This is good information to know. I haven't had time to check it out. However, in my Whitney line, Lieut. Benjamin Whitney (Pierce 523) (Joseph 4, Joseph 3, Jonathan 2, John 1) is listed with 17 children. Numbers 12-17 all died between 25 Aug & 3 Sep 1778 (their ages ranged from 1-15 years). Is there any documentation that these deaths might have been due to an epidemic? On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, Sheila A. Stratton-Peel wrote: > Just thought that I would spread these sites around. It may make it easier > to understand why so many people passed over at the same time in our charts. > > Genealogy Tip of the Day > Monday November 13, 2000 > > Epidemics > > Major epidemics have occurred throughout history and killed large numbers of > people. Perhaps in the course of your research you have noted that a number > of your ancestors or family members died at the same time but you didn't > know why. One reason may have been the outbreak of some epidemic. One Web > site at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/7241/epidemic.html presents > a table of epidemics in the U.S. from 1628-1918. Another great site is > located at http://www.botany.duke.edu/microbe/chrono.htm and includes > textual descriptions concerning all major epidemics worldwide from 480 B.C. > to 1957-58. > > Hope someone can use this info. > Sheila > > Karl Schwerin SnailMail: Dept. of Anthropology Univ. of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131 e-mail: schwerin@unm.edu Cultural anthropology...is valuable because it is constantly rediscovering the normal. Edward Sapir (1949:151)

Is not my two front teeth. All I want is to find my ever elusive William D. Whitney, b. 1821 in Ohio, but it looks like I never will. I will be signing off WHITNEY-L until I can prove the link back to Mass. I do believe his father is from MA and mother from OH but I can not find any information leading to the names. I guess my father's line will never go any further back. I tried for the past 26 years. My father tried to find information on his Great Grandfather before his death in 1996 for nearly 30 years. It is a shame that no information is to be had or is long lost. It's such a disappointment that with all the information on WHITNEY-L and whitneygen.org that none involves my family (that I know of anyway). Thanks to everyone that tried to help. Laurie Ann Whitney Skillern Cabot, Arkansas

1816. Wm. C. Whitney; 209; 46 1830. "The town of Paris was granted in the year 1771, to Capt. Joshua Fuller of Watertown, Mass., and his company, for their services in the old French war, when they were under the King of England. The first trees that were felled in town, were cut by Mr. John Daniels, who is yet alive. The lot on which the clearing was first commenced is the same on which the Meeting house, Court House and other public buildings now stand and includes almost all the village on Paris Hill and was sold at that time for an iron kettle. Corn was first raised in Paris in the year 1780 by Isaac Jackson and Lemuel Jackson, Jr. Soon after this time, old Mr. Lemuel Jackson came to Paris and brought with him about fourteen hundred dollars and greatly helped the settlement of the town. With him came his son, Levi, and his son-in-law, Deacon John Willis. I shall now give a list of those whom I consider the first inhabitants of this town: John Daniels and his son John, Asa Barrows and Malachi, Abner Shaw, Thomas Stevens, Benjamin Hammond, Josiah Smith, Joseph Hammond, Nicholas Chesley, John Besse and his son John, Asa Dean, Joseph Perry, Asa Perry, Uriah Ripley, Seth Morse, James Morse, Isaac Bolster and his son Isaac, Jonathan Hall, Abijah Hall, Jonathan Shurtleff and his son Jonathan, Peter Durell, Reuben Hubbard, Levi Hubbard, Wm. Stowell, Daniel Stowell, Elias Stowell, Elijah Robinson, Stephen Robinson, Daniel Staples, Seth Carpenter, Elias Partridge, Eben Nelson, Abner Rawson, Ebenezer Rawson, Caleb Cushman, Aaron Fuller, Simeon Pond, Jonathan Bemis, William Stearns, Abijah Warren, Sylvanus Robbins, Barnabee Faunee, John Tuell, David Andrews, Edward Andrews, Abiezer Andrews, John Gray, Edmund Dean, Nathan Nelson, Solomon Jordan, Merodach Smith, Timothy Smith, Joseph Swift, Caleb Swift, William C. Whitney, (made a beginning with the first settlers, but soon after removed,) Lemuel and Joseph Holmes, James Lebroke, Josiah Riscoe, Jairus Shaw, Samuel King, George King, Solomon Bryant, Eleazer Cole, William Swan, Jacob Twitchell, Jesse Briggs, Nathan Pierce, Asa Robinson, Silas Maxim. The first white male child born in Paris was Joseph Daniels. The wife of Deacon John Willis was the first woman who came to Paris and it is yet alive. This town was at first called Number Four. It was incorporated by the name of Paris in 1793. 1830. The first Physician that came to this town was Dr. Barnett, but he did not stay long. Dr. Cyprian Stevens was the first doctor who settled in Paris. He died in 1806. Dr. Brooks lived in this town several years, also Dr. Croswell, Dr. Dean and Dr. Hammond. Dr. Cyrus Hamlin afterwards settled here, who died in 1829 and Dr. Benj. Chandler, who died in April, 1827. The now practicing physicians are Asaph Kitteridge and Job Holmes. The first minister settled in Paris was James Hooper, who was ordained in 1795; John Willis was ordained as an Evangelist in 1812, and Joseph Walker in 1821. Elder Witham has been ordained since. Aaron Fuller, Jr., was also a minister, but was not ordained in Paris. Daniel Stowell was the first person commissioned as a justice in town. The meeting-house on Paris Hill was built in 1803. The County of Oxford was formerly a part of Cumberland and York, and was organized into a district County in 1805. The first Judges of the Common Pleas were Simon Frye, Samuel Parris of Hebron, and Luther Cary of Turner. The first Clerk of the Courts was Cyrus Hamlin, who served in that office many years. Benj. Chandler was Clerk one year. Thomas Clark succeeded Cyrus Hamlin and was succeeded by Rufus K. Goodenow, the present clerk. The second bench of Judges were Benjamin Greenlief of Berwick, Judah Dana of Fryeburg, and William Widgery of Portland. The Courts of Common Pleas are now held by Ezekiel Whitman. The first Judge of Probate was Rev. Mr. Fessenden. He soon died and Judah Dana was appointed to that office. When Maine became a State, Dr. Benjamin Chandler was appointed Judge of Probate and so continued till his death. Stephen Emery was then appointed and still continues Judge of Probate. The following persons and in the following order, have been Registers of Probate, viz.: Samuel A. Bradley and Timothy Osgood of Fryeburg, Reuel Washburn of Livermore, Thomas Webster of Fryeburg and Thomas Clark of Paris, the present Register. The following persons have been Sheriffs of the County of Oxford: Gen. Learned of Livermore, who ran away and injured his bondsmen about six thousand dollars, Hannibal Hamlin of Waterford, Gen. McMillan of Fryeburg, Cyrus Hamlin of Paris, and William C. Whitney of Oxford, the present Sheriff. Levi Hubbard was the first County Treasurer. Henry Rust, Jr., was the second, and Alanson Mellen is the third and present Treasurer. A printing press was established in Paris by Asa Barton, in 1824. The first lawyer who made a stand in town was Z. Soule. Since that time there has been Nathaniel Howe, Albion K. Parris, Enoch Lincoln, Stephen Emery, Timothy J. Carter and Joseph G. Cole. The three last now live in Paris. Levi Stowell also made a stand as a lawyer in Paris, for a short time. There never have been but two ordained ministers in Paris, whose labors have been confined to this town, viz.: James Hooper and Joseph Walker. 1859. Hon. Sidney Perham having been elected, was sworn in as Clerk of the Courts, January 1. The deaths of aged people in the early part of this year were, Feb. 14, Mrs. Peter Chase, aged 80; May 15, Gershom Cole, aged 79; June 7, at South Paris, Capt. Stephen Pratt, born in Middleboro', Mass., aged 80. A Mount Vernon Association was formed by the ladies this year, the object being to raise funds for the purchase and care of the Washington place at Mount Vernon, Va. Mrs. Arabella Carter was at the head of the organization here, and many of the ladies in the town became members. John Hart, son of Henry E. Prentiss of Bangor, formerly of this town, died at the Insane Hospital, Augusta, July 3, aged 21. He was a medical student, and was there assisting the superintendent and studying the special treatment required there. He was a graduate of Union College, and a young man of great promise. Moses Twitchell died Sept. 9, aged 80. James Daniels died in Bethel, Sept. 23, aged 81. He was a son of our early settler, John Daniels. Sept. 11, Stephen Paine died, aged 82. Oct. 6, Wm. Clark Whitney died at Norway. He came to Paris from Worcester with the early settlers, but soon moved to Norway. The Universalist Chapel at Paris Hill was dedicated Oct. 9. Congregationalists. At the meeting above named, it was voted "to build a meeting-house, to choose a committee to exhibit a plan of said house, and to see what terms land can be procured to build upon." The following were chosen: Maj. Joel Robinson, Wm. C. Whitney, Capt. Thomas Hill and Dr. Jacob Tewksbury. At an adjourned meeting it was voted to accept the plan presented by the committee. Congregationalists. Wm. C. Whitney being chosen auctioneer, the pews were sold as follows: Congregationalists. 12th Wm. C. Whitney, No. 15, 57.00 The village of Paris Hill is chiefly built on lot 13, in the fifth range, the southern line of the lot being of Lincoln street and the northern line passing between the residences of Mrs. Arabella Carter and Samuel R. Carter. This was one of four lots in the draught No. 9, that fell to Ezekiel Whitney, the original grantee, and remained in his possession until Nov. 13, 1793, when it was sold by a committee of the proprietors, for delinquent taxes, to Isaac Jackson. Josiah Bisco, (son of Thomas) b. July 18, 1740. He m. Grace Whitney, and came with a part of his family in 1793. He was one of the original grantees, and assisted in lotting out the township. He was the first Town Clerk, and a prominent member of society during life, as shown by other references. Children: Joseph Blake, b. Paris, March 15, 1801, m. Mary Ann Whitney. Joseph Blake, Jr., (son of Joseph) m. Mary Ann, dau. of John Whitney of Pownal, Me., March 13, 1824. She was b. Jan. 23, 1806, settled in Paris, living at one time in the Whittemore neighborhood. Removed to Minot, and remained there through life. Children: John Whitney (Blake), b. June 15, 1826, d. April 1, 1841. Emeline Whitney (Blake), b. Jan. 13, 1829, m. Charles B. Jacobs of Mechanic Falls. Bumpus. 23 Christopher Leonard (Bumpus), b. Feb. 16, 1839, m. Katie S. Whitney of Lynn, Mass. Louisa Chase, m. Ebenezer Whitney; r. Buxton. Clifford. Henry Emerson Clifford, b. Sept. 19, 1853, m. Hattie Whitney. Cummings (family genealogy section) Aura Whitney (Cummings?), b. Nov. 14, 1832, m. Gilman L. Blake of Bethel. Fuller. V. Sophia (Fuller), b. Feb. 24, 1777, m. William Clark Whitney,* s. Oxford, afterwards in Norway. ? m. 2d, Sarah, dau. of Jonathan Holmes, now living at Norway. She was the widow of Albert Whitney. Holmes. V Sarah Ellis (Holmes), b. March 5, 1828, m. 1st, Albert Whitney, 2d, Daniel Hill. Smith. (family genealogy section) Antepas, m. Sally Hill; Timothy, Jr., b. July 25, 1798, m. Alice French; Martha, b. 1800, m. Sullivan Churchill; Sally, m. Rodney Titcomb; Benjamin, d. unmarried; Miranda, m. --- Phinney; George, d. unmarried; Simon; Miriam, m. --- Whitney. Thayer. Asa (Thayer), b. April 2, 1806, m. Lucy M. Whitney of Worcester. Asa Thayer, brother of the preceding, m. 1831, Lucy M. Whitney of Worcester, Mass., b. 1810. Children: Captain Bezaleel White was of Worcester, Mass. He married Nancy Whitney of the same town, and came to Paris about 1828, and settled on the Abraham Bolster farm, where he after remained. He was Captain of the company of troop that escorted Lafayette from Worcester to Boston in 1824. Children: White. Eliza Whitney (White), b. March 7, 1833, d. March 4, 1872. Josiah Biscoe's Diary, While Assisting in Surveying No. 4. Sunday, 30. A fair morning. Fish for breakfast. Disappointed as to our surveying instruments. Shepard and Stenchfield return to Falmouth. We proceed for Kimball's; killed four duck going up. Whitney and Barnard stay at the Riplings at Ramingtown. We return to them at about ten o'clock at night. Camp at the Riplings. Accounts. The com. Fuller, Coolidge, Whitney and Bisco, employed assistants, and their time as follows: Capt. Coolidge, 19 days; Capt. Fuller, 36; Whitney, 36; Bisco, 37; Shepard, 34; Barnard, 37; James Stenchfield, 35; Kimball, 3; Eaton, 3; Kneeland, 6; Clark, 3; Lovejoy, 3; Johnson, 17=279 days. Arrived at Casco Bay, Aug. 24th, 1872. Paid freight of eight bbls, at 7s, 6p per bbl, and for other things, 4s, 6p; amt. to 3£, 4s, 6 pence. Paid for storage at Preble's, 15s, 6p. Paid for transporting stores from Falmouth to Sebago Pond, 6£, 6s. County Roads. 1879. Road from the old county road that leads to Geo. P. Whitney's to East Oxford.

Dear WRG: I sent this material last night in one large chunk, but evidently it was too big for one message, so I'm trying again by breaking it up into smaller units. Allan E. Green **************************************Begin Copy History of Paris, Maine from Its Settlement to 1880 with a History of the Grants of 1736 & 1771 Together with Personal Sketches, a Copious Genealogical Register and an Appendix. by David Livermore The following is a list of the grantees, sixty in number, in the order in which they appear upon the petition: Samuel Jackson. John Spring. Thomas Greenwood. Ebenezar Stearns. Oaks Angier. Isaac Jackson. William Trowbridge. William Williams. Thomas Quiner. Thomas Harris. David Sanger. John Burridge. Joshua Fuller. Peter Durell. Samuel Shattuck. Nathaniel Smith. William Coolidge. Oliver Livermore. William Brown. Josiah Goddard. Richard Park. William Park. David Whitney. John Stowell. Benjamin Bond. James Dix. George Harrington. George Harrington, Jr. Thomas Bisco. Samuel Stowell. Ebenezar Brown. Jonas Coolidge. Nathaniel Spring. Christopher Grant. Isaac Fuller. Ebenezar Goddard. William Dana. Jonathan Learned. Jonathan Bemis. Moses Hastings. Nathaniel Stone. Josiah Mixer. Daniel Robbins. Richard Coolidge. Joseph Coolidge. Josiah Fuller. Joseph Mason. Daniel Bond. John Whitney. Thaddeus Coolidge. David Learned. Samuel Randall. Richard King. Joseph Allen. John Coolidge. Thomas Frost. Mr. Caleb Trowbridge. Mr. Edward Jackson. David Coolidge. **************************************** The following are individual entries with the Whitney name. The website allows one to view the entire context of such entries, by going to another page, but insists upon delivering cookies from sites like advertising and doubleclick, which I will not accept. Therefore, anyone who feels the need to explore any of these entries further will need to access ancestry.com themselves and follow the link to the context. Each space between items marks one of the 57 entries found for Whitney. A few uses of Whitney as a given or middle name were omitted. Allan E. Green **************************************** Ezekiel Whitney; 25-26; 1; 13; 5; 1; 3 Abraham Whitney; 17-18; 2; 6; 1; 4; 4 April 3, 1788, Wm. Clark Whitney and Nathan Nelson were added to the committee for building a bridge at Bisco's Falls. The next meeting was June 4th, 1788, at the residence of Isaac Bolster in No. 4. It was voted to accept and pay the account of Israel Whittemore for work done on the roads. A committee was chosen to take a view of the land on each side of the line between the second and third number of lots at the south end of the township, in order to find the most convenient place for a road, with the view of discontinuing the road leading near the house of Capt. Isaac Bolster to the land of Daniel Whitney and Seth Morse. On the committee were Lemuel Jackson, Reuben Hubbard and Thomas Stevens. Joel Robinson, James Morse, Allen Dwelly, Abijah Hall, Cyprian Stevens, Seth Morse, Samuel Durell, John Billings, Abijah Warren, Malachi Barrows, Daniel Whitney, Asa Barrows, Jonathan Hall, John Daniels, Thomas Stevens, Samuel Stowell, Reuben Hubbard, William Stowell, Levi Hubbard, Phillip Donohue, James Lebroke, Barzillai Dwelly, Jesse Briggs, Lemuel Perham. Isaac Bolster, Lemuel Jackson, Josiah Bisco, Daniel Clark, Wm. C. Whitney, Solomon Bryant, Solomon Bryant, Jr. Isaac Jackson, David Andrews, Barnabas Jackson, Edmund Dean, Abiezar Andrews, Caleb Cushman, James Lebroke, Levi Jackson, Luther Pratt, Nathaniel Pratt, Asa Sturtefant, Joseph Cole, Silas Maxim, John Besse, Nathan Pierce, Stephen Robinson, Edward Andrews, Z. Washburn, James Bowker, Soloman Jordan, Joseph Perry, Asa Dean, Samuel Bennett, Joshua Besse, Nicholas Chesley, Asa Perry, John Tuell, Peter Brooks, Josiah Smith, John Willis, Samuel Gardner, John Jackson, John Besse, Jr. Benj. Ham, John Gray, Eleazer Cole, Calvin Cole, Joseph Swift, Elisha Cummings, Wm. Swan, Jaqueth Washburn, Abner Shaw, Nathaniel Haskell. The next meeting was held at the house of Nathan Nelson on the 18th of September, 1793. Daniel Whitney, Israel Whittemore and Seth Morse were made a committee on accounts. A committee was also chosen to settle with the Agents appointed to settle the township, and the committee last chosen was made the committee for this duty. The next adjourned meeting was holden January 1, 1794, at the house of Reuben Hubbard. The committee appointed to correct the lines of the town made a report which was accepted. There was now a manifest lack of interest at the meetings, indicating that the work of the Proprietary was well nigh done. About the only business transacted at several adjourned meetings was the reception of the reports of the committees on accounts for labor on the roads, and for other services. At a meeting June 10th, it was voted that a further tax of seven shillings and six pence on each single lot, and twice this sum on each double lot, be raised to meet expenses. Dec. 10, 1794, a vote was passed directing the committee on sales to defend the Proprietary in certain suits which had been brought by parties whose lands had been sold for delinquent taxes. Several adjourned meetings were now held, but no business was transacted, either because they had none to transact or because no quorum was present. At a meeting, March 31, 1795, the vote raising a tax of seven and sixpence on each single lot and fifteen shillings on each double lot, was reconsidered and declared null and void. Ezekiel Whitney became a grantee in the right of his uncle David Whitney, who was born to John and Abigail (Hagar) Whitney, June 16, 1697, and who had died prior to 1745. Ezekiel was the son of John and Susan Whitney, and was baptized April 12, 1741. He married April 13, 1768, Catharine Draper of Roxbury, and lived in Watertown. Nathaniel Coolidge became a proprietor on the right of his uncle Thaddeus, who was the son of Richard and Mary (Bond) Coolidge, born Oct. 6, 1710 and died Aug. 3, 1744. Nathaniel, above-named, an innholder, was the son of Nathaniel, who was born in March, 1701-2, married Grace Bowman and died in 1766. Nathaniel, Jr., was born Dec. 7, 1728, married Dorothy Whitney and was also an innkeeper at Watertown Bridge from 1764 to 1770. Abraham Whitney, whose father John Whitney was a grantee of 1735, was born Aug. 8, 1716, and married Tabitha Allen. He descended from John and Elinor Whitney who came from Ipswich, England, 1635, and was then aged 35 years. He settled in Watertown, and his descendants are very numerous. Daniel Whitney of Worcester, March 3, 1785, bought of Joshua Whitney of same, number 2 in the 5th range. Wm. C. Whitney of Worcester, Apr. 21, 1788, bought of Joshua Whitney the westerly half of 21-22 in the 5th. Robert Wightman of Westboro', January 23, 1786, bought of Joshua Whitney of Worcester, No. 7, in the 9th range, agreeing to build a house and perform the other settling duties prior to the December following. Lemuel And Joseph Holmes of Paris, formerly of Plymouth, bought of Daniel Clark of Newton, May 5, 1794, lot No. 13, in the first range. Oct. 11, 1794, they bought of Wm. C. Whitney, No. 14, in the first range. Field Driver, Daniel Whitney. 1795. Tythingmen, Daniel Whitney, Nathan Nelson, Japheth Washburn, Lemuel Jackson, Jr., John Besse and Joseph Swift. 1797. For Fence viewers, Daniel Staples and Daniel Whitney. 1797. For Hogreeves, Nathaniel Pratt, Eleazer Cole, Daniel Whitney, John Billings, John Daniels and Edward Andrews. 1797. For Field drivers, Daniel Whitney, Samuel Hammond and Lemuel Perham. 1798. Isaac Bolster, Levi Hubbard and Jonathan Bemis were made selectmen, and Daniel Stowell, Jairus Shaw and Abijah Hall, assesors. Lemuel Jackson, Jr., again bid off the taxes and was chosen collector and constable. For surveyors, Jonathan Hall, Isaac Bolster, Timothy Smith, Edward Andrews, James Bowker, Elias Partridge, Asa Perry, Lemuel Jackson, Jr., Jonathan Bemis, Asa Barrows and Samuel King. For Fence viewers, Nathan Pierce, Isaac Bolster and Ebenezer Rawson. For Hogreeves, Caleb Prentiss, Abraham Bolster, David Ring, Jacob Gurney, Joseph Hammond, Wm. Faunce and Job Lurvey. For Field drivers, Robert Wightman, Daniel Whitney and Lemuel Perham. Simeon Pond, Samuel King, Thomas Stevens and Jairus Shaw, were chosen surveyors of lumber. For School committee, Lemuel Jackson, Jonathan Hall, Caleb Prentiss, John Besse, Lemuel Holmes, Caleb Cushman, David Andrews and Simeon Pond. Surveyors of brick moulds, Thomas Stevens and Job French. 1798. Daniel Whitney; 100; 400." 1799. The meeting was at Lemuel Jackson's, on the 4th of March. Seth Morse, Levi Hubbard and Ebenezer Rawson, were chosen selectmen, and Jairus Shaw, Daniel Stowell and Abijah Hall assessors. Abijah Warren bid off the taxes and was chosen collector and constable. The road surveyors this year, were James Morse, Isaac Bolster, Joseph Holmes, Jacob Gurney, Nathan Pierce, Daniel Staples, Benj. Hammond, Lemuel Jackson, Simeon Pond, John Robinson and Thomas Stevens. Tythingmen, John Willis and Job Lurvey. Fence viewers, Nicholas Chesley, Simeon Pond and Isaac Bolster. Hogreeves, Samuel King, John Robinson, Caleb Swift, Seth Benson, Barzillai Dwelley, Henry Hill, Philip Caldwell and Samuel Bryant. For School committee, Lemuel Jackson, Seth Morse, Daniel Stowell, Solomon Jordan, Lemuel Holmes, Edmund Dean, David Andrews and William Stearns. For Field Drivers, Daniel Whitney, Edmund Dean, Caleb Swift and Aaron Fuller. For Surveyors of Lumber, Solomon Bryant, Samuel King, Jairus Shaw and Jacob Twitchell. Voted three hundred dollars for the support of Schools, and two hundred pounds for the repair of roads. The accounts against the town this year were rendered in dollars, dimes and cents. Forty dollars were raised for town charges. Forty-eight votes were thrown for Governor, forty-seven being for Gov. Sumner. Seventy votes were thrown for senators, Stephen Longfellow 30, Daniel Ilsley 24, and Daniel Davis 16. The assessors were directed to go to each person's house in the discharge of their duty. The committee on the contested road before referred to, reported that in their judgment the inhabitants in the northeast part of the town would be better accommodated by the location that led by Caleb Fuller's house and to Bemis' Mills. The report was accepted. ************** End Part 1

Shawn- I would suggest showing the http:// address of the link you are using as a source. This will encourage off-line use of other hyper links to any free database. The volume of data out there is phenomenal. If we carry most of it back to the WRG- will the Rootsweb server hold it all? I have been limiting my WRG listings to "hits" on the line that I am currently researching. Maybe it is time to list hyper links to other sites on our WRG site. Of course I bookmark mine until I get tired of them or mine them dry. I found the advanced search option at the Cornell University site very powerful. Even my steam powered processor in my PC will run it. This week I made my first inter-library loan for several microfilm rolls from the New York Archives. My friends at the local library were so helpful. I hope I find some "goodies". Excuse the ramblings. I have had too much coffee! James E. Whitney, II -----Original Message----- From: Shawn Whitney [mailto:cyberboone@worldnet.att.net] Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 9:23 PM To: WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WHITNEY-L] WHITNEY search Please accept my apology for clogging up the listserver with notes regarding these obscure publications. I just don't want this to slip through our fingers in case anyone is looking for these persons. I think if I post them here, they will automatically go into the archive and then be searchable. No? Thanks Shawn ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Author: United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Other Author(s): United States. Congress House. Title: Letter from the secretary of the Treasury, inclosing his report on the petition of Jonathan Jackson; and the memorial of Abel Whitney; presented the 28th of November, and 11th of December last. : 18th April, 1798. Ordered to lie on the table. : Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Primary Material: Book Physical Description: Microform Subject(s): Jackson, Jonathan, 1743-1810. Whitney, Abel, 1756-1807. United States--Officials and employees--Salaries, etc. Publisher: Philadelphia: : Printed by Joseph Gales, no. 23, South Third Street., [1798] Description: 16 p. ; 22 cm. (8vo) Notes: Signatures: [A]4 B4. Microopaque. 23 x 15 cm. Indexed In: Evans Location: Olin Library Call Number: /Microprint/22 no. 34867 Status: Available ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Author: Whitney, Phineas, 1740-1819. Other Author(s): Ware, Henry, 1764-1845. Second Church (Hingham, Mass.). Title: A sermon, delivered January 1st, 1800, at the ordination of the Rev. Nicholas Bowes Whitney to the care of the Second Church and society in Hingham, as a colleague pastor with the Rev. Daniel Shute, D.D. / By Phineas Whitney, A.M. Primary Material: Book Physical Description: Microform Subject(s): Whitney, Nicholas Bowes, d. 1835. Publisher: Boston: : Printed by Manning & Loring, near the Old South Meeting-House., 1800. Description: 32 p. ; 21 cm. (8vo) Notes: Half-title: Mr. Whitney's sermon at the ordination of his son. Signatures: [A]4 B-D4. "The right hand of fellowship. By the Rev. Henry Ware, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Hingham."--p. [29]-32. Microopaque. 23 x 15 cm. Indexed In: Evans Location: Olin Library Call Number: /Microprint/22 no. 39096 Status: Available ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- Author: Cogswell, James, 1720-1807. Title: A funeral sermon, delivered at Brooklyn, on the 29th day of October 1789. At the interment of Mrs. Lois Whitney, consort of the Reverend Josiah Whitney, who died on the 27th day of said October, in the 51st year of her age. / By James Cogswell, A.M. Pastor of the Second Church in Windham. ; [Four lines from Young] Primary Material: Book Physical Description: Microform Subject(s): Whitney, Lois, 1738-1789. Publisher: Norwich [Conn.]: : Printed by John Trumbull,, M,D,CC,XC. [1790] Description: [2], 22 p. ; 20 cm. (8vo) Notes: Signatures: [A]4 B-C4 ([A]1 blank). Microopaque. 23 x 15 cm. Indexed In: Evans Trumbull, J.H. Connecticut, Location: Olin Library Call Number: /Microprint/22 no. 22408 Status: Available ============================================================================ ==== Title: The life of Captain James Whitney containing his most remarkable robberies and other adventures, &c., continued to his execution near Smithfield Bars, the first of February, 1692/3. Primary Material: Book Physical Description: Microform Subject(s): Whitney, James, d. 1693. Publisher: London : Printed for A.R. ..., [1693] Description: [2], 30 p. Notes: Errata: p. 30. Reproduction of original in Huntington Library. Microfilm. 1 microfilm reel. 35 mm. Indexed In: Wing Location: Olin Library Call Number: Film 1297 719:11 Status: Available ============================================================================ ==== Author: Hatheway family. Title: Hatheway family papers, 1788-[ca. 1900] Primary Material: Mixed Material Subject(s): Bickford, Hiram Hooker. Boyd, Caroline, 1848-1882. Boyd, Welthea Hannah Hatheway, 1817-1855. Hatheway, Calvin Luther, 1821-1885. Hatheway, Elizabeth Dorothea, 1823-1908. Hatheway, George Rodney, 1815-1839. Hatheway, John Shadrach, 1813-1853. Hatheway, Lavinia Mathilda, 1819-1885. Hatheway, Samuel Gilbert, 1780-1867. Hatheway, Samuel Gilbert, Hatheway, Shadrach. Roe, Francis A. Whitney, Benajah T. Whitney, Sarah Hatheway, 1811-1872. Democratic Party (U.S.) New York (State). Legislature. New York (State). Militia. United States. Army. United States. Congress. House. Banks and banking. Commerce. Education. Slavery. Voyages and travel. Women teachers. Clarkville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs. Europe--Description and travel. Italy--Politics and government. New York (State)--Politics and government. Oregon. United States--Politics and government. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. Mexican War, 1846-1848. Hathaway, Samuel Gilbert, Description: 4.6 cubic ft. Notes: Correspondence relating to family matters, presidential elections (1832-52), New York politics, and chartering of banks; commissions, certificates, petitions, orders, and other records of the New York State Militia, 19th Division; and bills and receipts of Samuel Gilbert Hatheway; personal and professional correspondence, speeches, and military records of Samuel Gilbert Hatheway Jr., including letters (1858-59) from Francis A. Roe describing political unrest in Italy; correspondence, military papers, and memorabilia of Major John Shadrach Hatheway, 1st Artillery Regiment, relating chiefly to his Mexican War service and his command of Columbia Barracks, Fort Vancouver, Oregon Territory; student letters, essays and other papers of George Rodney Hatheway; papers of Calvin Luther Hatheway of Solon, New York, relating to his business interests, militia service, state and local politics, and Democratic Party strife (1860); correspondence of Sarah Hatheway Whitney and her husband Dr. Benajah T. Whitney, including letters from Clarksville, Tennessee, concerning social life and slavery, and from California (1850-51); correspondence and scrapbooks of Elizabeth Dorothea Hatheway relating to her studies, her teaching activities in the antebellum South, her travels in Europe, and current affairs; and miscellaneous letters and papers of Hiram Hooker Bickford, Caroline Boyd, Lavinia Mathilda Hatheway, Shadrach Hatheway (fl. 1788), and Welthea Hannah (Hatheway) Boyd. Samuel Gilbert Hatheway (or Hathaway, 1780-1867), a native of Bristol County, Massachusetts, moved to New York State in 1803. He was a justice of the peace from 1810-1858; served as a member of the State Assembly in 1814 and 1818 (from Cortland County); served in the State Senate in 1822; was a major general in the New York Militia, 1823-1858; was elected to Congress as a Democrat in 1833; was a presidential elector on the Democratic ticket of Pierce and Ring, 1852; and was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1860. His son, Samuel Gilbert Hatheway, Jr. (1810-1864) was a lawyer, state legislator, and Union Army officer of Elmira, New York. Folder list; partial item list. Indexed In: Described in REPORT OF THE CURATOR AND ARCHIVIST, 1962-66. Location: Kroch Library Rare & Manuscripts Call Number: Archives 2281 Status: Available ============================================================================ ==== Author: Grafton, David. Title: The sisters : Babe Mortimer Paley, Betsey Roosevelt Whitney, Minnie Astor Fosburgh : the life and times of the fabulous Cushing sisters / David Grafton. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Paley, Babe Mortimer. Whitney, Betsey Cushing Roosevelt, 1908- Fosburgh, Minnie Astor. Cushing family. Women--United States--Biography. Sisters--United States--Biography. Upper class--United States--Social life and customs--20th century. Publisher: New York : Villard Books, 1992. Description: 1st ed. xiv, 316 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-296) and index. Location: Olin Library Call Number: CT3260 .G72x 1992 Status: Available ============================================================================ ==== Author: United States. Securities and Exchange Commission. Title: United States of America before the Securities and exchange commission in the matter of Richard Whitney, Edwin D. Morgan, jr., F. Kingsley Rodewald, Henry D. Mygatt, Daniel G. Condon, John J. McManus, and estate of John A. Hayes, individually and as partners doing business as Richard Whitney & company. Pursuant to section 21(a) of the Securities exchange act of 1934 ... Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Whitney, Richard, 1888- Richard Whitney & Company. Publisher: Washington, U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1938. Description: 3 v. tables. 23 cm. Table of Contents: I. Report on investigation II. Transcript of hearings III. Exhibits. Location: Law Library (Myron Taylor Hall) Call Number: KF1071 .A87 Status: Available ______________________________ Location: Olin Library Call Number: HG4556.A5 A588 Status: Available Volumes : v.1-3 ============================================================================ ==== Author: Broderick, John T. (John Thomas), b. 1866. Title: Willis Rodney Whitney : pioneer of industrial research / by John T. Broderick ; with foreword by Dr. Karl T. Compton. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Whitney, Willis Rodney, 1868-1958. Scientists--United States--Biography. Publisher: Albany, N.Y. : Fort Orange Press, 1946. Description: 2nd ed. 324 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm. Notes: Includes index. Location: Olin Library Call Number: QD22.W62 B86 1946 Status: Available ============================================================================ ==== Author: McCaleb, Walter Flavius, 1873-1967. Title: Brotherhood of railroad trainmen; with special reference to the life of Alexander F. Whitney, Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Whitney, Alexander Fell, 1873- Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Publisher: New York, A. & C. Boni [c1936] Description: xvi, 273 p. pl., ports., facsims. 21 cm. Location: ILR Library (Ives Hall) Call Number: HD6515.R45 M3 Status: Available ______________________________ Location: ILR Library (Ives Hall) Call Number: HD6515.R45 M3 Status: Available ______________________________ Location: ILR Library Kheel Center Reference Call Number: HD6515.R45 M3 Status: Available ============================================================================ ==== Author: Whitney, Clara A. Other Author(s): Steele, M. William, 1942- Ichimata, Tamiko, 1912- Title: Clara's diary : an American girl in Meiji, Japan / Clara A. N. Whitney ; edited by M. William Steele and Tamiko Ichimata. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Whitney, Clara, A. Americans--Japan--Biography. Japan--Social life and customs--1868-1912 Japan--Politics and government--1868-1912 Japan--Biography. Publisher: Tokyo ; New York : Kodansha International, 1979. Description: 1st ed. 353 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Notes: Includes index. Location: Kroch Library Asia copy1 Temporarily Shelved at Uris Library Reserve Call Number: DS822.25 .W62 Status: Available ============================================================================ ====

Shawn, I would have thought that this forum is precisely the right place to share your extracted stuff. As you say, it will go into the archive and can be searched later. You could easily find something that someone has been stuck on for years - we've all read the stories .... I wish that it was likely to be helpful to me, but as I hail from the Old World, this is very unlikely! Power to your eyeballs & fingers! Regards John

And the most amazing thing is Shawn is doing this with a hole in her foot. . . . !!!!

Please correct George's middle initial to George H. Whitney. I have looked at these letters so long they are getting fuzzy. I find this 1800s style of writing called calligraphy hard to read. Is there a standard on shaping the letters or is it a individual creative thing? James E. Whitney, II -----Original Message----- From: Whitney, James E, II, NLSOP Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 9:28 AM To: WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: George N. Whitney Dear WRG web addicts: I just received two envelopes from the National Archives last night and I couldn't wait to tell someone the gene-goodies that were in the Civil War files. Just to refresh your memory where we were last time we talked. I discovered that the younger brother George Whitney had enlisted in the 30th Regiment New York State Vol. and had served in the First Brigade. His brother was killed in the Battle of South Mountain on Sept. 14,1862 while in the 22 Regiment NYSV. The records I just received show that George left Albany Depot, New York on his way as a raw recruit to join his brothers brigade on Oct.8, 1862. He enlisted for 3 years and was paid a bounty of $254. His height was 5 feet 5 inches,dark hair, dark complexion, and dark eyes. He enlisted at Watervliet,NY and was born in Saratoga Co. His occupation is shown as Carder. I assume this is an operator of the Card in a textile mill. George was assigned to Company D in the 30th Regiment until May 24, 1863. There were so few men left at that point the Regiment was ineffective. The remnants were passed to the 76th Regiment under Gen. Doubleday. On July 1, 1863 his Regiment fired the first shots of Gettysburg. He was listed as missing in action on July 1, 1863. On the muster roll for July and August 1863 he is shown as absent sick. Was he wounded? Was he sent to the hospitals in Philadelphia? He was "found" by the Provost Marshal Lt. Col. Frink and on Sept. 18 shipped back to his regiment as a "straggler". Now the question is why did the Army charge the Pvt. the sum of $2.76 on account of transportation from Philadelphia to join his regiment back in Washington if he was wounded? He was carried on the rolls until the next year and on July 1, 1864 by special order of Hdqts.General Warren-5th Corps. he was placed on duty as a nurse at City Point Hospital in Virginia. The last entry on the muster is stamped-"Transferred to the 147th New York". My next move will be to request George's records while in the 147th. Regiment until the end of the war in 1865. I also will attempt to find a record of the hospital at City Point, Va. if these are not as supposed contained in the pension file I am expecting soon. The next surprise was a letter from the Archives wishing confirmation on George N. Whitney's pension file. It showed a widows request from a Jennie G. Whitney in 1908. I also found in a microfilm file in Ancestry.com another pension request from George Whitney as a invalid years earlier. So this is the file that should have lots of medical information on George if he was wounded. I have requested this file from Washington also. I have also discovered some records on a Jennie Whitney. I see a 1915 New York State Census from Albany, New York -Election District# 2, Ward#12. This I think is the Old Ladies Home in Albany. So I have many new leads to pursue. I wait anxiously for new packages from the Archives. I'm on the trail. Please comment on any of this data or add any ideas to mine. I need help as I am learning as I go. Respectively yours, James E. Whitney, II

Dear WRG: In integrating some of the data in the long collection of material I sent last night, I have discovered that the author, David Livermore, made a fairly significant error in the Whitney lineage shown at about the middle of the 2nd page of what I sent. In the paragraph that begins: Ezekiel Whitney became a grantee in the right of his uncle, David Whitney, who was born to John* (sic) and Abigail (Hagar) Whitney, June 16 1697, and who died prior to 1745. Ezekiel was the son of John (-4, Benjamin-3, John-2, John-1) and Susan Whitney, and was baptized Apr 12, 1741. He married April 13, 1768 (1763 in the Watertown VR's) Catherine Draper of Roxbury, and lived in Watertown. *Clearly this is Benjamin-3 Whitney, son of John-2, John-1, who is the father of the David Whitney and John Whitney, brothers, in the paragraph above. Happy Hunting! Allan E. Green

Dear Shawn (and WRG), Please do not apologize. I attempted to go through some, but withone page here and one page there, it was often hard to pick and choose which ones to go to. Thank you so much for your efforts. Lyn Whitney Anderson Shawn Whitney wrote: > > Hello WRG, > Well I searched through the first 125 volumes out of the 2293 that came > up with a keyword search of the name Whitney. These are publications > held by the Cornell University Library. I only posted ones that > pertained to a more obscure individual with the last name Whitney. > (obviously I skipped Eli and the Vanderbilt Whitneys, etc) > This could take a while. And then the site crashed on me. A few of the > publications are genealogy studies and when there are Whitneys listed I > picked them up. Just a possible source for someone now or in the > future. > Thanks for putting up with me. > Shawn Whitney

Hello WRG, Well I searched through the first 125 volumes out of the 2293 that came up with a keyword search of the name Whitney. These are publications held by the Cornell University Library. I only posted ones that pertained to a more obscure individual with the last name Whitney. (obviously I skipped Eli and the Vanderbilt Whitneys, etc) This could take a while. And then the site crashed on me. A few of the publications are genealogy studies and when there are Whitneys listed I picked them up. Just a possible source for someone now or in the future. Thanks for putting up with me. Shawn Whitney

Please accept my apology for clogging up the listserver with notes regarding these obscure publications. I just don't want this to slip through our fingers in case anyone is looking for these persons. I think if I post them here, they will automatically go into the archive and then be searchable. No? Thanks Shawn -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Author: United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Other Author(s): United States. Congress House. Title: Letter from the secretary of the Treasury, inclosing his report on the petition of Jonathan Jackson; and the memorial of Abel Whitney; presented the 28th of November, and 11th of December last. : 18th April, 1798. Ordered to lie on the table. : Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Primary Material: Book Physical Description: Microform Subject(s): Jackson, Jonathan, 1743-1810. Whitney, Abel, 1756-1807. United States--Officials and employees--Salaries, etc. Publisher: Philadelphia: : Printed by Joseph Gales, no. 23, South Third Street., [1798] Description: 16 p. ; 22 cm. (8vo) Notes: Signatures: [A]4 B4. Microopaque. 23 x 15 cm. Indexed In: Evans Location: Olin Library Call Number: /Microprint/22 no. 34867 Status: Available ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Author: Whitney, Phineas, 1740-1819. Other Author(s): Ware, Henry, 1764-1845. Second Church (Hingham, Mass.). Title: A sermon, delivered January 1st, 1800, at the ordination of the Rev. Nicholas Bowes Whitney to the care of the Second Church and society in Hingham, as a colleague pastor with the Rev. Daniel Shute, D.D. / By Phineas Whitney, A.M. Primary Material: Book Physical Description: Microform Subject(s): Whitney, Nicholas Bowes, d. 1835. Publisher: Boston: : Printed by Manning & Loring, near the Old South Meeting-House., 1800. Description: 32 p. ; 21 cm. (8vo) Notes: Half-title: Mr. Whitney's sermon at the ordination of his son. Signatures: [A]4 B-D4. "The right hand of fellowship. By the Rev. Henry Ware, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Hingham."--p. [29]-32. Microopaque. 23 x 15 cm. Indexed In: Evans Location: Olin Library Call Number: /Microprint/22 no. 39096 Status: Available ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Author: Cogswell, James, 1720-1807. Title: A funeral sermon, delivered at Brooklyn, on the 29th day of October 1789. At the interment of Mrs. Lois Whitney, consort of the Reverend Josiah Whitney, who died on the 27th day of said October, in the 51st year of her age. / By James Cogswell, A.M. Pastor of the Second Church in Windham. ; [Four lines from Young] Primary Material: Book Physical Description: Microform Subject(s): Whitney, Lois, 1738-1789. Publisher: Norwich [Conn.]: : Printed by John Trumbull,, M,D,CC,XC. [1790] Description: [2], 22 p. ; 20 cm. (8vo) Notes: Signatures: [A]4 B-C4 ([A]1 blank). Microopaque. 23 x 15 cm. Indexed In: Evans Trumbull, J.H. Connecticut, Location: Olin Library Call Number: /Microprint/22 no. 22408 Status: Available ================================================================================ Title: The life of Captain James Whitney containing his most remarkable robberies and other adventures, &c., continued to his execution near Smithfield Bars, the first of February, 1692/3. Primary Material: Book Physical Description: Microform Subject(s): Whitney, James, d. 1693. Publisher: London : Printed for A.R. ..., [1693] Description: [2], 30 p. Notes: Errata: p. 30. Reproduction of original in Huntington Library. Microfilm. 1 microfilm reel. 35 mm. Indexed In: Wing Location: Olin Library Call Number: Film 1297 719:11 Status: Available ================================================================================ Author: Hatheway family. Title: Hatheway family papers, 1788-[ca. 1900] Primary Material: Mixed Material Subject(s): Bickford, Hiram Hooker. Boyd, Caroline, 1848-1882. Boyd, Welthea Hannah Hatheway, 1817-1855. Hatheway, Calvin Luther, 1821-1885. Hatheway, Elizabeth Dorothea, 1823-1908. Hatheway, George Rodney, 1815-1839. Hatheway, John Shadrach, 1813-1853. Hatheway, Lavinia Mathilda, 1819-1885. Hatheway, Samuel Gilbert, 1780-1867. Hatheway, Samuel Gilbert, Hatheway, Shadrach. Roe, Francis A. Whitney, Benajah T. Whitney, Sarah Hatheway, 1811-1872. Democratic Party (U.S.) New York (State). Legislature. New York (State). Militia. United States. Army. United States. Congress. House. Banks and banking. Commerce. Education. Slavery. Voyages and travel. Women teachers. Clarkville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs. Europe--Description and travel. Italy--Politics and government. New York (State)--Politics and government. Oregon. United States--Politics and government. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. Mexican War, 1846-1848. Hathaway, Samuel Gilbert, Description: 4.6 cubic ft. Notes: Correspondence relating to family matters, presidential elections (1832-52), New York politics, and chartering of banks; commissions, certificates, petitions, orders, and other records of the New York State Militia, 19th Division; and bills and receipts of Samuel Gilbert Hatheway; personal and professional correspondence, speeches, and military records of Samuel Gilbert Hatheway Jr., including letters (1858-59) from Francis A. Roe describing political unrest in Italy; correspondence, military papers, and memorabilia of Major John Shadrach Hatheway, 1st Artillery Regiment, relating chiefly to his Mexican War service and his command of Columbia Barracks, Fort Vancouver, Oregon Territory; student letters, essays and other papers of George Rodney Hatheway; papers of Calvin Luther Hatheway of Solon, New York, relating to his business interests, militia service, state and local politics, and Democratic Party strife (1860); correspondence of Sarah Hatheway Whitney and her husband Dr. Benajah T. Whitney, including letters from Clarksville, Tennessee, concerning social life and slavery, and from California (1850-51); correspondence and scrapbooks of Elizabeth Dorothea Hatheway relating to her studies, her teaching activities in the antebellum South, her travels in Europe, and current affairs; and miscellaneous letters and papers of Hiram Hooker Bickford, Caroline Boyd, Lavinia Mathilda Hatheway, Shadrach Hatheway (fl. 1788), and Welthea Hannah (Hatheway) Boyd. Samuel Gilbert Hatheway (or Hathaway, 1780-1867), a native of Bristol County, Massachusetts, moved to New York State in 1803. He was a justice of the peace from 1810-1858; served as a member of the State Assembly in 1814 and 1818 (from Cortland County); served in the State Senate in 1822; was a major general in the New York Militia, 1823-1858; was elected to Congress as a Democrat in 1833; was a presidential elector on the Democratic ticket of Pierce and Ring, 1852; and was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1860. His son, Samuel Gilbert Hatheway, Jr. (1810-1864) was a lawyer, state legislator, and Union Army officer of Elmira, New York. Folder list; partial item list. Indexed In: Described in REPORT OF THE CURATOR AND ARCHIVIST, 1962-66. Location: Kroch Library Rare & Manuscripts Call Number: Archives 2281 Status: Available ================================================================================ Author: Grafton, David. Title: The sisters : Babe Mortimer Paley, Betsey Roosevelt Whitney, Minnie Astor Fosburgh : the life and times of the fabulous Cushing sisters / David Grafton. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Paley, Babe Mortimer. Whitney, Betsey Cushing Roosevelt, 1908- Fosburgh, Minnie Astor. Cushing family. Women--United States--Biography. Sisters--United States--Biography. Upper class--United States--Social life and customs--20th century. Publisher: New York : Villard Books, 1992. Description: 1st ed. xiv, 316 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-296) and index. Location: Olin Library Call Number: CT3260 .G72x 1992 Status: Available ================================================================================ Author: United States. Securities and Exchange Commission. Title: United States of America before the Securities and exchange commission in the matter of Richard Whitney, Edwin D. Morgan, jr., F. Kingsley Rodewald, Henry D. Mygatt, Daniel G. Condon, John J. McManus, and estate of John A. Hayes, individually and as partners doing business as Richard Whitney & company. Pursuant to section 21(a) of the Securities exchange act of 1934 ... Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Whitney, Richard, 1888- Richard Whitney & Company. Publisher: Washington, U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1938. Description: 3 v. tables. 23 cm. Table of Contents: I. Report on investigation II. Transcript of hearings III. Exhibits. Location: Law Library (Myron Taylor Hall) Call Number: KF1071 .A87 Status: Available ______________________________ Location: Olin Library Call Number: HG4556.A5 A588 Status: Available Volumes : v.1-3 ================================================================================ Author: Broderick, John T. (John Thomas), b. 1866. Title: Willis Rodney Whitney : pioneer of industrial research / by John T. Broderick ; with foreword by Dr. Karl T. Compton. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Whitney, Willis Rodney, 1868-1958. Scientists--United States--Biography. Publisher: Albany, N.Y. : Fort Orange Press, 1946. Description: 2nd ed. 324 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm. Notes: Includes index. Location: Olin Library Call Number: QD22.W62 B86 1946 Status: Available ================================================================================ Author: McCaleb, Walter Flavius, 1873-1967. Title: Brotherhood of railroad trainmen; with special reference to the life of Alexander F. Whitney, Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Whitney, Alexander Fell, 1873- Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Publisher: New York, A. & C. Boni [c1936] Description: xvi, 273 p. pl., ports., facsims. 21 cm. Location: ILR Library (Ives Hall) Call Number: HD6515.R45 M3 Status: Available ______________________________ Location: ILR Library (Ives Hall) Call Number: HD6515.R45 M3 Status: Available ______________________________ Location: ILR Library Kheel Center Reference Call Number: HD6515.R45 M3 Status: Available ================================================================================ Author: Whitney, Clara A. Other Author(s): Steele, M. William, 1942- Ichimata, Tamiko, 1912- Title: Clara's diary : an American girl in Meiji, Japan / Clara A. N. Whitney ; edited by M. William Steele and Tamiko Ichimata. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Whitney, Clara, A. Americans--Japan--Biography. Japan--Social life and customs--1868-1912 Japan--Politics and government--1868-1912 Japan--Biography. Publisher: Tokyo ; New York : Kodansha International, 1979. Description: 1st ed. 353 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Notes: Includes index. Location: Kroch Library Asia copy1 Temporarily Shelved at Uris Library Reserve Call Number: DS822.25 .W62 Status: Available ================================================================================

Here is reference to a book that I uncovered in the Cornell University Library. I hope it is helpful to someone. Not much information. Just that the book exists. Author: Snetsinger, Robert J., Title: Kiss Clara for me; the story of Joseph Whitney and his family, early days in the Midwest, and soldiering in the American Civil War. A collection of letters edited by Robert J. Snetsinger. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Whitney, Joseph, 1832 or 3-1914. United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 96th (1862-1865) United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories. Publisher: State College, Pa., Carnation Press, 1969. Description: 175 p. illus., ports. 23 cm. Location: Olin Library Call Number: E601 .S68 Status: Available ================================================================================ _____________________________ Cornell University Library

In a message dated 16-Nov-00 12:03:12 AM Eastern Standard Time, WHITNEY-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << I recently found a excellent database at the Cornell University-Making of America www address- http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/ >> The site looks great that James posted, however when I save a page as a bitmap, I cannot bring it up. Any help as to why would be greatly appreciated. Jan Eldridge

Wow! This IS a great site. Thank you James. I typed in Whitney and got over 4,000 entries. Choose to quickly look at "books" and went straight to a the Business Directory that I have been trying to get a copy of all year. Good Work. It could take awhile to get through all 4,000! Shawn Whitney Seattle, WA "Whitney, James E, II, NLSOP" wrote: > I recently found a excellent database at the Cornell University-Making > of America www address- > http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/ > > It is loaded with millions of 19th Century records. One that is > especially in line with my interest is a complete multi-volumn" Official > Records of the Union and Conf. Armies in the War of the Rebellion". What is > especially powerful is the search function in this site. > > Good hunting! > > James E. Whitney, II

I recently found a excellent database at the Cornell University-Making of America www address- http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/ It is loaded with millions of 19th Century records. One that is especially in line with my interest is a complete multi-volumn" Official Records of the Union and Conf. Armies in the War of the Rebellion". What is especially powerful is the search function in this site. Good hunting! James E. Whitney, II

Tim Doyle asked that I forward this to everyone in case it didn't get through. Sorry everyone - I made a mistake last night in the directory permissions. It was corrected today and everything should be available once again. Jeanne: This is an alternate email address for me and I don't think this will get posted to the list. I have to run to class - can you send this on to the mailing list if you don't see it posted there shortly? Thanks! Tim Doyle On Tue, 14 Nov 2000, Jeanne Muse wrote: > I had trouble get onto the web site this morning too. Is any > maintenance being run that anyone knows of? > Jeanne > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <BumbB@aol.com> > To: <WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 9:38 AM > Subject: [WHITNEY-L] WRG > > > > Is the Whitney Research Group not up and running at this time? I am > having a > problem accessing it. Thanks > > ************************************************************** > Searching for LORD, HANNER, HAWKINS, WHITNEY, > WRIGHT,McGEE,McKEE,COOPER,SMITH,TWITCHELL,BILLINGS. SYLVESTER, > LAWRENCE, WHORF,WHARFF > >

I have not been able to find a Werry list so I am sending this inquiry to the lists I am on. I found this card in with other family memorabilia in an old trunk that has been stored for 40 years. Hopefully, somebody on these lists will recognize the name. The card says: In Loving Remembrance: 1st Class Pvt. Samuel T. Werry, born Jan. 12, 1890, Killed in Action Nov. 3, 1918, In Belgium with Co. B, 347th machine Gun Bn. 91st Division. Age 28 yrs. 9 mos. 21 days. He left his home in perfect health, He looked so young and brave, We little thought how soon he'd be, Laid in a soldier's grave. At the top of the card is a picture of Pvt. Werry. Thanks for any help. I really feel that this man's family might want this card just as I would if it were an ancestor of mine. Ronna

At 07:14 AM 11/14/00 -0500, ALLAGREEN@aol.com wrote: >Dear WRG, and especially Jo Hogle: > >In the list of NE Region Marriages published by Jo back last June, I have >noted that the marriage of Benjamin Whitney and Mary Poor is given as having >taken place in York, ME on 11 Apr 1695. Since both the Framingham and >Marlborough, MA, Vital Records shows that they were married in Marlborough on >13 Apr 1696, with both these showing Benjamin as being "of Framingham," I >wonder if Jo can dig up the CD again and find the source cited for the York >marriage almost exactly a year earlier? This date appears in Pierce, p. 26, but not the York, ME, location. This date and the Marlborough location appear in Henry Austin Whitney, "The Descendants of John and Elinor Whitney, of Watertown, Mass.," _NEHGR_, vol. XI (1857), p. 117. Pretty clearly York is an error. Most likely the date is also an error. >While doing so, Jo, will you also dig out the sources for the marriage of >Anna Whitney to Silas Haynes on 3 Nov 1768 in Fairfield, Fairfield, CT, and >the one of Anna Whitney to Ebenezer Roud in Woodstock, Windham, CT on 11 Dec >1733? From F. W. Bailey, _Early Connecticut Marriages_, Woodstock, Windham Co.: "Ebenezar ROUD & Anna WHITNEY, 11 Dec. 1733" From F. W. Bailey, _Early Connecticut Marriages_, Fairfield, Fairfield Co.: "Silas Haynes of North Stamford & Anna Whitney, 3 Nov. 1768" From the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records: "WHITNEY, Amey, b. 6 Jun 1747, m. Silas HAINES, 3 Nov 1768, Weston LR11:469" "WHITNEY, Anna, of Woodstock, m. Eben[eze]r ROOD, of Stafford, 11 Dec 1733, by Rev. Amos THROOP, Woodstock 1:56 (int. 13 Oct 1733, 1:55)" Regards, Robert Robert L. Ward rlward1@erols.com <http://users.erols.com/rlward1/> 12236 Shadetree Lane, Laurel, MD 20708-2832 301-776-1659

I also am having trouble getting onto the Whitney web site. I hope the problem will be fixed soon. Maureen -----Original Message----- From: Jeanne Muse <jwmuse@compuserve.com> To: WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com <WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 7:37 AM Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] WRG >I had trouble get onto the web site this morning too. Is any >maintenance being run that anyone knows of? >Jeanne > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <BumbB@aol.com> >To: <WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 9:38 AM >Subject: [WHITNEY-L] WRG > > > >Is the Whitney Research Group not up and running at this time? I am >having a >problem accessing it. Thanks > >************************************************************** >Searching for LORD, HANNER, HAWKINS, WHITNEY, >WRIGHT,McGEE,McKEE,COOPER,SMITH,TWITCHELL,BILLINGS. SYLVESTER, >LAWRENCE, WHORF,WHARFF > > >