Family:Whitney, William Wort (1856-1908)

William Wort Whitney Ephraim Bennett, son of Ephraim Bennett and Sarah (Perrine) Whitney, was born 18 Aug 1856, San Bernardino, CA, and died 27 Apr 1908, Red Bluff, CA.

He married firstly, Margaret Ann Norwood. She was born 1866, AR, and died 1892, Red Bluff, CA.

He married secondly, Sarah Caroline Hipshire or Hipsher. She was born 30 Apr 1869, CA, and died 20 Jan 1940, Butte Co., USA. She married secondly ----- George.

He was perhaps the William W. Whitney listed in 1890 in Los Angeles, CA, with the business "Billings & Whitney", 58 North Daly, E. L. A.^[1]

Children of William W. and Margaret Ann (Norwood) Whitney:

i.	Frances Whitney, b. 1886, Red Bluff, CA; d. 1957, Tehama, CA; m. ----- Griffin.
ii.	John Wesley Whitney, b. 1888, Red Bluff, CA; d. 1942, Butte Co., CA.

Children of William W. and Sarah C. (Hipshire) Whitney:

iii.	Margaret Caroline "Maggie" Whitney, b. 10 Jul 1893, Susanville, CA; d. 23 Jun 1943; m. Manuel Perry George.
iv.	James William "Holiday" Whitney, b. 21 Sep 1894, Squaw Valley (Holiday Ranch), Fresno Co., CA; m. Inez Cooper.

Notes

1880 census Tehama Township, Tehama Co., California has a W. W. Whitney listed. Could possibly be William W. Whitney.

Margaret C. Whitney/George's death certificate has her father as William W. Whitney, b. San Bernardino, CA. Information was give by Margaret's daughter; Margaret George/Jackson.

Sarah Caroline Hipshire is listed under Sara George in the California Death Index. She died 20 Jan 1940, Butte Co., California.

William Wort, Whitney born 18 Aug 1856 in San Bernardino, CA, died 27 Apr 1908 in Red Bluff, CA, father was Ephraim Bennett Whitney born 1812 in New York, died before 1880 in CA, mother unknown.

Ephraim Bennett Whitney; father born in Massachusetts, mother born in Pennsylvania

"MARGARET E. NORWOOD born Arkansas 1866 married 1st Tehama Co., Nov 14, 1880, William Wort Whitney born CA, August 18, 1856, died Red Bluff, April 27, 1908, son of Ephraim Whitney; she married 2nd Tehama Co., July 30, 1882, Charles M. Haynes, born 1854, OH." - Lingenfelter Archives

Two children from this marriage; daughter Frances Whitney Griffin, 1886-1957, son John Wesley Whitney, 1888-1942.

Ephriam had a second son; Marion Ransom Whitney, born 26 May 1866, CA; died 20 Nov 1914, Chico, Butte, CA. See Web: California, Find A Grave Index, 1755-2011.

Census

• 1870: not found.
• (perhaps) 1880, San Bernardino, San Bernardino Co., CA: Wm. Whitney, age 22, boarder, farmer, b. Kentucky.
• 1900: not found.
• 1910 Census, Ward 2, Woodland, Yolo Co., CA: Sarah Whitney

References

• Census Records
• "Looking for Whitneys" thread

1.^  Ancestry.com. Los Angeles, California City Directories, 1888-90 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Original data: Los Angeles Directory for 1890. Los Angeles, CA: n.p., 1890.

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