
CHILD NOTES: Henry W Todd
Enlisted in Company F, 2nd Iowa Cavalry, on August 9, 1861. He
was mustered out Sept 19, 1865, at Selma, Alabama. For 25 years
after the close of the war he was employed by the Fargo Express
Company at Denver. He lived in Los Angeles for ten years, and
returned to Iowa in 1911. Among the relatives who attended the
funeral were Mrs. A. C. Whitney, George Bigelow, Mr and Mrs L.
B. Rogers, and Miss Mabel Whitney. Mr and Mrs O. S. Cleveland of
Webster City were also present.
CHILD NOTES: Chauncy D Todd
His boyhood days were spent in Alden, where he was a clerk at the
L H Utley store. During the Civil War he was a member of the 32nd
Iowa Infantry. He married Ellen Button after the war. They moved
to Colorado where he was employed by the Singer sewing machine
company as head salesman for many years. He spent his last days
at the home of his daughter, Mrs Fred Roe, in New York. He was
buried at Orange City NJ, by the side of his wife. He was the last
of the civil war veterans from Alden.
Prepared 9 Aug 1996 by:
James Whitney
2410 Prairie Rd
Madison, WI 53711
608 721 5440 |
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