Family:Whitney, Henry L. (1852-1923)
Henry L.8 Whitney (Moses7, Samuel6, Ebenezer5, Samuel4, John3, Benjamin2, John1), son of Moses7 and Charlotte (Cromwell) Whitney, was born 6 Apr 1852, Weston, ME. or Apr 1851, Haynesville, ME, and died 28 Sep 1923.
He married, 28 Apr 1887, Stevens Point, WI, Leatha Adell Staples, daughter of Sanborn and Sarah (Shepard) Staples. She was born 18 Dec 1866, Lee, ME, and died about 1 May 1938.
HENRY L. WHITNEY A Pioneer settler in Sherry Village, was born in Aroostock County, Maine, April 6, 1852, Maine, son of Moses and Charlotte (Cromwell) Whitney. He was one of a family of 10 children, six sons and four daughters, the sons being James, William, Edward, Samuel, George and Henry L., and the daughters Annie, Jane, Lucy and Emma. Annie married Edward Swett, of Brewer, ME.; Jane married Ferdinand Lane, of Stillwater, Me.; Lucy became the wife of Seth Jellerson, of Weston, Me.; and Emma, who never married, is now a resident, of Brewer, Me. Emma and Henry L. are the only members of the family now living. The father, Moses Whitney, died in Maine about 40 years ago, and his wife, Charlotte subsequently came to Sherry, Wis., and died here about three years later at the home of her son Henry L. Henry L. Whitney in his boyhood attended district school in his native state, and at the age of 16 began work in lumber camps on the Mattawamkeag and Penobscot rivers, driving logs from Chessunkook Lake to the tide waters. He continued in that occupation until 1885, when he came to Wood County, Wis., and locating in Sherry, conducted a boarding house for five years for the lumber firm of Briggs and Sherry. At the end of that time, in 1891, he settled on his present farm close to the village, though he subsequently worked six winters handling a team for the Arpin Lumber Company, in the town of Arpin. After that he settled down to farming, in which occupation he has continued up to the present time. He worked two winters, however, with his team for the Stoly-Barndt Co. of Tripoli, Wis., a lumber concern. As a general farmer and dairyman Mr. Whitney has met with good success, and in some seasons has rented extra land. He did the first road work in this locality and much subsequent work of a similar kind and served on the school board 23 years. He is well informed in regard to local history, and it is to him that the editors of this volume are chiefly indebted for the historical account of Sherry village. Mr. Whitney was married at Stevens Point, April 28, 1887, to Aletha Staples, who was born in Penobscot, Maine, Dec. 18, 1866, daughter of Sanborn and Sarah (Shepard) Staples. He and his wife are the parents of five children, all now living, namely: Jennie, born Dec. 7, 1888, now Mrs. Carl Grossman of McCloud, Calif.; Luella, born July 15, 1892, who is the wife of Joseph Feldman and resides in St. Paul, MN.; Lugene, born Jan. 28, 1899, now an assistant at that State Sanitarium at Statesan, near Wales, Wis.; Elmer, born June 20, 1902, who lives at home, and Donald, born Dec. 4, 1909 also living at home. --from: The History of Wood County, pgs 645,646.
Children of Henry L.8 and Aletha L. (Staples) Whitney:
i. Jennie9 Whitney, b. 7 Dec 1888; m. Carl Grossman, of McCloud, CA. ii. Luella Whitney, b. 15 Jul 1892; d. 1 May 1970, St. Paul, MN; m. Joseph Feldman, of St. Paul, MN. iii. Ethel Lugene Whitney, b. 28 Jan 1899, Sherry, Wood Co., WI; d. ca. 2 Aug 1982; an assistant at that State Sanitarium at Statesan, near Wales, WI; m. Sam Price. iv. Elmer Louis Whitney, b. 20 Jun 1902, Sherry, Wood Co., WI; d. 29 May 1961, Marshfield, Wood Co., WI, at age 58; m. 8 Sep 1927, Marshfield, Wood Co., WI, Mary Ethel Spice. v. Donald Whitney, b. 4 Dec 1909; d. ca. 31 Dec 1943, Milladore, WI; m. Eleanor Wuestneck Jun.
Census
- 1880: not found.
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