Family:Whitney, Samuel (1819-a1875)

Samuel⁷ Whitney (John⁶ and Statira (Farrell) Whitney, John⁵, John⁴, Richard³, John², Henry¹), son of John⁶ and Statira (Farrell) Whitney, was born 9 Nov 1819, Utica, NY, and died after Jul 1875.

He married, 5 Sep 1845, Twenty-second Street Presbyterian Church, New York, NY, Abigail Sophia Arnold, daughter of Elisha Arnold, of East Hartford, CT.

Phoenix says the following:

"In 1867, he lived in Orange, N.J., and was engaged in the lumber and timber trade, having an office at 41 Pine Street, New York City, and was acting as agent for Canadian and Southern lumbermen, in the sale of ship-knees and spars, and southern pine. He has been an extensive traveller in this country and in Europe. In Jan. 1874, his address was at the Gas Carbonizing Company's office, 200 Broadway, New York; and in July 1875, he resided at 294 Gates Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y."

Children of Samuel⁷ and Abigail Sophia (Arnold) Whitney:

i.	Emma Louisa8 Whitney, b. ca. 1849, NY.
ii.	Willys Arnold Whitney.

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), pp. 694 and p. 1498.

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