Family:Whitney, Charles Napoleon (1865-1940)

Charles Napoleon⁸ Whitney (Jason W.⁷, Jason⁶, Isaac⁵, Jason⁴, Mark³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Jason W. and Sarah (Morton) Whitney, was born Apr 1865, TX.

He married Mary Elizabeth Reese, 1889, AR. She was born May 1866, AR.

It was after his mother died that Charles Napoleon Whitney, the youngest son of Jason and Sarah, traveled to Arkansas to visit his Mother's sister, Mary Ellen Morton Sutton Reese. It was while there he and her daughter, Mary Elizabeth, were married, in 1889. This closely related family of Whitney and Morton lived at Center Point, AR, for 20 years. It was there their children, Ellen, Mittie, Houston, Henry, Reese, Albert, and Robert, were born. In 1908 Charley Whitney, with his three oldest children, Ellen, Mittie, and Houston, left Arkansas to return to Lamar Co., where he had lived his first 18 or 19 years. He packed a wagon with household belongings; a few chickens; tied the cow to the wagon, and the four of them started out for Texas. They would walk during the day, rotating turns as driver. As they followed the established route to Texas, would camp by the trail at night. With the camp fire burning, people from the area would come to hear the news of Arkansas, and hear the singing of the 2 girls. His wife, Mary Elizabeth, with her mother and small children, journeyed by train to Deport. In Texas, 2 more children, Knox and Gladys were born.

Children of Charles Napoleon⁸ and Mary Elizabeth (Reese) Whitney:

i.	Sarah Ellen9 Whitney, b. 22 Jul 1890, AR, probably Howard County.
ii.	(child) Whitney, b. perhaps about 1891, AR, probably Howard County; died before 1900, probably Howard County, AR.
iii.	Mittie E. Whitney, b. Mar 1893, AR, probably Howard County.
iv.	Charles Houston Whitney, b. 14 Dec 1895, AR, probably Howard County, d. 2 Aug 1967, Titus County, TX.
v.	Martin Reese Whitney, b. May 16, 1896, Nashville, AR, probably Howard County, d. 4 Apr 1979, Potter County, TX.
vi.	Henry Hobson Whitney, b. 28 Oct 1898, AR, probably Howard County, d. 1985, Lubbock, TX.
vii.	Albert Jason Whitney, b. Apr 1900, AR, probably Howard County.
viii.	Robert W. Whitney, b. 1902, AR, probably Howard County.
ix.	Hattie Jane Whitney, b. 1904, AR, probably Howard County.
x.	Oliver Knox Whitney, b. about 1909, TX, probably Lamar County.
xi.	Gladys L. Whitney, b. about 1912, TX, probably Lamar County.

Census Records

• 1870: John Thompson, Beat 3, Lamar Co., TX
• 1880: John Thompson, Precinct 7, Lamar Co., TX
• 1900: Chas. Whitney, County Line, Howard Co., AR
• 1910: Charles Whitney, Justice Precinct 7, Lamar Co., TX
• 1920: Chas W. Whitney, Justice Precinct 4, Lamar Co., TX

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