Family:Whitney, Franklin (1810-1880)
Franklin6 Whitney (Benjamin5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Jonathan2, John1), son of Benjamin5 and Anna (Woods) Whitney, was born 30 Nov 1810, Tunbridge, VT,[1] and died 5 Jan 1880, Tunbridge, VT, aged 69 years of senile gangrene.[2][3]
He married, 7 or 9 Apr 1842, Tunbridge, VT, Catherine Kemp.[4] She was born 22 Feb 1821, and died 26 Jan 1881.
He resided Tunbridge, VT.
Children of Franklin6 and Catherine (Kemp) Whitney:
i. Martha Jane7 Whitney, b. 14 Sep 1842; d. 6 Aug 1860; m. ----- Giles. ii. Marietta Whitney, b. 4 Mar 1847; m. Gershom York7 Whitney, q.v. iii. George Franklin Whitney, b. 16 Sep 1851; m. Hattie M. Corwin.
Census
59 66 Franklin Whitney 39 M - Farmer $1400 Mass. Catharine " 29 F - " Martha I. " 7 F - Vt. Attended school Mariette " 3 F - " Anna Varnum 76 F - Mass.
2308 2475 Franklin Whitney 49 M - Farmer $2000 $450 Mass. Catharine " 39 F - " Mary F. " 13 F - Vermont Attended school George F. " 9 M - " Attended school Anna Farnham 36 F - Mass.
While the image is clear that Anna's age is 36, she was actually 86, and Franklin's mother.
38 39 Whitney, Frank 59 M W Farmer $2500 $692 Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Catharine 49 F W Keep house " -----, Geo. F. 18 M W At Home Vt. Allen, Emma 41 F W S. Teacher "
Lewis RICE 60 Self M M W MA Farmer MA MA Lucy P. RICE 55 Wife F M W NH Keeping House NH NH Geo.F. WHITNEY 28 Cous M S W VT Farm Laborer MA MA Catherine WHITNEY 59 Oth F W W MA Housekeeper MA NH Charles OSBORN 13 Oth M S W VT At School VT VT
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. 209.
1.^ "Franklin [Whitney], s. Lt. Benjamin & Anna, b. Nov. 30, 1810," according to George A. Rice, comp. and ed., Vital Records of Pepperell, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1985).
3.^ State of Vermont. Vermont Vital Records through 1870.
4.^ Vermont, Vital Records Index, Marriages.
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