Family:Whitney, James Emmett (1848-1926)

James Emmett⁸ Whitney (James Marshal⁷, Asaph⁶, Jonathan⁵, Benjamin⁴, Benjamin³, Benjamin², John¹), son of James Marshal⁷ and Mary Huntley, was born 18 Aug 1848, Amboy Center, NY, and died 21 Nov 1926, Los Angeles, CA.^[1]

He married, 1 Jul 1872, Sandwich, IL, Narcassa Miriam Mead. She was born 4 Nov 1853, Reynoldsburg, OH, and died 27 Sep 1929.

Both are buried at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Avenue 20, Lot 62, graves 7 and 8, Los Angeles, CA.

He resided Chicago, IL; address 115 Dearborn St., r. 82.

Children of James Emmett⁸ and Narcassa Miriam (Mead) Whitney:

i.	Inez May9 Whitney, b. 21 Jan 1875; d. 18 Apr 1875.
ii.	Jasmine G. Whitney, b. 27 Aug 1876; d. 11 Nov 1968, Van Nuys, CA; (spinster).
iii.	Grace Wealthy Whitney, b. 7 Oct 1878; d. 28 Feb 1956, Los Angeles, CA; m. 22 Jul 1899, Carl Jalmar Johnson.
iv.	Ira Mead Whitney, b. 22 Aug 1880; d. 5 Aug 1882, Chicago, IL.
v.	Iris Elieta Whitney, b. 29 Jul 1885; d. 22 Nov 1968, San Jose, CA.
vi.	Asaph Emmett Orval Whitney Jr., b. 28 Apr 1891; d. 11 Dec 1930, Los Angeles, CA. FindAGrave Memorial 78736312.
vii.	Claude Leslie Whitney, b. 29 Jan 1893; d. 13 Sep 1930, Los Angeles, CA; buried Inglewood Cemetery, Lot A, Section 381, Mignonette, Inglewood, CA.
viii.	Raymond Ellsworth Whitney, b. 3 Jul 1895; m. 5 Jun 1921, Los Angeles, CA, Alma Frances Clark.

Census

• 1880, Chicago, Cook Co., IL:

James E. WHITNEY 31 Self M M W NY City R.R. Driver NY NY Narcise M. WHITNEY 26 Wife F M W OH Keeping House NY NY Jasmine WHITNEY 3 Dau F S W IL NY OH Grace WHITNEY 2 Dau F S W IL NY OH

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. 591.

1.^  Find A Grave Memorial #64528924, James Emmett Whitney.

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