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Seventh Generation.
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to Deerfield, Mo., where they were living in Feb. 1875, he being then engaged in farming.
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III. Mary Jane Whitney, b. in First Avenue, at the head of Allen Street, New York, 7 Nov. 1831; married in 1852, at Brooklyn, N. Y., Daniel Van Voast, born in Schenectady, N. Y., son of Giles and Angelica Van Voast. They settled at Clinton, Iowa; were living at Chicago, Ill., in 1873, and at Iowa City, Iowa, in 1874; and in the latter year returned to Brooklyn.
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IV. Wilson Whitney, b. at 94 Suffolk Street, New York, 23 March 1834; died in the same house, 9 Nov. 1834.
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V. Isaac Francis Whitney, b. at 94 Suffolk Street, New York City, 17 Feb. 1837; a metal-moulder; married at Rochester, N. Y., 29 June 1865, Minnie Etta Lunger, who was born in Tompkins County, N. Y., 28 July 1844. They dwelt at Corry, Penn., in 1869; and at Fort Scott, Kansas, in Oct. 1874. He enlisted in Co. B, 9th Reg., N. Y. Volunteers, known as "Hawkins' Zouaves"; served the full term of enlistment, two years; reenlisted in Co. H, 14th Reg., Heavy Artillery, N. Y. Volunteers, serving as infantry; and participated in the capture of Richmond and the surrender of Lee, having passed through the war without an injury of any kind.
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VI. John Henry Ellsworth Whitney, b. at 94 Suffolk Street, New York, 30 July 1840; an engraver on wood; married at Lyons, N. Y., 2 Jan. 1865, by Rev. William Putnam, Baptist, to Emily Louisa Calhoun, dau. of Admiral Nelson and Sarah Maria (Martin) Calhoun, of Lyons (where she was born, in the "old Glover house," 10 Nov. 1841), and g. dau. of Enoch Martin, of Brockport, N. Y. They dwelt at Brooklyn, N. Y., till 1 June 1870; and then settled at Chappaqua, N. Y., where they were living in 1875. He enlisted, 19 Ap. 1861, as a private in Co. B, 9th Reg., N. Y. Volunteers, known as "Hawkins' Zouaves"; was soon promoted to the grade of corporal; and, 1 Aug. 1861, reached that of sergeant. He was severely wounded in the left hip, 17 Sept. 1862, at the battle of Antietam; was still in hospital when the regiment was mustered out, in May 1863; and reached home 12 June 1863. He was chosen captain of Co. B, 1st Reg., N. G. S. N. Y., which was organized by members of the old Hawkins' Zouaves; but was forced to resign by ill health occasioned by his wound. In May 1866, he published a volume of two hundred and sixteen pages, entitled The Hawkins Zouaves: (Ninth N. Y. V.) Their Battles and Marches.
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VII. Lewis Whitney, b. in Prince Street, between Myrtle Avenue and Johnson Street, Brooklyn, N. Y., 9 Sept. 1846. He enlisted in the
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