Family:Whitney, Elias (1849-a1880)
Elias8 Whitney (George7, Jonathan6, Elias5, Elias4, Jonathan3, Benjamin2, John1), born Jan 21, 1849; married Sept 11, 1872, Mary Elizabeth Gleason, born Feb 21, 1852.
The greater part of his life was spent in Milford, Mass; moved to Brooklyn, N. Y., where he now resides, in Apr., 1882; received a common school education in the public schools of Milford; graduated from Bryant & Stratton Commercial college in 1866, since which time has been engaged in various mercantile pursuits, and at present a stockholder and closely identified with the E.P. Gleason Mfg. County, extensive manufacturers of gas and electric light supplies, 181 to 189 Mercer St., New York City, and 93 to 99 Commercial St., Brooklyn. During the last ten years of his living in Milford he was an active member of the Milford brass band; was made an Odd Fellow in Tisquantum Lodge No 46, Sept 4, 1871, at Milford; joined Milford Lodge No 692, Knights of Honor, in 1878; is a thirty-second degree Mason, and a member of Mecca Temple A.A.O.M.S. of New York City. In Mar., 1891, he was the recipient of a valuable past master's jewel from the brethren of Enterprise Lodge No. 228 of Masons of New York City; resided 132 1/2 Noble St., Brooklyn, New York.
Children of Elias8 Whitney:
i. Charles Wilfred9 Whitney, born Apr 3, 1881; died Apr 4, 1881. ii. Gladys Louise Whitney, born Sept 14, 1885.
References
1. All data imported from Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), p. 590.
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