Family:Whitney, Dorville Herbert (1820-a1900)

Dorville Herbert⁷ Whitney (Erastus⁶, Samuel⁵, John⁴, Henry³, John², Henry¹), son of Erastus⁶ and Hannah (Jerome) Whitney, was born 31 Mar 1820, Henderson, NY, and died after 1900.

He married, 1845, Henderson, NY, Mary Ann Ingalls, daughter of Edmond and Charlotte Taylor (Dickerson) Ingalls. She was born 20 Oct 1823, Henderson, NY, and died after 1880.

Phoenix says the following:

". . . a farmer . . . . They dwelt in Henderson till Sept. 1850; moved to Michigan, and passed about four years there; lived at Concord, Wis., in 1864; and were settled, in Sept. 1874, at Sherman, near Loyal post-office, Wis."

Children of Dorville Herbert⁷ and Mary Ann (Ingalls) Whitney:

i.	Matilda Adelia Whitney, b. 19 Dec 1845, Henderson, NY; m. 26 May 1863, Wheatland, MI, Cornelius Blanchard, son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Kepheart) Blanchard; b. 11 Feb 1807, Tioga, PA; a farmer. They were living at Sherman, WI, in Sep 1874. She m.(2) ca. 1878, Napoleon DeLovely.
ii.	Herbert Adelan Whitney, b. 5 May 1849, Henderson, NY; was living with his parents, in Sherman, WI, in Sep 1874, unmarried.
iii.	Charlotte Inez Whitney, b. 31 Mar 1851, Concord, WI; m. 9 Nov 1867, Beaver Dam, WI, Edwin Arthur Holmes, son of Arthur and Sarah (Jennings) Holmes, b. 13 Oct 1845, Phelps, NY; a farmer. They settled in Sherman, WI, and were living there in Sep 1874.

Census

• 1850, Henderson, Jefferson Co., NY:

76 79 Dorvil W. Whitney 30 M - Farmer [N.Y.] Mary A. " 27 F - [N.Y.] Matilda " 4 F - [N.Y.] Attended school Herbert A. " 1 M - [N.Y.]

• 1860, Concord, Jefferson Co., WI:

753 664 D. H. Whitney 41 M - Farmer $300 $100 N.Y. Mary A. 36 F - Do Herbert A. 11 M - Do Inez 7 F - Wis. Oscar Moore 20 M - Labourer N.Y. Adelia 15 F - Do

• 1870, York, Dane Co., WI:

54 56 Weeks, Charles E. 31 M W Farmer $3000 $1001 New York Male citizen over 21 -----, Harriet 30 F W Keeping house Wisconsin -----, William E. 5/12 M W Wisconsin b. Dec 57 Whitney, Dorvill H. 50 M W Farm Laborer New York Male citizen over 21 -----, Mary Ann 46 F W Keeping house New York

Herbert not found in 1870.

• 1880, Sherman, Clark Co., WI:

Dowile H. WHITNEY 60 Self M M W NY Farming NY NY Marian WHITNEY 55 Wife F M W NY Keeping House NY NY James E. BOYER 20 Oth M S W WI Laborer MA MA

• 1900, Superior Ward 4, Douglas Co., WI:

96 128 DeLovely, Napoleon Head W M Jul 1845 54 m22 Massachusetts France -----, Adelia Wife W F Dec 1855 54 m22 5ch 5lv N. York America Whitney, Dorvile H. FiL W M Mar 1820 80 wid N. York America DeLovely, Louis Son W M Apr 1879 21 sgl Wisconsin America -----, Willie Son W M Jan 1884 16 sgl Wisconsin America -----, Milton A. Son W M Jul 1886 13 sgl Wisconsin America [and 2 servants and 12 boarders]

References

• All data imported from Stephen Whitney Phoenix, The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its affiliations; being an attempt to trace the descendants, as well in the female as the male lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878; to which is prefixed some account of the Whitneys of England. (New York : Priv. Print. [Bradford Press] 1878), pp. 468-469 and p. 1123.

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