Family:Whitney, Hugh Henry (1823-1890)

Hugh Henry⁸ Whitney (Jacob⁷, Richard⁶, Richard⁵, Israel⁴, Ebenezer³, Richard², John¹), son of Jacob⁷ and Polly (Watts) Whitney, was born 26 Oct 1825, Weston, VT, and died 8 Mar 1890, Tombstone, AZ.

Hugh married firstly 3 Feb 1846, Lavina Moore. She died 6 Apr 1858 in Waterford, PA and is buried in Waterford Cemetery. Hugh married secondly before 1860, Elizabeth Himrod. Elizabeth died 9 Jan 1873 and is buried in Waterford Cemetery.^[1][2]

Hugh Henry Whitney's father, Jacob, died when Hugh was eight. ^[3] Hugh then lived and worked on his grandfather's farm. He arrived in Waterford, PA at about the age of twenty. H. H. Whitney became a grocer, merchant and entrepreneur. About 1876 he went west to enter the cattle raising business, first in Medicine Lodge, Kansas and later in Bisbee, Arizona, near Tombstone as one of the stockholders of the Erie Cattle Company.^[4] His son Wallace and other members of his family followed him to Arizona. Upon his death in 1890, H. H. Whitney was brought back and laid to rest in the Waterford Cemetery.

Children of Hugh Henry and Lavina (Moore) Whitney:

i.	Adelaide Whitney, b. ca. 1847, d. aft. 1870
ii.	James H. Whitney, b. ca. 1849, Waterford, PA; d. 19 Oct 1850, Waterford, PA; Buried Waterford Cemetery
iii.	Wallace Watts Whitney, b. ca. 1850, Waterford, PA; d. m. ca. 1877 Lizzie King
iv.	May Whitney, b. ca. 1853, Waterford, PA; d.

Children of Hugh Henry and Elizabeth (Himrod) Whitney:

i.	Celia Lavina Whitney, b. unknown d. before 1870
ii.	Mabel Whitney, b. 10 Nov 1867, Waterford, PA; d. 12 Apr 1892, Waterford, PA
iii.	Parks Himrod Whitney, b. 1870, Waterford, PA; d. 1902,

Census

• 1850, Waterford, Erie Co., MA:

45 46 H. H. Whitney 27 M - Merchant $800 Vt. Lovina Whitney 26 F - Pa. Adelaide Whitney 3 F - " J. H. Whitney 1 M - " Elizabeth Moss 24 F - "

• 1860, Waterford, Erie Co., MA:

31 33 H. H. Whitney 37 M - Merchant $1000 $1000 Vt. Married in year Elisebeth 28 F - Penn. Married in year Ada 13 F - " Attended school Walace Whitney 10 M - Pa. Attended school May 7 F - " Attended school John M. More 24 M - Clerk "

• 1870, Waterford, Erie Co., MA, p. 49/515:

4 4 Whitney, H. H. 48 M W Grocer $8800 $5000 Vermont Male citizen over 21 -----, Elizabeth 38 F W Keeping House Penna. -----, Adela 21 F W At Home Do Attended school -----, Wallace 17 M W At Home Do Attended school -----, Mabell 3 F W " " Do

• 1880, Medicine Lodge, Barber Co., KS:

Hugh H. WHITNEY 57 Self M S W VT Stock Raiser VT VT John WHITNEY 25 Neph M S W PA Stock Raiser VT NH David WEALLIAMSON 23 Oth M S W PA Herder IRE IRE David H. MILLER 20 Oth M S W CT Herder CT CT John CUDDY 32 Oth M S W IL Herder IL IL

References

1.^  Obituary. H.H. Whitney, Waterford Leader, Thursday, March 13, 1890

2.^  Headstone inscriptions, Waterford Cemetery

3.^  Probate record, Jacob Whitney, Weston, Windsor, VT 1833

4.^ ""We'll All Wear Silk Hats": The Erie and Chiricahua Cattle Companies and the Rise of Corporate Ranching in the Sulphur Spring Valley of Arizona 1883-1909 " Lynn R. Bailey, Westernlore Press, Tucson, AZ

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