Family:Whitney, Ralph Taylor (1890-1954)

Ralph Taylor⁸ Whitney (John Drury⁷, Ebenezer⁶, Micah⁵, Abel⁴, Nathaniel³, Benjamin², John¹), son of John Drury⁷ and Eldusty (Peary) Whitney, was born 2 May 1890, Franklin, MA, and died 2 Jul 1954, Camarillo, CA.

He married 3 Dec 1919, Columbus, GA, Myrtle Rockwood Grant. She was born 28 Apr 1887, North Bellingham, MA, and died 20 Feb 1965, Encinitas, California.

Ralph was a veteran of World War I. He was a Musician First Class with the 29th Infantry Band and Orchestra, which was based in Panama during the war. After his military service he became a linotype operator, and worked for several printing businesses in Massachusetts and California. He and his family resided in Franklin and Wollaston, MA, and in Bell, CA. Ralph and Myrtle had two sons, one of whom still survives [in 2009].

Children of Ralph Taylor⁸ and Myrtle Rockwood (Grant) Whitney:

i.	(Private)9 Whitney.
ii.	Maitland Grant Whitney, b. 6 Oct 1923, Franklin, MA; d. 17 Apr 1999, San Diego, CA.

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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