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Family Group Record Husband Andrew Clow Whitney Birth 11 Aug 1833 Franklin Co., Vt. Death 22 Jun 1909 Alden, Iowa Marriage 31 Dec 1858 Alden, Iowa Father Solomon Whitney (b 3 Jan 1795) Mother Besheba Clow (b 1 Sep 1795) Wife Mary Gardner Todd Birth 9 Nov 1836 Killawog, NY Death 25 Jan 1928 Alden, Iowa Father John Todd (b 18 May 1817) Mother Lucy B Gardner (b 17 Apr 1818) Children 1 M Andrew Melvin Whitney Birth 14 Jan 1871 Alden, Iowa Death 11 Oct 1953 Radcliffe, Iowa Spouse Augusta Vieth (m 22 Mar 1906) 2 F Effie Whitney Birth 12 Oct 1880 Alden, Iowa Death Alden, Iowa 3 F Mabel Whitney Birth 18 Oct 1876 Death 4 m Charles Whitney Birth 4 Dec 1874 Death Ft. Dodge 5 F Minnie S Whitney Birth 15 Mar 1868 Death Alden, Iowa 6 F Leona A Whitney Birth 6 Aug 1865 Alden, Iowa Death Alden, Iowa 7 M Louis H Whitney Birth 6 Aug 1863 Alden, Iowa Death 25 Aug 1935 Libertyville, Ill. Spouse Grace McPherson 8 F Edith F Whitney Birth 18 May 1861 Alden, Iowa Death Alden, Iowa 9 F Ida May Whitney Birth 31 Mar 1860 Alden, Iowa Death 13 Feb 1925 Alden, Iowa Spouse Lyman Beecher Rogers (m 30 Jun 1886) HUSBAND NOTES: Andrew Clow Whitney Andrew began learning the carpenter trade at the age of 16. He became a resident of Iowa in 1855, working as a carpenter in Independence until June 1857, when he, his brother Irving, and others drove through to Alden. He and the few who had preceded him then began construction of the new town. He was soon the owner of a carpenter shop, which developed into a cabinetmakers shop and then into a furniture store. He ws in the furniture business for thirty years. Eleven years before his death the store was destroyed by fire. He was a member of the first town council, and also served on the school board and as treasurer. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. A. G. Axtel of the Congregational Church. He was interred in the Alden Cemetery. Andrew built his own home at the corner of Maine and Pearl streets, and made most of the furniture in that home. WIFE NOTES: Mary Gardner Todd Attended school in Killawog until aged 11 (1847), when she became a member of the Deacon Rogers family of Marathon, NY, through the second marriage of her mother. In 1856 the family moved to Alden, Iowa. Her paternal grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. She had two sisters, Mrs Eva Cleveland of Two Harbors, Minn, and Mrs Jennie George of Ashland, Wis. She also had a half-brother, Dr. R R Rogers of Jamestown, NY. Pallbearers were the nephews, M.A. Whitney, M.D. Whitney, I.G. Whitney, and M.L. Webster. Out of town attendees at the funeral were Mr and Mrs A.M. Whitney, Gladys, and Harvey of Garden City, Mr Montie A Whitney of Ft. Dodge, Mr and Mrs Martin D Whitney of Albert Lea, Minn, Mr and Mrs M.L. Websterof Independence, Iowa. |
LEFT: Andrew Clow Whitney with his wife Mary Gardner Todd, and their children: RIGHT: Mary Gardner Todd Whitney's parents, brothers. Family Group Record Husband John Todd Birth 18 May 1817 Death 6 Dec 1844 Father Henry Todd (b 1799) Mother Elizabeth Mills (b 10 Dec 1798) Wife Lucy B Gardner Birth 17 Apr 1818 Death 24 Oct 1865 Children 1 F Mary Gardner Todd Birth 9 Nov 1836 Killawog, NY Death 25 Jan 1928 Alden, Iowa Spouse Andrew Clow Whitney (m 31 Dec 1858) 2 M Henry W Todd Birth 18 Jan 1841 Killawog, NY Death 23 Oct 1912 Marshalltown, Iowa Spouse Jeannette Bigelow 3 M Chauncy D Todd Birth 17 Jul 1844 Killawog, NY Death New York, NY Spouse Ellen Button HUSBAND NOTES: John Todd WIFE NOTES: Lucy B. Gardner Todd Geneology, CS71 T634 1920 p. 361: Lucy B. Gardner married Jesse Rogers of Alden, Iowa CHILD NOTES: Mary Gardner Todd Attended school in Killawog until aged 11 (1847), when she became a member of the Deacon Rogers family of Marathon, NY, through the second marriage of her mother. In 1856 the family moved to Alden, Iowa. Her paternal grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. She had two sisters, Mrs Eva Cleveland of Two Harbors, Minn, and Mrs Jennie George of Ashland, Wis. She also had a half-brother, Dr. R R Rogers of Jamestown, NY. Pallbearers were the nephews, M.A. Whitney, M.D. Whitney, I.G. Whitney, and M.L. Webster. Out of town attendees at the funeral were Mr and Mrs A.M. Whitney, Gladys, and Harvey of Garden City, Mr Montie A Whitney of Ft. Dodge, Mr and Mrs Martin D Whitney of Albert Lea, Minn, Mr and Mrs M.L. Webster of Independence, Iowa. CHILD NOTES: Henry W Todd Enlisted in Company F, 2nd Iowa Cavalry, on August 9, 1861. He was mustered out Sept 19, 1865, at Selma, Alabama. For 25 years after the close of the war he was employed by the Fargo Express Company at Denver. He lived in Los Angeles for ten years, and returned to Iowa in 1911. Among the relatives who attended the funeral were Mrs. A. C. Whitney, George Bigelow, Mr and Mrs L. B. Rogers, and Miss Mabel Whitney. Mr and Mrs O. S. Cleveland of Webster City were also present. CHILD NOTES: Chauncy D Todd His boyhood days were spent in Alden, where he was a clerk at the L H Utley store. During the Civil War he was a member of the 32nd Iowa Infantry. He married Ellen Button after the war. They moved to Colorado where he was employed by the Singer sewing machine company as head salesman for many years. He spent his last days at the home of his daughter, Mrs Fred Roe, in New York. He was buried at Orange City NJ, by the side of his wife. He was the last of the civil war veterans from Alden. Prepared 9 Aug 1996 by: James Whitney 2410 Prairie Rd Madison, WI 53711608 721 5440 |
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