Family:Whitney, Joseph (1850-1916)
Joseph8 Whitney (Jeremiah Fowler7, Joseph6, Joseph5, Abel4, Nathaniel3, Benjamin2, John1), son of Jeremiah Fowler7 and Charity Rogers (Hunter) Whitney, was born 18 Oct 1850, Topsham, ME,[1] and died 24 May 1916, Topsham, ME.
He married 21 Nov 1876, Topsham, ME, Emily A. Thompson,[2] daughter of David and Abigail (Dill) Thompson. She was born 24 Nov 1850, Topsham, ME,[3] and died 20 Jul 1944, Topsham, ME.
Joseph and Emily are both buried in the Rogers Cemetery in Topsham, ME.
Children of Joseph8 and Emily A. (Thompson) Whitney:
i. Ella Charity9 Whitney, b. 21 Nov 1877, Topsham, ME;[4] d. 1957;[5] m. 20 Nov 1906, Topsham, ME [but recorded at Somerville, MA], Charles Everett Jacobs, b. ca. 1875, Mt. Vernon, ME, son of Jesse and Lydia F. (Estee) Jacobs.[6] ii. Horace Jere Whitney, b. 31 Jul 1879, Topsham, ME;[7] d. 30 Jul 1939, Topsham, ME. He married Elizabeth M. Waltman, b. 24 Apr 1888, d. 18 Dec 1953. Both are buried in the Rogers Cemetery in Topsham, ME. iii. George David Whitney, b. 15 Nov 1881, Topsham, ME;[8] d. 14 Jun 1899, Topsham, ME. iv. Mary Abbie Whitney, b. 23 Sep 1887; d. 1975; unmarried.
Census
Joseph WHITNEY 29 Self M M W ME Farmer ME ME Emily A. WHITNEY 29 Wife F M W ME Keeping House ME ME Ella C. WHITNEY 2 Dau F S W ME ME ME Horace J. WHITNEY 11M Son M S W ME ME ME Henry WHEELER 13 Oth M S W ME Labourer ME ME
References
1.^ "Joseph [Whitney], ch. Jeremiah F. and Charity R., [born] Oct. 18, 1850, in T. [dup. h. Emily A.]," according to Hill, Mary P., ed., Vital Records of Topsham, to the Year 1892 (Salem, MA: Higginson Book Co., [1929] 1996).
2.^ "Joseph [Whitney], and Emily J. Thompson, both of T., [married] Nov. 21, 1876, in T. [int. Miss Emily A.]," according to Hill, Mary P., ed., Vital Records of Topsham, to the Year 1892 (Salem, MA: Higginson Book Co., [1929] 1996).
3.^ "Emily A. [Whitney] [-----], w. Joseph, [born] Nov. 24, 1850, in T.," according to Hill, Mary P., ed., Vital Records of Topsham, to the Year 1892 (Salem, MA: Higginson Book Co., [1929] 1996).
4.^ "Ella C. [Whitney], ch. Joseph and Emily A., [born] Nov. 21, 1877, in T.," according to Hill, Mary P., ed., Vital Records of Topsham, to the Year 1892 (Salem, MA: Higginson Book Co., [1929] 1996).
5.^ Jacobs headstone, Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA. Charles and Ella Jacobs and Mary Whitney are listed on the headstone. Database online: Find A Grave.
6.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 563, page 702.
7.^ "Horace J. [Whitney], ch. Joseph and Emily A., [born] July 31, 1879, in T.," according to Hill, Mary P., ed., Vital Records of Topsham, to the Year 1892 (Salem, MA: Higginson Book Co., [1929] 1996).
8.^ "George D. [Whitney], ch. Joseph and Emily A., [born] Nov. 15, 1881, in T.," according to Hill, Mary P., ed., Vital Records of Topsham, to the Year 1892 (Salem, MA: Higginson Book Co., [1929] 1996).
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