Family:Whitney, George Alpheus (1843-a1880)

George Alpheus⁷ Whitney (John⁶, John⁵, Abraham⁴, Joseph³, John², Henry¹), son of John⁶ and Ruth (Hutchinson) Whitney, was born 16 Aug 1843, Defiance, OH, and died after 1880.

He married firstly, 4 Jul 1869, Albany, OR, Edith Elizabeth Lloyd, daughter of Robert and Adessa (Richardson) Lloyd. She was born 16 Aug 1853, Mansfield, OH, and died after 1880.

Phoenix says the following:

". . . a physician; grad. at Detroit Commercial School in 1863, at Salem Medical College, Oregon, 4 March 1872, and at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York City, 21 Feb. 1876; enlisted, 5 Oct. 1864, in Co. K, 182nd Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., and was mustered out 15 July 1865; went, in 1869, to California, and thence to Oregon; . . . . They dwelt at Toledo, Oregon; afterward at Portland, Oregon, till June 1876; and then settled at Albany, Oregon, and were living there in Ap. 1877."

Children of George Alpheus⁷ and Edith Elizabeth (Lloyd) Whitney:

i.	Ella Eveline Whitney, b. 30 March 1872, Albany, OR.
ii.	Clara Adessa Whitney, b. 17 May 1875, Portland, OR.

Census

• 1870, Cottonwood, Siskiyou Co., CA:

44 44 Whitney, George 25 M W Teaming $2000 $400 Ohio Male citizen over 21 Addie 16 F W Keeping house Ohio Steele, Jessie 39 F W At home Ohio Jessie 6/12 F W At home California Born in Dec

"Adelia" seems to be the same as "Edith Elizabeth".

• 1880, Philomath, Benton Co., OR:

G A WHITNEY 36 Self M M W OH Physician CT NY Addie L WHITNEY 24 Wife F M W OH Artist Photo PA OH Ella WHITNEY 8 Dau F S W OR At Home OH OH Adessa WHITNEY 5 Dau F S W OR At Home OH OH

"Addie L." seems to be the same as "Edith Elizabeth".

• 1900: not found.

Notes

According to the L.D.S. International Genealogical Index, his wife's maiden name was Addie Steely.

References

• All data imported from Stephen Whitney Phoenix, The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its affiliations; being an attempt to trace the descendants, as well in the female as the male lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878; to which is prefixed some account of the Whitneys of England. (New York : Priv. Print. [Bradford Press] 1878), p. 433 and p. 1077.

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