Family:Whitney, Nelson (1812-1887)

Rev. Nelson⁷ Whitney (John⁶, Asa⁵, Nathan⁴, Nathaniel³, Benjamin², John¹), son of John⁶ and Hannah (Rich) Whitney, was born 1812, Thorndike, ME, and died 1 Jul 1887, Indianola, IA.

He "of Poughkeepsie, N.Y." married, 17 May 1840, Lowell, MA, Dorothy Dwelley "of Lowell".^[1]

He resided Newport and Stillwater, ME. He was a clergyman serving in Calais, ME, in 1856 and 1857; Unity, ME, in 1866-1868; and Sebec, ME, in 1871.

Children of Nelson⁷ and Dorothy (Dwelley) Whitney:

i.

John Howard8 Whitney, b. 3 Jun 1842, Newport, ME; m. Mary E. (Babb) Tarleton.

ii.

William Butler Whitney, b. 2 May 1857, Calais, ME; d. Beaver City, NE, 5 Jul 1940 (1930?); m. 31 Aug 1887, Arapahoe, NE, Samantha Belle Prime (1859-1954). William graduated 1884 State University of Iowa Law School, Iowa City, Iowa. Practiced law in Beaver City, Nebraska. Ch.: Ada Claire Dwelley9 Whitney b. 28 Aug 1888; d. 18 Apr 1967, Pella, IA; m. 27 Jul 1915, Oskaloosa, IA, Helen Prime Whitney, b. 20 Mar 1891.

Census

• 1850, Thorndike, Waldo Co., ME:

19 20 Nelson Whitney 38 M - Farmer $2000 Maine Dorathy " 34 F - " John H. " 8 M - " Attended school

• 1860, Machias, Washington Co., ME:

588 621 Nelson Whitney 48 M - Meth. Clergyman $125 Maine Doratha " 44 F - [Maine] John H. " 18 M - [Maine] William " 3 M - [Maine] 622 Joseph Bugbee 47 M - Teacher $200 " Susan " 45 F - [Maine] Deborah " 11 F - [Maine] Joseph " 9 M - [Maine] William " 3 M - [Maine] 623 Eben Vose 65 M - Teamster $200 Maine Mary " 64 F - [Maine]

• 1870: not found.
• 1870, son William not found.
• 1880: not found.
• 1880, son William not found.

References

• 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. 410.

1.^  "Nelson [Whitney], of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Dorothy Dwelly of L., [married] May 17, 1840," according to Vital Records of Lowell, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1930).

2.^  "Nelson [Whitney], clergyman, 1856-1857," according to Howland, Sharon D., Vital Records of Calais to the Year 1892 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1999, 2000, 2001), p. 119.

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