Family:Whitney, Samuel S. (1848-1909)

Samuel S.⁷ Whitney (Ebenezer⁶, George⁵, Jason⁴, Mark³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Ebenezer⁶ and Sarah F. (Leighton) Whitney, was born 18 Feb 1848, Dedham, MA,^[1] and died 12 Apr 1909, Boston, MA, aged 61 years 3 months, of probable malignant disease of spine.^[2]

He married, say 1872, Margaret Wallace Little, daughter of Rev. Samuel P. and Mary Ellen (Wallace) Little. She was born about 1853, Richmond, KY.

He was a gauger.

Children of Samuel S.⁷ and Margaret Wallace (Little) Whitney:

i.	Mary Ellen8 Whitney, b. 3 Oct 1873, Natick, MA;[3] "Narda" in 1900, then unmarried.
ii.	Leighton Wallace Whitney, b. 14 Dec 1875, Natick, MA;[4] m. 10 Nov 1909, Central Falls, RI (recorded in Winthrop, MA), Lillian Blanch (Fagin) Bassett, b. ca. 1879, Milton or Medford, MA, daughter of David Leonard and Marietta E. (Ripley) Fagin.[5] Child: a. Eleanor Elizabeth9 Whitney, b. 6 Apr 1910, Boston, MA.[6]

Census

• 1880, Newton, Middlesex Co., MA:

Samuel S. WHITNEY 30 Self M M W MA Gauger MA MA Margaret L. WHITNEY 27 Wife F M W KY Housekeeper KY KY Mary E. WHITNEY 6 Dau F S W MA MA KY Leighton W. WHITNEY 4 Son M S W MA MA KY Mary E. LITTLE 46 MotL F W W KY KY KY Hannah MADDEN 19 Oth F S W IRE Servant IRE IRE

• 1900, 29 Elmwood St., Newton Ward 7, Middlesex Co., MA:

19 23 Whitny, Samuel S. Head W M Jan 1848 52 mar 28 Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts U.S. Revenue Inspector, Rents house -----, Margaret L. Wife W F Feb 1853 47 mar 28 2ch 2liv Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky -----, Narda Dau W F Oct 1873 26 sgl Massachusetts Massachusetts Kentucky -----, Leighton W. Son W M Dec 1875 24 sgl Massachusetts Massachusetts Kentucky Clerk dry goods Little, Mary E. MiL W F Aug 1834 65 wid 1ch 1liv Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky

References

• Census records.

1.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 29, page 108.

2.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 1909/10, page 536.

3.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 251, page 261.

4.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 269, page 167.

5.^  Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915, at FamilySearch.org. Also, "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 589, page 354.

6.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 64, page 184.

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