Family:Whitney, Isaac Albert (1837-1934)

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Isaac Albert8 Whitney (Isaac Amsden7, Ami6, Jonathan5, Jonathan4, Jonathan3, Benjamin2, John1), son of Isaac Amsden7 and Jane (Moore) Whitney, was born 28 Sep 1847, Alabama, NY, and died 1934. He was buried in Saratoga Cemetery, Litchfield, MI.[1]

He married, 31 Jul 1868 or 1869, Litchfield, MI, Laura Waite, daughter of Joseph and Caroline (-----) Waite. She was born 27 Mar 1850, Newstead, NY, and died 1934. She was buried in Saratoga Cemetery, Litchfield, MI.[2]

He resided Litchfield, MI.

A short biography:

"ALBERT J. WHITNEY is a prominent farmer residing on section 20, Litchfield Township. His father, Isaac A. Whitney, was born in Seneca Township, Ontario Co., N. Y., and his mother, Jane (Moore) Whitney, was born in Phelps Township, Ontario Co., N. Y. The maternal grandfather of our subject, Washington Moore, lived in Massachusetts, and served in the War of 1812. The parents of our subject lived for awhile in Genesee County, N. Y., where they were engaged in farming until the fall of the year 1866, when they came to Michigan, settling in Hillsdale County. Here the father died, in the year 1876, aged seventy-one years, but the mother still lives with our subject, being eighty-two years old.
"Our subject dates his ancestry back to the time of the "Mayflower," to the person of John Whitney, a Puritan, who left his home on Whitney street, Liverpool, and came to Massachusetts in 1634, at the age of thirty-five years. In the immediate family of our subject there were nine children, all of whom lived to the years of manhood and womanhood. His two brothers, Loran and Frank, enlisted in the Civil War, the former in the 18th Michigan Infantry and the latter in the 10th New York Cavalry. Loran was taken seriously ill and died in the hospital to which he had been removed. Frank died at Milan Prison, in Georgia, after having been transferred, confined and tortured in the following prisons: Belle Island, Andersonville, Savannah and Milan.
"Our subject, the youngest of the children, was born in September, 1847, in Alabama, Genesee Co., N. Y. He had two brothers who participated in the battles of the late Civil War, but who were permitted to return to their homes in safety. Washington enlisted in the 11th Michigan and served for three years, and Ami enlisted with the 27th New York Infantry and served two years. Albert was a boy of nineteen when he came to Michigan with his parents, and he remained with them until he was married, which event occurred on the 31st of July, 1869.
"Mrs. Laura A. (Waite) Whitney is a daughter of Joseph and Caroline Waite, her father having been born in Lima, N. Y., and her mother in Newstead Township, Erie County, of the same State. They settled in Crittenden, in which place the father followed the occupation of a farmer, and then coming West they lived for five years in Illinois, after which they moved to Michigan and settled in Butler, Branch County. The mother died in New York, aged sixty-three years, and the father died in 1877 at the age of fifty-five years. They had two children--Cerrissa A. and Laura Ann.
"The wife of our subject was born on the 27th of

[p. 998] March, 1850, in Newstead Township, Erie Co., N. Y., and when her parents came to Michigan she was not quite a year old. At the age of thirteen years she began to work out for her living, which she did until she was nineteen years old. The educational facilities being limited, and she having to support herself, she was unable to attend school after she was fourteen years old. Our subject also received his education in the district schools of that time. He and his wife have been granted four children: Jennie L.; Emma O., who died in infancy; Emmett A. and Mabel E.; Jennie is attending the Litchfield Union School, and will be a graduate in the class of '89; Emmett A. is at home, and Mabel E. is attending school.

"Mr. Whitney is the owner of eighty acres of farming land, and is industriously engaged in agricultural pursuits. He is a member of the First Baptist Church, of Litchfield, a member of the A. O. U. W., of Homer, and has served seven years as School Director. He has enjoyed a reasonable amount of success in his business, and has won the respect and esteem of the residents of his community. He is strongly in favor of the strict enforcement of the temperance laws of the land, and is closely identified with the Prohibition party."[3]

Children of Isaac Albert8 and Laura (West) Whitney:

i. Jennie L.9 Whitney, b. ca. May 1870, MI; d. after 1880, then unmarried.
ii. Emma O. Whitney, b. 13 Dec 1871; d. Aug. 27, 1872, aged 8 months 14 days; bur. Saratoga Cemetery, Litchfield, MI.[4]
iii. Emmett A. Whitney, b. Dec 1874, MI; d. after 1900, then unmarried.
iv. Mabel E. Whitney, b. Jul 1880, MI; d. after 1900, then unmarried.

Census

219 220 Whitney, I. A. 64 M W Farmer $7200 $2000 New York Male citizen over 21 -----, Jane 64 F W Keeping House New York -----, Albert 22 M W Farm Hand New York Male citizen over 21 -----, Laura Ann 20 F W Doing House work New York -----, Caroline 1/12 F W Michigan Born in May Wait, Allace 21 F W Doing House work New York

Albert I. WHITNEY 32 Self M M W NY Farmer NY NY Laura A. WHITNEY 30 Wife F M W NY Keeping House NY NY Jennie L. WHITNEY 10 Dau F S W MI At School NY NY Emmett A. WHITNEY 5 Son M S W MI NY NY Jane WHITNEY 74 Moth F W W NY At Home NY NY

Whitney, Isaac A. Head W M Sep 1847 52 mar Alabama -----, Laura A. Wife W F Mar 1850 50 mar New York -----, Emmet A. Son W M Dec 1874 25 sgl Michigan -----, Mabel E. Dau W F Jul 1880 19 sgl Michigan

References

  • Census records.

1.^  Find A Grave memorial #55617030, Albert I. Whitney.

2.^  Find A Grave memorial #55617031, Laura A. Whitney.

3.^  Portrait and biographical album of Hillsdale County, Mich. (Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1888), pp. 997-998.

4.^  Find A Grave memorial #55617026, Emma O. Whitney.


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