Family:Whitney, Ephraim B. (1819-1901)

Ephraim⁷ Whitney (Joseph⁶, Nathan⁵, Nathan⁴, Nathaniel³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Joseph⁶ and Mary C. (Libby) Whitney, was born 2 Apr 1819 or 3 April 1819, Jonesboro, ME, and died 8 October 1901, Clearwater, Wright Co., Minnesota.

He married firstly, 9 Jul 1848, Beddington, ME, Elizabeth Maria Wakefield, daughter of Nathan Godfrey and Phebe Ann (Noyes) Wakefield. She was born 24 Mar 1831, Cherryfield, ME, and died after 31 May 1870, Clearwater, MN.

He married secondly, Elizabeth Bodnahan. She died 1899.

Children of Ephraim⁷ and Elizabeth N. (Wakefield) Whitney:

i.	Mary Alice8 Whitney, b. ca. 1853, MN.
ii.	Ollie Whitney, b. ca. 1854, MN.
iii.	George Haskell Whitney, b. 16 Nov 1856, Brooklyn, Hennepin Co., MN. From Minnesota Historical Society Collections; Vol. XIV, 1912, page 852: "Whitney, G. H., b. in Brooklyn, Minn., Nov., 1856; worked in a mill 2 years, and afterward, engaged with his brother in insurance business in Sauk Center." In 1860 he resided in Crystal Lake, Hennepin Co., MN, and in the spring of 1872 he settled in Farmington, MN.
iv.	Phebe Ann Whitney, b. ca. 1857, MN.
v.	Albert Gideon Whitney, b. 14 Mar 1860, Robinsdale, MN; d. 11 Jan 1922, Portland, ME; from the Book of Minnesotans, A.N.Marquis & Co., Chicago, 1907: "Born at Brooklyn, Minn. 14 March 1860, son of Ephraim B. and Elizabeth N. (Wakefield) Whitney". He m. 13 Oct 1891, Moscow, NY, Alice Maria Wheelock, b. 30 Jan 1868, Leicester, Livingston Co., NY, daughter of Austin W. and Mary Lovicy (Francis) Wheelock. a. Wheelock9 Whitney, b. 28 Aug 1894, St. Cloud, MN; d. 23 Mar 1957, Wayzata, MN; m. 7 Jan 1922, Portland, ME, Katharine Kimball, b. 20 April 1899, d. 9 November 1985. Wheelock and Katharine Whitney are buried in the Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis, MN Ch.: Sally10 Lucille, b. 17 Sep 1924; Wheelock, Jr., b. 30 Jul 1926; John Kimball, b. 1 Sep 1927. b. Lois Whitney, b. Feb 1897, St. Cloud, MN. c. Pauline W. Whitney, b. May 1900, St. Cloud, MN.

Census

• 1850, Beddington, Washington Co., ME:

28 28 Ephraim Whitney 31 M - Farmer $650 Maine Elisabeth " 19 F - " Attended school

• 1860, Crystal Lake, Hennepin Co., MN:

1105 1029 E. Whitney 41 M Farmer 2000 200 Maine Elizabeth Whitney 29 F Maine Mary A. Whitney 7 F Minn. Geo. H. Whitney 5 M Minn. Phoeba A. Whitney 3 F Minn. Albert G. Whitney 8/12 M Minn.

• 1870, Clearwater, Wright Co., MN:

66 66 Whitney, Ephraim 51 M W Farmer 1200 545 Maine Elizabeth 39 F W Keeping House Maine Allice M. 16 F W At Home Minnesota att. school Geo. H. 14 M W " " Minnesota " " Annie P. 12 F W " " Minnesota " " Albert G. 10 M W " " Minnesota " " Leme, Peter A. 16 M W " " Canada " " , father & mother of foreign birth

• 1880: not found.

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