Family:Whitney, Charles Mayo (1833-1900)

Charles Mayo Whitney (Jacob, (prob.) Jabez⁶, Jacob⁵, Jonas⁴, Eleazar³, Thomas², John¹), son of Jacob and Sally (Pratt) Whitney, was born 23 Oct 1833, Wayland, MA,^[1] and died 17 Mar 1900, Vancouver, BC.^[2]

He married, 1859 or 1860 Laura Acenath Maxfield.^[3][4] She was born 16 Sep 1836, Chester, VT,^[5] and died 22 Dec 1893,^[6] New Westminster, BC.

They lived in Troy for several years, while Charles was working as a lawyer.

By 1880 he is living in Saint Louis, where he is listed variously as a lawyer and an editor.^[7][8]

By 1890, we find Charles and his son, Charles Francis, both living in Courtenay,B.C. Charles M. started a newspaper there, and apparently started going by the name "Mayo" (his middle name).It was the Courtenay Weekly News.^[9]

Children of Charles Mayo and Laura A. Maxfield Whitney:

i.	Charles Francis Whitney, b. ca. 1871, St. Louis, MO; m. Mary ELizabeth Clark.

Census Records

• 1840: not found.
• 1850, Royalston, Worcester Co., MA:

Boarding House 42 53 Luther Cushing 49 M - Readingmaster Mass. ... Chas. W. Whitney 18 M - Laborer Mass. ...

• 1860, Troy Ward 7, Rensselaer Co., NY:

317 611 J. T. Williams 43 M - Shoemaker $400 N.Y. Elizabeth " 43 F - " Melissa " 17 " - Collar Stretcher $200 " Caroline " 13 " - " Attended school Frances " 6 " - " Geo. " 4 M - " Elizabeth " 8/12 F - " 612 Chas. M. Whitney 26 M - Lawyer $200 Mass. Married in year Laura " 22 F - Vermont Married in year

• 1870, St. Louis Ward 6, St. Louis, Independent City, MO:

1089 1320 Parsons, Scott B. 29 M W Physician Maine Male citizen over 21 -----, Henrietta K. 27 F W At home South Wales, Australia Parents foreign born -----, Harvy 9 M W Do Missouri Mother foreign born, Attended school -----, H. Octavia 1 F W do do Mother foreign born 1321 Evens, Mary A. 52 F W Keeps house England Parents foreign born Whitney, Charles 36 M W Editor $500 Massachusetts Male citizen over 21 -----, Laura 33 F W At home Vermont Crocker, John G. 34 M W Photographer New York Male citizen over 21 -----, Laura 31 F W At home Do Parents foreign born

• 1880, Saint Louis, Saint Louis Co., MO:

Chas. M. WHITNEY 47 Self M M W MA Lawyer --- MA Laura A. WHITNEY 44 Wife F M W VT Keeping House VT VT Charles F. WHITNEY 9 Son M S W MO At School MA VT

• 1880, Saint Louis (2nd enumeration), Saint Louis Co., MO:

Charles M. WHITNEY 46 Self M M W MA Lawyer MA MA Laura A. WHITNEY 43 Wife F M W VT Keeps House VT VT Charles F. WHITNEY 9 Son M S W MO At School MA VT

References

1.^  The Bench and Bar of St. Louis, Jefferson City, and Other Missouri Cities, Biographical Sketches, American Biographical Publishing Company, pg 144, 1884.

2.^  Death Certificate for Mayo Whitney, filed 19 Mar 1900, British Columbia.

3.^  1880 Federal Census, Saint Louis, MO, 2nd enumeration, p. 388B; 1860 Federal Census, Troy, Rensselaer Co, NY, p. 641.

4.^  1860 Federal Census, Troy, Rensselaer Co, NY, p. 641.

5.^  Death Certificate for Laura Acenith Whitney, filed 22 Dec 1893, British Columbia; Birth Record for Laura Acenath Maxfield recorded 9 Apr 1847 in Chester, VT.

6.^  Death Certificate for Laura Acenith Whitney, filed 22 Dec 1893, British Columbia.

7.^  1880 Federal Census, Saint Louis, MO, 2nd enumeration, p. 388B.

8.^  The Bench and Bar of St. Louis, Jefferson City, and Other Missouri Cities, Biographical Sketches, American Biographical Publishing Company, pg 144, 1884.

9.^  pg. 211, "The Wilderness Profound, Victorian Life on the Gulf of Georgia", Richard Somerset Mackie

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