Family:Whitney, Sanford Bennett (1827-1890)

Sanford Bennett⁷ Whitney (George Washington⁶, Ebenezer⁵, David⁴, Joseph³, John², Henry¹), son of George Washington⁶ and Matilda (Olmstead) Whitney, was born 18 Sep 1827, Venice, NY, and died 23 Sep 1890. He was buried in East Venice Cemetery, Venice Center, NY.^[1]

He married, 29 Dec 1858, Venice, NY, Martha Whiting, daughter of William and Nancy (Hurlbut) Whiting, of Venice, formerly of Moravia, NY. She was born 27 Jun 1837, Moravia, NY, and died 29 Mar 1932, Groton, NY. She was buried in Genoa Regional Cemetery, Genoa, NY.^[2]

Phoenix says the following:

"... a farmer .... They settled at Venice, and were living there in Aug. 1874."

Children of Sanford Bennett⁷ and Martha (Whiting) Whitney:

i.	Starr Burnett8 Whitney, b. 29 Feb 1861, Venice, NY; d. 27 Mar 1861, Venice, NY, and was buried there.
ii.	George William Whitney, b. 12 Feb 1862, Venice, NY; d. aft. 1900, then unmarried.
iii.	Nettie May Whitney, b. 14 Sep 1866, Venice, NY.
iv.	Delmar B. Whitney, b. ca. 1870, Venice, NY.
v.	Mattie Louelle Whitney, b. ca. 1880; d. aft. 1892.

Census

• 1860, Venice, Cayuga Co., NY:

327 345 Sanford Whitney 30 M - Farmer $1500 $700 N.Y. Mary Whitney 23 F - do 328 346 George Whitney 66 M - Farmer $1750 $300 do Matilda Whitney 63 F - Conn.

• 1870, Venice, Cayuga Co., NY:

369 369 Whitney, Samford B. 42 M W Farmer $2000 $2000 N.Y. Male citizen over 21 -----, Martha 33 F W Keeping house N.Y. -----, George 8 M W N.Y. Attended school -----, Nettie May 3 F W N.Y. -----, Delmar 1 M W N.Y. Whitney, Matilda 73 F W $2000 $300 Conn. Brooks, Maria 16 F W Domestic servant N.Y. Attended school

• 1880, Venice, Cayuga Co., NY:

Sanford WHITNEY 52 Self M M W NY Farmer CT CT Martha WHITNEY 42 Wife F M W NY Keeping House NY NY George WHITNEY 18 Son M S W NY Laborer NY NY Nettie M. WHITNEY 13 Dau F S W NY At School NY NY Delmar B. WHITNEY 10 Son M S W NY At School NY NY

• 1892 State, Venice, Cattaraugus Co., NY:

George W.. Whitney M 30 - U.S. C. Farmer Marthy Whitney F 55 - U.S. C. Nellie M. Whitney F 26 - U.S. C. Seamstress Mattie L. Whitney F 12 - U.S. C.

Note: Mattie L. Whitney is unidentified.

• 1900: not found.
• 1900, Venice, Cayuga Co., NY:

63 64 Whitney, George W. Head W M Feb 1863 37 sgl New York New York New York Bee keeping, Owns free farm -----, Marthey Moth W F Jun 1837 62 wid 4ch 4liv New York New York New York

References

• All data imported from Stephen Whitney Phoenix, The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its affiliations; being an attempt to trace the descendants, as well in the female as the male lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878; to which is prefixed some account of the Whitneys of England. (New York : Priv. Print. [Bradford Press] 1878), p. 390 and p. 1016.

1.^  Find A Grave Memorial #85055152, Sanford Whitney.

2.^  Find A Grave Memorial #214963893, Martha Whiting Whitney.

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