Family:Whitney, Melvin B. (1833-1886)
Melvin B.8 Whitney (Ebenezer7, Ebenezer6, Samuel5, Samuel4, John3, Benjamin2, John1), son of Ebenezer7 and Louisa (Gowell) Whitney, was born 6 Apr 1833, Bowdoinham, ME,[1] and died 9 Oct 1886, West Gardiner, ME, aged 63.[2]
He married firstly, 9 Nov 1873, Boston, MA, Mary Wheeler, daughter of William and Margaret (Hunnewell) Wheeler. She died before 1880.
He married secondly, 9 Feb 1881, West Gardiner, ME, "Mrs." Rozilla A. (-----) Stewart.[3] She was born May 1840, ME, and died after 1900.
Children of Melvin B.8 and Mary (Wheeler) Whitney, if any, unknown.
Children of Melvin B.8 and Rozilla A. (-----)(Stewart) Whitney, if any, unknown.
Census
Melvin B. WHITNEY 45 Self M W W MAINE Farmer ME. ME. Eben WHITNEY 80 Fath M W W MAINE Farmer ME. ME.
- 1900, West Gardiner, Kennebec Co., ME: Widow Rozilla A. Whitney
References
- Census records.
1.^ "Melvin B. [Whitney], [son of Eben and Louisa,] born 6 April 1833," according to Bowdoinham, Maine, Vital Records.
2.^ "Melvin B. [Whitney], [died] Oct. 9, 1886, ae 63," according to Mary P. Hill, ed., Vital Records of West Gardiner, to the Year 1892 (1939-41; reprint, Salem, MA: Higginson Book Co., 1997).
3.^ "Melvin B. [Whitney], and Mrs. Rozilla [int., Rosella] A. Stewart, [married] Feb 9, 1881," according to Mary P. Hill, ed., Vital Records of West Gardiner, to the Year 1892 (1939-41; reprint, Salem, MA: Higginson Book Co., 1997).
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