Family:Whitney, Sumner Allen (1824-1861)

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Sumner Allen8 Whitney (John7, John6, Nathan5, David4, Benjamin3, John2, John1), son of John7 and Lydia (Allen) Whitney; born 27 Jun 1824, Westminster, MA,[1] and died 29 Aug 1861, Worcester, MA.

He married firstly, 5 Jan 1848, Worcester, MA, Sarah L. Chapin,[2] daughter of William B. and Sarah (-----) Chapin. She was born about 1828, and died 23 Feb 1848, Worcester, MA, aged 19 years.[3]

He married secondly, 25 Aug 1851, Worcester, MA, Lura Clark, daughter of Asa and Lois (Simonds) Clark. She was born 30 Jul 1826, Hubbardston, MA, and died 1 Jun 1900, Boston, MA, aged 73 years 10 months 2 days, of bronchopneumonia.[4] She married 23 Feb 1865, Worcester, MA, Samuel K. Buell, son of Joseph Case and Mary (Kellogg) Buell,[5] born 20 Jun 1822, New Marlboro, MA.

He was brought up on a farm and received an excellent common school education, taught school for awhile, then was teacher of penmanship and mathamatics in a college in Norfolk, VA, for two years. Returning to Worcester, MA, he began the manufacture of valentines, and engaged in the wholesale stationery and notion business, which he followed till the end of life. He was not in politics, and his only interest aside from his business was in the Baptist church, of which he was an officer. He resided Portsmouth, VA, and Worcester, MA.

Children of Sumner Allen8 and Lura (Clark) Whitney:

i. Sumner C.9 Whitney, b. 7 Mar 1853; m. Mary O. Hoyt.
ii. Freddie Allen Whitney, b. 10 Jul 1859; d. 20 Apr 1860.
iii. Fannie Lura Whitney, b. 11 May 1857; m. Oct 1881, Charles W. Randall; resided 121 Post St., San Francisco, CA.

Census

206 254 Sumner A. Whitney 27 M - Stationer $1700 Ms. Ephraim " 24 M - " " Mary A. " 21 F - " Sarah Chaplin 52 F - "

1017 1338 Sumner A. Whitney 36 M - Stationary $10000 Mass. Lura C. " 33 F - " Sumner C. " 7 M - Va. Fanny L. " 3 F - Mass. Ellen McGuire 40 F - Domestic Ireland William " 6 M - Mass. George C. Whitney 17 " - Clerk "

  • 1870, Worcester Ward 8, Worcester Co., MA:

136 176 Buel, Samuel K. 48 M W Real Estate Speculator $9000 $1500 Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Lura C. 43 F W Keeping house $6000 " -----, George S. 2 M W At home " Whitney, Sumner C. 17 M W Cigar Dealer Virginia -----, Fannie L. 13 F W Attending school Mass. Attended school Welch, Ellen 16 F W Domestic Servant England Parents foreign born 177 Rice, Dexter 54 M W Sign Painter $2000 Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Mercy B. 54 F W Keeping House N. Hamp. -----, Florence E. 17 F W Atttending school Mass. Attended school Taylor, Henry 17 M W Apprentice to painter " Turner, Thomas A. 27 M W Clerk in store Canada Parents foreign born, Married Jan -----, Emma 19 F W No occupation " Parents foreign born, Married Jan

Sumner WHITNEY 30 Self M M W VA Dentist MA MA Mary C. WHITNEY 33 Wife F M W NY Keeps House NY NY Ernest WHITNEY 22 Son M S W MA At Home MA MA Etta N. CLARK 24 Oth F S W MA MA MA

  • 1880, Fannie not found.

References

1.^  "Summer Allan [Whitney], s. John and Lydia, [born] June 27, 1824," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Westminster, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1915).

2.^  "Sumner-A. [Whitney], and Sarah-L. Chapin, [married] Jan. 5, 1848," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Worcester Births, Marriages and Deaths. (Births 1714-1848; Marriages 1747-1848; Deaths, 1826-1848), Collections of the Worcester Society of Antiquity, vol. 12 (1894).

3.^  "Sarah-L. [Whitney], 19, w. Sumner A. and d. William-B. and Sarah-Champlin, [died] Feb. 23, 1848," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Worcester Births, Marriages and Deaths. (Births 1714-1848; Marriages 1747-1848; Deaths, 1826-1848), Collections of the Worcester Society of Antiquity, vol. 12 (1894).

4.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 182, page 276.

5.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 507, page 285.

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