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The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, by Frederick Clifton Pierce (Chicago: 1895)

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384 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

5790. vii. CAROLINE, b. Oct. 9, 1812; m. Feb. 25, 1831, Elijah SWEETEN, b. Sept. 27, 1804. He d. June 1, 1889. She d. Nov., 1874. Ch.: Eliza, b. Feb. 20, 1832; m. Oct. 31, 1855, Lafayette GODFREY; d. June 2, 1860; Delilah, b. May 16, 1834; m., 1868 or '69, H. R. CHARLES- WORTH; res. Lamar, Mo.; Mira, b. July 4, 1837; m. Dec. 26, 1861, C. B. ESSEX; d. -----; Caroline, b. Feb. 9, 1839; unm.; d. May 19, 1886; Wallace, b. Apr. 26, 1841; m., 1868 or '69, Louise HORTON; address Hitchcock, Beadle Co., S. Dak.; Calfine, b. Nov. 21, 1842; m. Jan. 1, 1859, Eli MORRIS, b. Oct. 24, 1832; address Allegany, N. Y.; Marshall, b. April 27, 1845; m. Emma JOHNSON; address Mrs. Grace McDowell, Eagle Harbor, Oreleans Co., N. Y.; Elnora, b. April 20, 1847; m. July 20, 1870, E. D. MIXER; b. Sept. 22, 1846; J. B., b. Dec. 3, 1848; m. Orroville ELLSWORTH; Address Allegany, N. Y.; Frankling, b. Dec. 4, 1850; m. Frankie Covill; address Port Allegany, Pa. 5791. viii. HYRUM, b. Jan. 20, 1815; unm.; d. in Illinois. 5792. ix. ORISSA, b. Apr. 27, 1821; m., 1836, Oliver W. LINDSLAY. He was born in Ohio and for many years was sheriff of Scioto Co. After his marriage he lived but a short time and d. of heart disease. He had one son, Oliver William, who went west about 1854, after prospecting and mining for some years, he was appointed United States land agent at Prescott, Ariz.; the widow m. 2d at Portsmouth, Oh., in May 1845, Henry Richard CHARLES- WORTH, b. London, England, May 16, 1820. She d. 1851. Ch.: H. Felecia, b. Feb. 23, 1846; m. June 3, 1866, Percy E. BECK- WITH, b. Sept. 7, 1841; d. 1874, leaving one son. She res. Ravenna, O., and has been a teacher in the public schools for years; Llewelyn B., d. in infancy. 5793. x. ALMIRA, b. Apr. 8, 1823; m. H. CHARLESWORTH. 5794. xi. POLLY, b. Apr. 8, 1825. 5795. xii. HARRIETT, b. Aug. 31, 1827; m. James DICKENSON. She left one child, b. July 14, 1852; m. Aug. 6, 1881, Frank COOLEDGE; res. Olean, N.Y. 3087. RULUFF DUTCHER WHITNEY (Cornelius, William, William, William, Joshua, John), b. Mar. 3, 1794; m. Dec. 30, 1814, Bathsheba FULLER; res. Sheffield Mass., and Ravenna, O. 5796. i. JANE, b. -----; m. July 12, 1837. 5797. ii. JOHN FULLER, b. Apr. 13, 19916; m. Sylvia LEE. 5798. iii. MARY ANN, b. Jan. 11, 1818. 5799. iv. MARIA, b. Oct. 23, 1819; m. Feb. 13, 1849, -----. She d. Mar. 6, 1850. 5800. v. MILES, b. Oct. 10, 1821; m. Jan. 10, 1829. 5801. vi. [[Family:Whitney, Ruluff (1823-1849)}RULUFF]], b. Dec. 1, 1823; m. -----. 5802. vii. CORNELIA, b. Oct. 5, 1825; m. June 24, 1851. 5803. viii. LAURA, b. June 21, 1828; d. July 13, 1832. 5804. ix. WILLIAM, b. July 3, 1830; m. May 28, 1852, and d. Nov., 1874. 5805. x. MARTHA, b. Aug. 5, 1832; m. Dec. 7, 1850, -----. She d. June 10, 1869. 5806. xi. CHARLES, b. Feb. 22, 1835; m. Sept. 18, 1859. 3089. GEN. JOSHUA WHITNEY (Joshua, Thomas, William, William, Joshua, John), b. Aug. 24, 1773; m. Rhoda JEWELL, b. -----; d. Jan. 21, 1823; m. 2d Julia CROOKER. He was known as General WHITNEY. When about 20 years of age he was sent by his father from Binghamton to Philadelphia with a drove of cattle, 17 in num- ber. Part of his way was through a wilderness with nothing but marked trees to direct his path. He went alone, starting late in the fall. He drove to Great Bend, thence through the Nine Partners to Hop Bottom on Tunkhannock creek, and thence to Thorn Bottom. The cattle subsisted often by browsing in the forests. He next reached Wilkesbarre and he drove thence to a branch of the Lehigh near Pocano Mountain, where his cattle were poisoned by eating laurel, on account of which he suspended his journey for over a week and then proceeded to Wind Gap and Nazareth to Philadelphia. There he sold the cattle and purchased mercantile goods which he placed upon Pennsylvania wagons and transported to Middletown, Pa., on the Susquehanna. There he put them on what was called a Durham boat

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