The "History of the State of Kansas", William G. Cutler, is online and there is one Whitney found there. It is also a great book for copies of maps of the various Kansas counties because it also shows the townships. It can be found at: www.ukans.edu/carrie/kancoll/books/cutler/ The Whitney is found in Ottumwa, Coffee Co. and his information reads as follows: "S.C. Whitney, farmer, P.O. Ottumwa, was born in Essex County, New York, in 1826, and lived there eighteen years and moved to Licking County, Ohio, and lived in that State seven years and moved to Springfield, Illinois, and lived there twenty-one years and came to Kansas in 1871 and located in Franklin County and lived there nine years, and located in Ottumwa Township, Coffee County, in 1880, and has been engaged in farming and sheep raising. Mr. Whitney was married in Springfield, Illinois, in 1852, to Miss Isabel Wolgamat, a native of Pennsylvania, and has five children - Barbara H., David, S. Betsy, Katy, and May. Mr. Whitney is a member of the Advent Church." Hope this helps someone. Ben