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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. | 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. | ||
| − | Hugh Henry Whitney's father, Jacob, died when Hugh was eight. 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. 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. | + | Hugh Henry Whitney's father, Jacob, died when Hugh was eight. 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.{{ref|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: | Children of Hugh Henry and Lavina (Moore) Whitney: | ||
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| − | 4.{{note|4}} | + | 4.{{note|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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Copyright © 2010, Jerry McMillan and the [[Whitney Research Group]] | Copyright © 2010, Jerry McMillan and the [[Whitney Research Group]] | ||
Revision as of 01:14, 20 June 2010
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.
Hugh Henry Whitney's father, Jacob, died when Hugh was eight. 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.{{ref|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,
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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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