Family:Whitney, Oliver Walcot (1817-1864)

Oliver Walcot⁷ Whitney (Milton⁶, Asa⁵, Joshua⁴, William³, Joshua², John¹), son of Milton⁶ and Lydia (Cleveland) Whitney, was born 23 Feb 1817, Pittsfield, MA, and died 3 Jan 1864.

He married, 12 Sep 1840, Lorain Co., OH, Esther Alice Rising, daughter of Major Rising. She was born 20 Sep 1823, OH, and died after 1880.

He resided in Pittsfield, OH.

Children of Oliver Walcot⁷ and Esther (Rising) Whitney:

i.	Caroline8 Whitney, b. ca. 1842, OH.
ii.	Charles Francis Whitney, b. 11 Jun 1843, OH; m. Sarah E. Curtis.
iii.	Alice Evelyn Whitney, b. 19 Jul 1849, Pittsfield, OH; m. 5 May 1875, Des Moines, IA, James Patton Clarke; died 27 Nov 1910.

Note

He was probably named after Oliver Wolcott, Jr. (1760–1833), United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1795 to 1800 and the 24th Governor of Connecticut from 1817 to 1827.

Census

• 1850, Pittsfield, Lorain Co., OH:

367 371 Olarin Whitney 33 M - Wagon Maker $1800 Mass. Ester 27 F - Ohio Caroline 8 F - " Attended school Charles 7 M - " Attended school Alice 1 F - "

"Olarin" must be a transcription error for "Oliver".

• 1860, Des Moines, Polk Co., IA:

732 667 O. W. Whitney 48 M - $2000 -- Mass. E. A. " 37 F - Ohio C. F. " 17 M - do Attended school Alice E. " 11 F - do Attended school Robert Lusby 32 M - $1200 $600 Maryland John Lynde 25 M - Atty at Law $100 Vermont Elizabeth Churchman 19 F - Domestic Ohio William Anderson 24 M - Barber do Sarah Ann " 25 F - Servant do

• 1860, daughter Caroline not found.
• 1870, Des Moines Ward 2, Polk Co., IA:

Boarding House 296 301 Whitney, Esther 46 F W Keeping House $1000 Ohio -----, Alice 21 F W " [and 26 apparently unrelated boarders]

• 1870, daughter Caroline and son Charles not found.
• 1880, Des Moines, Polk Co., IA:

James P. CLARK 35 Self M M W PA Coal Operator PA PA Alice W. CLARK 30 Wife F M W OH Keeping House MASS OH Ester A. WHITNEY 56 MotL F W W OH At Home MASS MASS

• 1880, daughter Caroline not found.
• 1900, 706 Twenty Third St., Council Bluffs Ward 5, Kane Township, Pottawattamie Co., IA:

240 240 Whitney, Clarence Head W M Jul 1873 26 mar 5 Nebraska New York Illinois Machinist R.R., Rents house -----, May B. Wife W F Aug 1874 25 mar 5 1ch 1liv Iowa France England -----, Giles E. Son W M Apr 1896 4 sgl Iowa Nebraska Iowa Whitney, Emma L. Moth W F Feb 1850 50 wid 1ch 1liv Illinois Ohio New York

References

• All data imported from Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), p. 402.

• Census records.

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