Family:Whitney, Eli (1826-a1910)

Eli⁷ Whitney (Peter⁶, Daniel⁵, Abel⁴, Nathaniel³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Peter⁶ and Eunice⁶ (Whitney) Whitney, was born 26 Jun 1826, Gorham, ME, and died after 1910.

He married, 21 Apr 1851, Little Falls, ME, Sarah E. Brown, daughter of William E. and Elizabeth W. (-----) Brown. She was born about 1832, ME.

Children of Eli⁷ and Sarah E. (Brown) Whitney:

i.	Mary E.8 Whitney, b. ca. 1854, ME.
ii.	Charles Edwin Whitney, b. ca. 1856, Scarboro, ME; m. Emma Frances Thompson.[1]
iii.	Frederic E. Whitney, b. ca. 1858, ME; m. ca. 1880, Fanny L. Cash.

Census

• 1850, Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME:

323 342 Eli Whitney 24 M - Farmer $1600 Maine Eunice " 60 F - " Hannah " 28 F - " Peter H. " 2 M - " Charles Gilkey 16 M - Labourer " Tabitha Whitney 54 F - "

Tabitha is Eunice's sister. Peter Herbert Whitney is a son of Luther by his first wife Phebe.

• 1860, Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME:

215 227 Eli Whitney Jr. 34 M - Farmer $2500 $200 Maine Sarah E. " 28 F - " Mary E. " 6 F - " Attended school Charles E. " 4 M - " Attended school Fred J. " 2 M - " Eunice " 72 F - "

• 1870, Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME:

344 383 Whitney, Eli 44 M W Farm laborer $125 Maine Male citizen over 21 -----, Sarah E. 38 F W Keeping house Maine -----, Mary E. 16 F W Maine -----, Charles E. 14 M W Farm laborer Maine -----, Frederic E. 13 M W At school Maine Attended school 384 Files, Almond L. 30 M W Carpenter $2000 $100 Maine Male citizen over 21 -----, Eliza A. 26 F W Keeping house Maine -----, Etta F. 6 F W At school Maine Attended school -----, Ida M. 3 F W Maine

• 1880, Deering, Cumberland Co., ME:

Eli WHITNEY 53 Self M M W ME Laborer ME ME Susan WHITNEY 48 Wife F M W ME Keeping House ME ME Fred WHITNEY 22 Son M S W ME Conductor On Horse Cars ME ME

• 1900, Scarborough, Cumberland Co., ME:

145 145 Whitney, Eli Head W M May 1826 74 mar 49 Maine Maine Maine Farmer, Owns mortgaged farm -----, Sarah E. Wife W F Aug 1831 68 mar 49 4ch 1liv Maine Maine Maine

• 1910, Portland Ward 6, Cumberland Co., ME: Eli Whitney, widower, living with son Fred E.

References

• Census records.

1.^  https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4DK-H32, at FamilySearch.org.

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