Family:Whitney, Timothy Watts (1827-1904)
Timothy Watts8 Whitney (Jacob7, Richard6, Richard5, Israel4, Ebenezer3, Richard2, John1), was born 5 Dec 1827, Weston, Windsor, Vermont, and died 29 Feb 1904 , Waterford, Erie, Pennsylvania.
He married 15 Nov 1849, Amherst, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, Hannah Francis Knight , daughter of Jonathan and Lucy Adeline (Putnam) Knight. She was born 15 Apr 1830, Amherst, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, and died 1916, Waterford, Erie, Pennsylvania.
After Timothy’s father, Jacob, died in 1833, it is most likely he went to live with his grandparents Richard and Sarah Whitney until he was 16.
Then he went to Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshire to work in a cotton mill where he became an overseer.
Sometime during 1851 Timothy, Hannah and Emma moved to Waterford, Pennsylvania to join Timothy’s brother, Hugh Henry Whitney
In 1854 they bought a farm at Lake Pleasant, Venango Township, Erie County, Pa where he had a sawmill and made lumber and ship timbers for sale in Erie.
They lived on the farm until 1865 when Timothy moved them back into Waterford for his children education.
In 1870 he went into the grocery business, which he continued until just before he died. His business suffered 2 fires in 1881 and 1895, and each time he rebuilt and continued. Timothy Watts Whitney died on 29 Feb, 1904, Waterford, Erie, Pennsylvania, after a long illness.
Children of Timothy Watts and Hannah Francis (Knight ) Whitney:
i. Emma Whitney, b. Sep 1850, Nashua, , Hillsborough, New Hampshire, m. Anson H. Woodard, d. after 1920, Waterford, PA ii. Frederick P. Whitney, b. 8 Aug 1853, Waterford, Erie, Pennsylvania, d. 21 Mar 1930, Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa. iii. John Pattent Whitney, b. Jul 1856, , Erie, Pennsylvania, d. March 18, 1933, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. iv. George Manasion Whitney, b. Oct 30, 1858, , Erie, Pennsylvania, d. Oct 14,1927, Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas.
References
(1) Obituary of Timothy W. Whitney, Erie Daily Times Saturday, March 5 1904.
(2) Genealogies of the Early Settlers of Weston, Vermont
(3) Secomb, Daniel F. History of the town of Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
(4) History of Erie County, Pennsylvania 1884 by Samuel P. Bates
(5) Pictures of headstone, Old Mission Cemetery, Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas
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