Family:Whitney, Horace Webster (1836-1904)

Horace Webster⁸ Whitney (Horace⁷, Joel⁶, Jonas⁵, David⁴, Benjamin³, John², John¹), son of Horace⁷ and Mary (Sawin) Whitney, was born 7 Apr 1836, Hubbardston, MA, and died 6 Dec 1904, Cambridge, MA, aged 68 years 7 months 29 days, of arteriosclerosis.^[1] He was buried in Forest Hills Cemetery, Fitchburg, MA.

He married, 24 Mar 1860, Ellen Maria Blodgett, daughter of John and Elizabeth S. (-----) Blodgett. She was born 10 Jun 1835, NH, and died after 1900.

He resided 12 William St., Cambridgeport, MA.

Children of Horace Webster⁸ and Ellen Maria (Blodgett) Whitney:

i.	George Walter9 Whitney, b. 17 Mar 1862, Claremont, NH (given name omitted);[2] m. Cora V. Thomas.

Census

• 1860, Oakham, Worcester Co., MA:

30 31 Almary C. Harrington 41 F - $200 Mass. Susan E. " 7 F - " Attended school H. W. Whitney 24 M - Photographist $200 " George H. Ware 33 M - Boot Maker " A. W. Colton 25 M - " " Conn. A. B. Ware 20 M - " " Mass.

• 1860, Claremont, Sullivan Co., NH:

345 20 John Blodgett 56 M - Farmer $4000 $700 N.H. Elizabeth S. " 56 F - Vt. Ellen M. Whitney 25 F - N.H. Charles F. Blodgett 15 M - " Geo. W. " 20 M - Laborer Vt. Dorothy B. Pope 26 F - N.H. Avice R. " 2 F - " Charity Blodget 83 F - "

• 1870, Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA:

588 743 Jones, Moses B. 45 M W Machinist Vermont Male citizen over 21 Jones, Eliza J. 38 F W Keeping House Vermont Whitney, Horace W. 34 M W Machinist Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Ellen M. 35 F W New Hamp. -----, George W. 8 M W At School New Hamp. Attended school

• 1880, Winthrop, Suffolk Co., MA:

Horace W. WHITNEY 44 Self M M W MA Machinist MA MA Ellen M. WHITNEY 45 Wife F M W NH Keeping House VT NH George W. WHITNEY 18 Son M S W NH At School MA NH

• 1900, 12 Williams St., Cambridge Ward 4, Middlesex Co., MA:

136 191 Whitney, Horace W. Head W M Apr 1836 64 mar 40 Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts Photographer, Rents house Whitney, Ellen M. Wife W F Jun 1836 64 mar 40 1ch 1liv New Hampshire Vermont Vermont Whitney, George W. Son W M Mar 1864 36 wid New Hampshire Massachusetts New Hampshire Photographer Law, Fredrick W. Brdr W M Nov 1861 38 mar 14 Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts Policeman Law, Annie B. Brdr W F Jul 1862 37 mar 14 2ch 1liv Massachusetts Massachusetts Canada Eng. Law, Chas. C. Brdr W M Dec 1890 9 sgl Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts

References

• Census records.

• 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. 479.

1.^  Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915, at FamilySearch.org.

2.^  New Hampshire, Vital Records, Birth Index.

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