Do not forget us Whitney,s of Bakersfield, VT. Ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Branagan" <cbranagan@comcast.net> To: <whitney@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 5:46 AM Subject: Re: [WHITNEY] Location Help > Tim and WRG: > > Here's some info on locations from the Green Mountain state: > > Barnstead, Vermont-Though there is a section of the Vermont town of > Manchester called Barnstead, the town of Barnstead is located on the > Suncook River in southeastern New Hampshire. > > Berkshire Center, Vermont-Vermonters call this community simply > 'Berkshire'. > The hamlets of Berkshire, West Berkshire and East Berkshire are located > along route108 in northwestern Vermont. They are all the same political > unit > sharing a selectboard, road crew and K-8 school system. Excellent dairy > farming country > > Cheshire, Vermont-There is no Cheshire Vermont that I know of, but > Cheshire > County, New Hampshire is located in the extreme southwestern section of > the > state. Last summer bad flooding drove many Cheshire County residents from > their homes and destroyed property. > > East Enosburg, Enosburg Falls, North Enosburg, West Enosburg and Enosburg > Center are all small sections of the community of Enosburg, located in > Franklin County in northwestern Vermont. Every June the Lions Club > sponsors > the Annual Dairy Festival in Enosburg Falls drawing 4-5 thousand people > to > celebrate Vermont's dairy farmers. Enosburg Falls is one of several > Vermont > communities that generates its own power by damming the river. Local dairy > farmers are also trying a new technology to generate electricity by using > the methane from cow manure. They sell the power back to the grid. > > Forrestdale, Vermont-This tiny community is located in west central > Vermont > on route 73 near Brandon. Here in 1834, Orange Alfonso Smalley, a young > blacksmith and mechanic living with his parents, and another blacksmith, > Thomas Davenport, experimented with electromagnetism and invented the > first > electric motor. > > Franklin Center, East Franklin and Franklin, Vermont are all sections of > the > same community near the Canadian border in northwestern Vermont. In East > Franklin, in sight of the border crossing station there is a large > cemetery > where many Whitneys are buried. My sister preaches during the summer at > the > East Franklin Methodist Church. > > Gullup's Mills, Vermont-This must be Gallup Mills, Vermont located in > Caledonia County in Vermont's northeast kingdom. None of the roads are > paved in Gallup Mills. > > Jericho Centre, Vermont- Located on route 117, not far from Burlington. > Jericho and Jericho Center are two sections of the same town. Vermont's > current Speaker of the House, Rep. Gaye Symington, D., lives in Jericho > Center. > > Mallett Bay, Vermont- This is Malletts Bay, part of the town of Colchester > and is located on route 127.The bay is a well known area of Lake > Champlain > and there are many summer camps and homes there along with a large > commercial marina. In winter one can see dozens of ice shanties on the > ice > in Malletts Bay where fishermen try to keep out of the wind as they catch > several kinds of native fish, mainly perch. In 1789 Ethan Allen crossed > Malletts Bay on the ice with a team of oxen on his way to property he > owned > in South Hero, one of the islands in Lake Champlain. He died on the trip > of > an apparent heart attack. > > Otter Creek, Vermont- Known as the Indian Road, the Otter Creek empties > into > Lake Champlain near Vergennes. During the 1700's the waterway was a well > traveled route for natives escaping with colonial captives from southern > Vermont/New Hampshire/Massachusetts. Once they got to Lake Champlain it > was > relatively easy to get to Montreal, travel by water being much easier > than > travel over land. The Otter Creek was dammed in Middlebury during the > nineteenth century providing power for the mills there. > > Philadelphia, Vermont-I have never heard of Philadelphia, Vermont and > cannot find it on any of my state maps. > > Pittsford Mills, Vermont-On route 7 in central Vermont, Pittsford and > Pittsford Mills are the same political unit. Population in the 2000 > census > was 3140. > > Sherburne, Vermont-There is a Sherburne New York, but it is located in the > central part of the state, too far from the Vermont border to be > considered > part of the Green Mountain state. I think this reference must be Shelburne > in Chittenden County, south of Burlington. Shelburne is a lovely > community > on Lake Champlain, home to the Shelburne Museum, a collection of early New > England curiosities. > > Silver Lake, Vermont-This lake is located in Bethel on route 12. There's > a > nice state park at Silver Lake where camping is allowed from Memorial Day > until Labor Day. > > Townsend, Vermont-West Townsend and Townsend are both located on route 30 > in south eastern Vermont. > > Tyson, Vermont-Not far from Echo Lake, Tyson is near Plymouth, the > boyhood > home of Calvin Coolidge. > > Weathersfield, Vermont-In southeastern Vermont, Weathersfield Center lies > near the New Hampshire border. There is also Weathersfield Bow on route > 5, > from which one could throw a softball into New Hampshire. > > West Derby, Vermont-Derby Line and Derby Center are located on Interstate > 91 > in northern Vermont. Derby line straddles the Canadian border. > > West Randolph, Vermont-This must be the community Vermonters refer to as > 'Randolf' located on route 12A. Randolph Center, East Randolph, South > Randolph and North Randolph are all part of the same town and are near or > on > the White River. > > I hope this is helpful. > > Carolyn Whitney Branagan > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tim Doyle" <tim@greenscourt.com> > To: <whitney@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 12:21 PM > Subject: Re: [WHITNEY] Location Help > > >> These are all excellent! Thank you to everyone who has contributed in >> just >> the short amount of time.............. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WHITNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I looked up the ones in WA state as I live here. I could not find anything for Asylum, WA; West Branch, WA; nor Windom, WA. I found 3 Ruby, WA. Ruby, Whatcom Co., WA (historical) Ruby, Pend Oreille Co., WA Ruby, Okanogan Co., WA Hope these are of some help. Maybe someone can help with the other three. Keep up the good work, Darlene Leonard darldahl@juno.com Yakima, WA

Lis, I looked on line and found a "last line." "He can all our sorrows heal." from a cemetery in Newfoundland. I have an OLD notebook from my gg grandmother that contains some cemetery verses. They are both sad and poignant, especially those of a lost child. That was from the Calderwood side of the family, not the Whitney. Marion Whitney Martin

Good Morning Ken, Upon reading your email I realized I typed his death date incorrectly. It should be Jan 22 1868. His epitaph reads: Dearest Willard thou hast left us Here thy loss we deeply feel but tis God that hath bereft us He can allow.............heal I'll send you privately the photo of his headstone and am going to investigate more what the missing words are in the final line of the epitaph. Lisbeth Whitney Warren, ME Ken Whitney wrote: >Lisbeth, > > Thank you very much. Your posting of the cemetery records for John >Willard Whitney helps to solve an identification problem, but creates >another. I can identify this particular John Willard Whitney. He was born in >Maine 22 December 1837, the son of John Fay and Jane B. (no maiden name yet >identified) Whitney. His birth is found in the Town Records of Searsmont, >Maine. His ancestry is: John1, Benjamin2, Nathaniel3, Nathaniel4, Moses5, >Samuel6, John Fay7, John Willard8. I think that the one month on the grave >marker may have been meant to be a seven. > > >

Lisbeth, Thank you very much. Your posting of the cemetery records for John Willard Whitney helps to solve an identification problem, but creates another. I can identify this particular John Willard Whitney. He was born in Maine 22 December 1837, the son of John Fay and Jane B. (no maiden name yet identified) Whitney. His birth is found in the Town Records of Searsmont, Maine. His ancestry is: John1, Benjamin2, Nathaniel3, Nathaniel4, Moses5, Samuel6, John Fay7, John Willard8. I think that the one month on the grave marker may have been meant to be a seven. Posted on the WRG site is my previous posting of the Civil War pension file for Willard Whitney. In the posting, I stated that I could not positively identify Willard Whitney, but speculated on his ancestry, and that he might be John Willard Whitney. This cemetery record makes that identification incorrect. So, the question now becomes, who was the Civil War soldier Willard Whitney? Ken Whitney Silver Spring, MD ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lis Whitney" <liswhitney@roadrunner.com> To: <whitney@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 3:32 PM Subject: [WHITNEY] John Whitney of Warren ME > > This past winter I purchased a copy of the Annals of Warren Maine where > there is a mention of a John Whitney. According to this book, he was > born in 1777 in Lincoln, MA. He appears on the census information (via > WRG website) as living in Union ME in 1810 and moved to Warren in 1819. > He married Lydia Russell and resided near Mt. Pleasant. Died Nov, 6 > (according to the book) or 7 (according to headstone) 1851. > > His children: John (2nd)m. Jane Kiff resided in Centreville, RI > James b. Sept 1, 1813; m Belinda S (Orff)Day > Feb 22, 1852 resided Northeast Warren > Russell, b. Jan. 1816; m. Henrietta L. > McKellar of Camden Sept. 26, 1852 and d. Nov 22, 1859 > > James' child: Lavinia E. b. March 20, 1855 in Warren > Russell's children: Lydia J. b. Nov and d. Dec 1853; Alden R. b Feb 14, > 1855 > > Today I photographed the head stone for John Whitney, one I suspect > belongs to his wife Lydia (no information, just a marker), his son > Russell and Russell's infant daughter. The other members of the family > aren't buried in this cemetery or they are unlisted and unmarked. There > was a veteran's marker for John Whitney. > > I also found a headstone for John Willard Whitney and the markers for > his parents John F. and Jane B. He died June 22, 1868 at 30 yrs and 1 > mo. The Annals of Warren, ME do not mention any of them and I so far > haven't located their homes on the 1851 map of the town that came with > the book. > > > These people aren't related to me and my interest is that they lived not > very far from me. I have pictures of the stones and a copy of an old > map from 1851 where Mrs. Russell and John Whitneys' houses were if > this is of interest to anyone. I'm curious to know more about them and > so far, haven't found much information - I've yet to go to our > historical society as they keep archaic hours - if any. I've tried > searching through the WGR website and find no mention of these Whitneys > other than John in the 1810, 1830, 1840 Census information. The > Lincoln, MA vital records that are on the website as well has no listing > for John Whitney being born in 1777. > > Hope the photographs can be of use to someone, just contact me and I'll > email them on. > > Best to all on a warm Sunday afternoon, > > Lisbeth Whitney > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WHITNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

WRG: Below you will find my abstract of the Civil War pension file of Stephen H. Whitney. This is the third of three postings of pension files of suspected relatives. The first two were Cosby and Crosby C. Whitney. Gerald Whitney is working on the solution to this puzzle. Enjoy! >From the Civil War Pension File of Stephen H. Whitney Private, Company A, 15th Michigan Infantry Emma Whitney, Widow Invalid Application #641282, Certificate #494742 Widow's Application #688444, Certificate #484492 National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. On 18 February 1888 from Branch County, Michigan Stephen H. Whitney signed a Declaration for Original Invalid Pension. He is forty-four years old and a resident of the City of Coldwater, Branch Co., Michigan. On about 20 March 1862 he had enrolled in Company A, 15th Regiment of Michigan Infantry commanded by Captain John A. Waterman. He was honorably discharged at Detroit, Michigan on 1 September 1865. While in the service and in his line of duty near Corinth, Mississippi on or about 25 October 1862 he by reason of exposure incident to camp life and by reason of the inclemency of the weather contracted the disease of rheumatism, a result of catching cold from getting wet and being exposed. He was not treated in hospital, but in the camp doctor's tent. Prior to entry into the service he was a farmer of sound physical health. He is now partially disabled from obtaining his subsistence by manual labor. On 20 April 1888, the Adjutant General's Office reported to the Commissioner of Pensions that Stephen H. Whitney, private in Co. A, 15th Regiment of Michigan Volunteers was enrolled at Burr Oak for 3 years. He re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer on 22 February 1864. He was mustered out with Company at Little Rock, Arkansas on 18 August 1865. Regimental Hospital Records show him admitted 18 April 1863 with syphilis and phimosis, returning to duty 10 May 1863. 24 August 1864 he was admitted with burns, and returned to duty 28 August 1864. Records show no further evidence of disability. The surgeon's certificate resulting from the application shows Stephen to be 5 feet 9 ½ inches tall, weighing 200 pounds, age 45 years. He claims that at Corinth, Tennessee (sic) in the fall of 1862 he incurred rheumatism, remained on duty, was very lame and his joints ached. While in the service he would occasionally have palpitations of the heart. Ever since discharge he has been disabled by stiffness of the joints, lameness, and pain. It is recommended that he is entitled to ¼ total disability rating caused by rheumatism and ½ total for disease of the heart. He received a pension of ten dollars per month commencing 21 February 1888. Many claims were made over the years for increase in pension benefits. Some were allowed, and some were rejected. On 18 January 1898 the U.S. Pension Agency reported to the Commissioner of Pensions that the name of Stephen H. Whitney, who was last paid at sixteen dollars per month to 4 September 1898, was dropped from the rolls because of his death on 3 December 1898. Included in his widow's pension application was a Transcript of Certificate of Death from the Michigan Department of State, Division of Vital Statistics, for Stephen Henry Whitney, who died 3 December 1898. He died in Ward 3, 324 West Chicago Street, Coldwater, Branch Co., Michigan. His age at death was 55 years, 4 months, and 28 days. He had been born in Michigan. He had married at age 23, and was the parent of two children, one of whom is living. His occupation was butcher. His father's name was Henry Whitney, born in New York. His mother's name was Julia Ann Rumzey, born in New York. His proposed burial place and date is Oak Grove Cemetery, Coldwater on 4 December 1898. The in formant for these personal and family particulars is Emma I. Whitney of Coldwater, Michigan. D.B. Vincent, MD certified that Stephen died at 8:50 AM on 3 December 1898 of cancer and heart disease. The immediate cause of death was a cold, and was contributed to by the bleeding of cancer. Emma Whitney signed a Widow's Application for Accrued Pension on 15 December 1898 from Branch Co., Michigan. She was married to Stephen H. Whitney on 26 September 1866 at Union City, Branch Co., Michigan. Her name before marriage was Emma Negus. Neither had been previously married. She now resides in Coldwater, Branch Co., Michigan. Witnessing the application were John O'Mara, a resident of Coldwater, and Julia E. Shaw, a resident of Battle Creek, Michigan. Both were in attendance at the death of Stephen H. Whitney. Julia Shaw knew the soldier and his widow from before their marriage, and testifies that they lived together as man and wife. The application was rejected, probably because she also applied for a Widow's Pension. Emma signed a Declaration for Widow's Pension on 15 December 1898 from Branch Co., Michigan. In this application, she is 58 years old, and was married to the soldier as previously described by Edwin Perry, J.P. She has no living children who were under 16 years old at the time of the soldier's death. The application was again witnessed by John O'Mara and Julia E. Shaw. Edwin Perry, Justice of the Peace of Branch Co., Michigan certified that on 26 September 1866 at Union City, Branch Co., Michigan, he married Stephen H. Whitney and Emma Negus. Stephen Whitney of Burr Oak, Michigan was 23 years old, and Emma Negus of Burr Oak, Michigan was 25 years old. Present as witnesses were M.D. Wolf and C.C. Whitney of Burr Oak. There were two general affidavits in the file attesting to the marital status of the soldier and widow at the time of his death. They were signed by A. Emma Dolph and Julia E. Shaw, both of Coldwater, Michigan. In 1916, Emma applied for an increase in pension benefits. In an addendum to that application, Emma states that she was not the wife of the soldier during his military service. She is 75 years old, having been born 6 August 1841 at Burr Oak, St. Joseph Co., Michigan. Her address at the time is 315 S. Detroit Ave., Sta. E, Toledo, Ohio. Ken Whitney Silver Spring, MD

Came across this in the RootsWeb Whitney List archive: From: < _wlwhitney@statestreet.com_ (mailto:wlwhitney@statestreet.com) > Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Addition to "Whitney Places"- Whitneyville, Iowa Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 09:00:17 -0500 I am new to posting to the Whitney discussion group but I have previously used the database to confirm the research my Grandmother had passed on to me concerning my Whitney heritage (my Whitney lineage appears later in this message). I was interested in the "Whitney Places" section of the whitneygen.com website and postings in the discussion group about them. I have one to add that I don't believe has been previously mentioned. It is Whitneyville, Iowa. Whitneyville Iowa was/is (more on that later) located in Cass county Iowa in the southwestern part of the state. It developed out of my great-great-grandfather, Eseck Whitney's stagecoach stop and homestead (more on that later too). It appeared on maps of Iowa between roughly 1865 and 1887 and had a maximum population during that time of roughly 30 people. (I have several old maps showing the location of the town). In the mid-1880's the first east/west railroad line in that part of the state went through 5 miles south of Whitneyville at a later settlement called Massena. This event caused Whitneyville's demise as it's inhabitants moved to the significantly improved transportation and commerce opportunities generated by the new railroad. Whitneyville, Iowa does live on however. As part of Massena, Iowa's 150th celebration in 1986, a historical marker was placed at the site of Whitneyville noting its location and commemorating it as the first settlement in the Massena township of Cass County. For those interested here are a few more details. Eseck Whitney, his wife Nancy (Barber) Whitney and their son William S. Whitney came to Adair County, Iowa (next county east of Cass county) in 1855 from Oswego County, NY (probably the town of Granville or Mexico). They were accompanied on the journey by Eseck's cousin Franklin and Franklin's father John who also lived in Oswego County, NY. Eseck was 18 years older than cousin Franklin which was roughly the same age difference between Eseck's father, Cornelius (who did not come to Iowa) and Cornelius's brother John (father of Franklin) who did. (Cornelius and John were two of 9 children of Cornelius Whitney and Elizabeth (May) Whitney. At some point in his life the elder Cornelius moved to Oswego County, NY from Killingly, Connecticut where he was born (this lineage info (and more) is in a summary of my Whitney lineage at the end of this message)). After spending the winter in Adair County, the Whitney party moved west roughly 20 miles into Cass County becoming the first settlers there. Eseck's family (he, Nancy and son William) found work operating the Sears Stagecoach stop which had been recently established to serve stagecoach traffic between DesMoines, Iowa and Council Bluffs, Iowa/Omaha, Nebraska. Mr. Sears hired them to "temporarily" operate the stop while he left in an attempt to find his wife who had run off with a stagecoach driver!! Sears never returned and Eseck eventually bought up roughly 40 acres of land around the stagecoach stop and established a homestead and general store around which the small town of Whitneyville developed. The money to buy the land and establish the store had come from a brief 18 month foray in the early 1860's to Colorado where he prospected for gold until he had enough money to return and purchase land and establish the store as he wished. Cousin Franklin, who also originally settled in Cass county later moved further west and was involved in establishing the town of Atlantic, Iowa. Franklin (or his descendants) founded the Whitney Bank in Atlantic which existed as an independent bank until it was eventually merged out of existence in the mid 1980's. I hope folks found this of some interest. My Whitney lineage (confirmed thanks to the Whitney db) flows from John and Elinor who came to Watertown, MA in 1635 to Joshua (first child of John and Elinor's born in America) to Cornelius (born in Groton, MA) to Mathias (birthplace unknown) to Cornelius (born in Killingly, CN) to Cornelius (born in Granville, NY) to Eseck (likely born in either Granville or Mexico, NY) to William S. Whitney (probably born Mexico, NY) to Leon Whitney (born WHITNEYVILLE, IOWA) to Lloyd Whitney (born Massena, Iowa) to William L. Whitney (me, born in MA, raised in Iowa, living in MA). Note to RL Ward: I have most, if not all, the lineage history from Eseck Whitney forward (and some for Franklin Whitney as well). The Whitney DB stops with Eseck. Would these additional generations be worth adding? Let me know if you think they would. Best regards, Bill Whitney, _wlwhitney@statestreet.com_ (mailto:wlwhitney@statestreet.com) ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Lori, I believe that you are probably sending your messages with html in them, you need to turn off the html. Rootsweb will strip the html out of messages - I ve seen this happen on "my" list. Rene' -------Original Message------- From: Lori Callaway Date: 8/13/2007 10:38:52 PM To: whitney@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WHITNEY] TEST posting ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WHITNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Wow! What a veritable storm of replies! My earlier reply was from a quick check of map software, now thanks to reading some of your replies (and a push from Marion - Thanks Marion Whitney Martin), I did some more online research. This is the Iowa list of unknowns as originally presented by Tim Doyle. Brush Creek, Elkhorn, Emmettsburg, Jessup, Lingrove, Marshaltown, Rolf, Rosabach, Shellsborough, Syracuse, Whitneyville Some of these have survived into the present day, but some required more research. Here is a sample of what I found on the internet about those that did not survive. Brush Creek, Fayette, Iowa http://www.rootsweb.com/~iafayett/fairfieldhistory.htm History of Fairfield Township - Including The Towns of Taylorsvilee & Brush Creek >From the 1878 History of Fayette County, Iowa Pages 544 - 551 Brush Creek - Fairfield Township This flourishing town is located on the east half of Section 28, Township 92, Range 7 (Fairfield). It was laid out in the Spring of 1856, by B. F. Little, Surveyor, the land being owned by C. D. and T. E. Shambaugh, although a small portion of the plat extended over on the land owned by D. J. Finney, F. R. Hynes, Nelson Huckins and Isaac Walrath. The first settler on the town plat was Charles Moe, and, for some time after he sold, the location was called Moetown. Moe sold to the Shambaughs Dec. 20, 1856, agreeing to give possession March 1st, but on the 22d of February the house was burned down. When the Shambaughs arrived with their families, they were compelled to build a shanty as a temporary shelter. They hauled 5,000 of green lumber from a saw-mill at Fayette, and built with it a structure containing five rooms. Here the two families resided, opened up a stock of goods, and kept hotel. The stream of emigration was at its highest tide, and from the 1st of April forward the house was packed nightly with Western home-seekers, one morning's receipts being $28. Early in April, C. D. Shambaugh fell sick, and was confined to the house for a month. Early settlers will remember that the snow did not disappear until about April 10th, and that the nights were frosty. Several mornings in succession, before the fire was built, says Mr. Shambaugh, the frost would be a quarter of an inch thick on his chamber walls. When it rained, his wife put pans and plates on his bed to keep the clothes as dry as possible. And from <http://www.rootsweb.com/~iafayett/fairfield.htm> http://www.rootsweb.com/~iafayett/fairfield.htm From: Fayette County Union Newspaper, West Union, Iowa; Thursday 18 April 1895 - page 4: "Brush Creek News: The opinion has prevailed for some time that the name of our town has worked against our commercial interests. It has been determined by a number of our prominent citizens to change the name, and a special election has been called by the Mayor for the 30th of this month to vote on a new name. 'Arlington' is the name that was selected at a mass meeting of the citizens last week and 'yes' or 'no' on that word will determine whether we will have a change or not on election day. There is but little question but what the change will be made." Rosabach - Here I was stymied. I could find nothing on the internet relating to this name. Shellsborough - Same again although there is a Shellsburg, Benton, Iowa and on several maps an "h" has been appended on the end thus Shellsburgh. This may or may not be the location that Tim is looking for. We need more context to link it conclusively. Syracuse, Bremer County, Iowa >From http://www.co.bremer.ia.us/new/Bremer%20150th.doc Plainfield & Syracuse Two miles north of Plainfield, in Section 18 of Polk Township, was the village of Syracuse. Platted in the 1850's it predated Plainfield but for its first several years it was nothing more then a post office operating out of the house of W.N. Gaines (Grawe 1914:203). Syracuse was entirely extinct by 1875, and does not appear on any known map. When the Cedar Falls and Minnesota Railroad came through the area in 1868, the surveyors had decided that Syracuse had too steep a grade to construct a depot (Smith 1969:9). Once it was known that the most likely spot for a railroad depot was on the level ground two miles south of Syracuse, the settlers platted the town of Plainfield on October 16, 1866. Named for Plainfield, Illinois, from where many of its early inhabitants had come, by 1875 Plainfield had a population of 300, two hotels, two dry goods and grocery stores, drug, hardware and tinware stores, three grain elevators, a lumber yard, two wagon manufactories, a saw and grist mill, and a railroad depot (Hoover and Reeves 1975:49, Andreas 1970:443). By 1900 the population of Plainfield had hardly changed at all. A 1914 county history writes of the town: Plainfield is quite a busy little town but it shows no indication of growth. As a matter of fact, in 1900, it had a population of 320. However, quite a good deal of trading is done here by the surrounding county. It has good railroad facilities and the shipment of live stock, grain and dairy products are considerable each year. (Grawe 1914:204). In the intervening years the population of Plainfield has grown to 469 as of 1990 (Iowa DOT 1996) and the railroad depot deals less with livestock, which is now shipped out by truck, and more with grain, the primary cash product of Polk Township. Whitneyville - This one is almost certainly carried into our time as Wiota <http://www.rootsweb.com/~iacass/history/per-cass-1884.htm> http://www.rootsweb.com/~iacass/history/per-cass-1884.htm History of Cass County from a reproduction "History of Cass County" By the Continental Historical Company December, 1884 THE TOWN OF WIOTA In the midst of a beautiful rolling prairie, rised the flourishing and growing town of Wiota. Fifteen years ago, this was a clear expanse of prairie, except here and there a lonely farm, but the virgin soil whereon the town now stands was then unbroken. In 1868, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad, passed this point but a station was not located here until 1872. The town was started in that year; the land upon which it was laid out being the property for the most part, of Franklin H. WHITNEY. It was not platted or filed for record, for some time the date upon the records being November 13, 1877, and the owners being set forth as Hoyt SHERMAN, assignee of B.F. ALLEN, in bankruptcy, and F.H. WHJITNEY. On the 20th of August, 1878, Mr. WHITNEY filed for record an addition to the town which is known by his name. So, while my ancestry is Iowan, none of these are yet in my direct ancestor locations, they have been fun to research and in the research have opened up new lines of research for me. Tim (and all), for what you do, THANK YOU!

Tim and WRG: Here's some info on locations from the Green Mountain state: Barnstead, Vermont-Though there is a section of the Vermont town of Manchester called Barnstead, the town of Barnstead is located on the Suncook River in southeastern New Hampshire. Berkshire Center, Vermont-Vermonters call this community simply 'Berkshire'. The hamlets of Berkshire, West Berkshire and East Berkshire are located along route108 in northwestern Vermont. They are all the same political unit sharing a selectboard, road crew and K-8 school system. Excellent dairy farming country Cheshire, Vermont-There is no Cheshire Vermont that I know of, but Cheshire County, New Hampshire is located in the extreme southwestern section of the state. Last summer bad flooding drove many Cheshire County residents from their homes and destroyed property. East Enosburg, Enosburg Falls, North Enosburg, West Enosburg and Enosburg Center are all small sections of the community of Enosburg, located in Franklin County in northwestern Vermont. Every June the Lions Club sponsors the Annual Dairy Festival in Enosburg Falls drawing 4-5 thousand people to celebrate Vermont's dairy farmers. Enosburg Falls is one of several Vermont communities that generates its own power by damming the river. Local dairy farmers are also trying a new technology to generate electricity by using the methane from cow manure. They sell the power back to the grid. Forrestdale, Vermont-This tiny community is located in west central Vermont on route 73 near Brandon. Here in 1834, Orange Alfonso Smalley, a young blacksmith and mechanic living with his parents, and another blacksmith, Thomas Davenport, experimented with electromagnetism and invented the first electric motor. Franklin Center, East Franklin and Franklin, Vermont are all sections of the same community near the Canadian border in northwestern Vermont. In East Franklin, in sight of the border crossing station there is a large cemetery where many Whitneys are buried. My sister preaches during the summer at the East Franklin Methodist Church. Gullup's Mills, Vermont-This must be Gallup Mills, Vermont located in Caledonia County in Vermont's northeast kingdom. None of the roads are paved in Gallup Mills. Jericho Centre, Vermont- Located on route 117, not far from Burlington. Jericho and Jericho Center are two sections of the same town. Vermont's current Speaker of the House, Rep. Gaye Symington, D., lives in Jericho Center. Mallett Bay, Vermont- This is Malletts Bay, part of the town of Colchester and is located on route 127.The bay is a well known area of Lake Champlain and there are many summer camps and homes there along with a large commercial marina. In winter one can see dozens of ice shanties on the ice in Malletts Bay where fishermen try to keep out of the wind as they catch several kinds of native fish, mainly perch. In 1789 Ethan Allen crossed Malletts Bay on the ice with a team of oxen on his way to property he owned in South Hero, one of the islands in Lake Champlain. He died on the trip of an apparent heart attack. Otter Creek, Vermont- Known as the Indian Road, the Otter Creek empties into Lake Champlain near Vergennes. During the 1700's the waterway was a well traveled route for natives escaping with colonial captives from southern Vermont/New Hampshire/Massachusetts. Once they got to Lake Champlain it was relatively easy to get to Montreal, travel by water being much easier than travel over land. The Otter Creek was dammed in Middlebury during the nineteenth century providing power for the mills there. Philadelphia, Vermont-I have never heard of Philadelphia, Vermont and cannot find it on any of my state maps. Pittsford Mills, Vermont-On route 7 in central Vermont, Pittsford and Pittsford Mills are the same political unit. Population in the 2000 census was 3140. Sherburne, Vermont-There is a Sherburne New York, but it is located in the central part of the state, too far from the Vermont border to be considered part of the Green Mountain state. I think this reference must be Shelburne in Chittenden County, south of Burlington. Shelburne is a lovely community on Lake Champlain, home to the Shelburne Museum, a collection of early New England curiosities. Silver Lake, Vermont-This lake is located in Bethel on route 12. There's a nice state park at Silver Lake where camping is allowed from Memorial Day until Labor Day. Townsend, Vermont-West Townsend and Townsend are both located on route 30 in south eastern Vermont. Tyson, Vermont-Not far from Echo Lake, Tyson is near Plymouth, the boyhood home of Calvin Coolidge. Weathersfield, Vermont-In southeastern Vermont, Weathersfield Center lies near the New Hampshire border. There is also Weathersfield Bow on route 5, from which one could throw a softball into New Hampshire. West Derby, Vermont-Derby Line and Derby Center are located on Interstate 91 in northern Vermont. Derby line straddles the Canadian border. West Randolph, Vermont-This must be the community Vermonters refer to as 'Randolf' located on route 12A. Randolph Center, East Randolph, South Randolph and North Randolph are all part of the same town and are near or on the White River. I hope this is helpful. Carolyn Whitney Branagan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Doyle" <tim@greenscourt.com> To: <whitney@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 12:21 PM Subject: Re: [WHITNEY] Location Help > These are all excellent! Thank you to everyone who has contributed in just > the short amount of time..............

In a message dated 8/13/2007 8:10:50 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, mervinw@comcast.net writes: Fortress Monroe (Fort Monroe) is on Old Point Comfort and was built to guard Hampton Roads. Jefferson Davis was held prisoner there after the Civil War. It was in Elizabeth City County, now the city of Hampton VA. Its still there. I can't find Perryville VA. There is a Sperryville in Rappahannock County. Not only is Fort Monroe still there, but there is a wonderful hotel out there on Old Point Comfort. My wonderful wife and I spent our wedding night at that hotel. I think I can remember that it was called the Chamberlain Hotel. There may not be a Perryville in Virginia, but there certainly was and is one in Kentucky. A very significant Civil War battle was fought there. Allan E. Green ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Dear KellyAnn: There are three databases I often check when I am stuck in trying to find something. They are Gencircles _http://www.gencircles.com/_ (http://www.gencircles.com/) The LDS web site at: _http://www.familysearch.org/_ (http://www.familysearch.org/) and Rootsweb.com at: _http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/_ (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/) These are all sites that publish whatever people submit to them, and thus the facts are absolutely unproven unless sources are cited from original records. There are a few source citations, but many of them are simply presented for what they are worth. Of the three, I guess I would trust the LDS site the most, as many of the people who submit materials there are members of the LDS church and take their genealogical work seriously. What I do use them for is as clues as to where to look in searching for actual record sources that will bear upon the matter I am looking for. I trust what I see on the WRG web site a lot more than these others, mostly because I know many of the people who have provided materials and I have trusted their work for many years. Note the address I used above for the WRG mail list. That is the one that reaches the Whitney Research Group better than any other. Happy Hunting! Allan E. Green ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Still coming through with no message, unless you didn't put one on. Jon On Aug 13, 2007, at 3:12 PM, Lori Callaway wrote: > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WHITNEY- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Thank you Allan. I imagine at that time period quite a few records didn't make it into the Vital Records. He also could have been from an outlying area and just said "Lincoln" for simplicities sake. One of my sisters found my Great Grandmother Mary Louise Sheehan Whitney's younger brother's birth certificate but not hers. She was told by the town clerk that quite often home births weren't certified but ones in the hospital were. Of course, this was about 90 years after John Whitney was born so I'm sure it wasn't the same case for him. Lisbeth ALLAGREEN@aol.com wrote: >Dear Lisbeth: > >For what it's worth, I checked the CD for Lincoln Vital Records, and there >is not a John Whitney born there other than a John B. Whitney born in 1848. > >Allan E. Green > > > > >

Dear Lisbeth: For what it's worth, I checked the CD for Lincoln Vital Records, and there is not a John Whitney born there other than a John B. Whitney born in 1848. Allan E. Green ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Dear Harris: There doesn't seem to be any further information that I can find on the WRG web site, and I checked GenCircles to see if I could find a clue. You might try searching either the Rootsweb Database or Family Search at the Mormon Church, and just look for any Mary Wightman. I got 159 hits on GenCircles, but none of them the right one for your query. Happy Hunting! Allan E. Green ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

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Several people wrote to tell me they had never heard of Friend, Colorado. I thought you might get a kick out of where that came from. As you might remember, the WRG transcribed the Pierce book back in 1999. When that happened, volunteer Karen Grubaugh correctly transcribed page 352, which includes the sentence: "He was largely instrumental not only in inducing his friend, Col. Elijah Hale, a man of wealth and yet childless, to present to the First Parish, the parsonage house, and grounds now owned by them, but also to give the generous fund of $5,000 to establish and help support the high school, which bears the honored name of the donor." Back in June, 2006, I worked with Robert to create an automated program that parsed through the entire Pierce book transcription and automatically created family group pages from the data. The fact that we automated this saved us a HUGE amount of time. Although we spent weeks tweaking the program, we knew that some things would just never be right, and with that knowledge, we went ahead and ran the program, creating thousands of family group pages. One of the things we had the program do was to convert some of the standard abbreviations that Pierce used, such as state names. Now Pierce was written before the advent of modern two-letter postal abbreviations, so we had to deal with things like "Calif." for California and "Col." for Colorado. Now to make sure that we didn't convert things that weren't state names, we only did so if they came after a comma. Now, you can probably tell that "friend, Col." in the sentence above is referring to his friend, Colonel Elijah Hale, but the program is only as smart as its author, and, well, it converted the text on the family group page to "Friend, Colorado" and added a category for that supposed place name! When I recently extracted a list of all locality categories from the website, "Friend, Colorado" was on the list. I have now updated the website, and once again, Friend, Colorado is no longer an actual place. Tim

Lori, For some reason all your messages forwarded to me by the group (rootsweb) are blank with just the instructions for how to unsub from the group. Marion Whitney Martin