Family:Whitney, Edward (1829-1909)
Edward8 Whitney (Joseph7, Palmer6, Joseph5, Timothy4, John3, John2, John1), born Java, New York, 7 Aug 1829; died 17 Aug 1909. Red Oak, Iowa[1].
He married 6 Jul 1868. Iola, Kansas, Catherine Ann Plouch[2], daughter of Everard and Nancy H. (Irwin) Plouch. She was born 26 Oct 1846[3], and died 25 Feb 1903, Red Oak, Iowa[4]. He was a carpenter. Resided Red Oak, Iowa.
Edward Whitney enrolled 1 Oct 1861, Fulton City, Whiteside Co., Illinois, in Co. F of the 52nd Infantry Illinois Volunteers. He was mustered in as a Private on 19 Nov 1861, Geneva, Kane Co., Illinois, and was mustered out as a Private on 20 Nov 1864, Monticello, Jasper Co., Georgia[5].
According to their marriage license, on 6 Jul 1868 Edward and Catherine were both “of Allen Co., Kansas”. Edward was thirty-five years of age, and Catherine, twenty one.
Edward and Catherine moved to Red Oak, Iowa shortly after their marriage and remained there for the remainder of their lives.
Children of Edward8 Whitney:
i. Ernest Albert Whitney, b. 14 Jun 1869; d. 1 Sep 1871[6]. ii. Wilson Wheelock Whitney, b. 7 Jul 1870; m. (1) Florence Yount; m. (2) Nellie May Sheets. iii. Joseph Leon Whitney, b. 13 Aug 1872; m. Bertha Orpha Coppock. iv. Francis Marion Whitney b. 19 Feb 1874; d. 27 Sep 1875[7]. v. Rollin Edward Whitney, b. 2 Jul 1876; m. Maude Ethel Lawrence. vi. Edna Katherine Whitney, b. 23 Oct 1878; m. William Henry Robertson. vii. Eva May Whitney, b. 8 Dec 1880; m. John Frederick Smith. viii. Guy Otto Whitney, b. 1 Mar 1883; m. Lizzie Bakke. ix. Clinton Andrew Whitney, b. 5 Aug 1889; d. 19 Oct 1975, Hastings, Nebraska; unm.
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. 433.
1.^ Death certificate for Edward Whitney.
2.^ Marriage certificate for Edward Whitney and Catherine Ann Plouch.
3.^ Tombstone for Catherine Ann Whitney, Evergreen Cemetery, Red Oak, Iowa.
4.^ Death Certificate for Catherine Ann Whitney.
5.^ Service Record for Edward Whitney.
6.^ Birth and death dates-Tombstone, Evergreen Cemetery, Red Oak, Iowa.
7.^ Birth and death dates-Tombstone, Evergreen Cemetery, Red Oak, Iowa.
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