Family:Whitney, Ada Prescott (1842-1906)

Ada Prescott⁷ Whitney (Joseph S.⁶, Jacob⁵, Benjamin⁴, John³, Benjamin², John¹), daughter of Joseph S.⁶ and Jane (Bolan/Goodwin) Whitney, was born 9 Jun 1842, Phillips, ME,^[1] and died 1 Nov 1906, Auburn, ME.

She married firstly, 2 Sep 1857, Avon, ME, William H. McKeen, son of Henry and Deborah (Heath) McKeen. He was born 12 May 1837, Strong, ME, and died 3 Sep 1903, Phillips, ME. They were divorced. He married secondly Nellie A. Golder.

Ada married secondly, 20 Apr 1866, Lisbon, ME, James S. Burke.^[2] He was born Dec 1839, Litchfield, ME.

Ada had no children by either marriage. Both of her husbands were civil war veterans. William H. McKeen served in Co. D of the 28th Maine Infantry, and received a pension for his service. James S. Burke was 1st Lieutenant in Co. D, 8th Maine Infantry. He and Ada received benefits from the pension he received.

Census

• 1870: Webster, ME

• 1880: Lewiston ME; Ada resides alone and James resides in a boarding house; both work in a shoe factory.

• 1900: James resides in the National Soldier's Home at Chelsea, ME.

References

• From the Civil War Pension File of James S. Burke

  Co. D, 8th Maine Infantry
  Ada P. Burke, Widow
  Invalid Application # 591382, Certificate #388723
  Widow's Application #794872, Certificate #592151
  The National Archive Building,
  Washington, D.C.

• U.S., National Homes for Disabled Soldiers; Ancestry.com

• Maine, Death Records, 1761-1922; Ancestry.com

1.^  "9 Jun 1842 Ada Prescott, d. Joseph Whitney and Jane Goodwin [born]," according to Phillips, Maine, Vital Records.

2.^  "Ada P. [Whitney] [Whitny in Int.] and James S. Burke, both of Lisbon, [married] Apr. 20, 1866," according to Marlene Alma Hinkley Groves, ed., Vital Records of Lisbon, Maine Prior to 1892, Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 19 (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1995).

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