Thanks for pointing this out. After receiving your message, I looked on a Vermont map that emphasizes only skiing areas and sure enough, Sherburne is part of the Killington ski resort. Sherburne elevation is 2737 and is located on route 100. from, Carolyn Whitney Branagan ----- Original Message ----- From: "lahebert" <lahebert@bellsouth.net> To: <whitney@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 4:57 PM Subject: Re: [WHITNEY] WHITNEY Digest, Vol 2, Issue 158 > Sherburne, VT. > > Rutland Co. Killington Peak, 3924 feet in height, several ponds, and > Thundering brook with a handsome fall lie in this town. Queechy river > rises > in this town and along its vanks is some good land; but the lands are > genrally too elevated even for pasturage. Sherburne was first settled in > 1785. It lies 22 miles NW from Windsor, and 10 E from Rutland. > Population > 1830 452. > >>From Haywards New England Gazetteer - missing the title page so not sure > when exactly this issue was published. If you can post a new list of > towns > that you need checked, I will look in the Gazetter. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <whitney-request@rootsweb.com> > To: <whitney@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 3:44 PM > Subject: WHITNEY Digest, Vol 2, Issue 158 > > >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Re: John Whitney of Warren ME (Ken Whitney) >> 2. Re: John Whitney of Warren ME (Lis Whitney) >> 3. Re: John Whitney of Warren ME (Marion) >> 4. Re: Location Help (Ted Whitney) >> 5. Coloma, IL vs Colona, IL (Jonathan Whitney) >> 6. Re: Location Help (Darlene M Leonard) >> 7. Re: Location Help (R R Kyser) >> 8. Philadelphia Vermont (Margie and George Parker) >> 9. Re: Location Help (Richard G. Smith) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:30:53 -0400 >> From: "Ken Whitney" <ken.whitney@comcast.net> >> Subject: Re: [WHITNEY] John Whitney of Warren ME >> To: <whitney@rootsweb.com> >> Message-ID: <006901c7de7f$b8dc32c0$6400a8c0@Whitneycomp> >> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; >> reply-type=original >> >> 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 >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:52:04 -0400 >> From: Lis Whitney <liswhitney@roadrunner.com> >> Subject: Re: [WHITNEY] John Whitney of Warren ME >> To: whitney@rootsweb.com >> Message-ID: <46C1C194.3090105@roadrunner.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed >> >> 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. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 3 >> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:30:34 -0400 >> From: "Marion" <marionm112@sc.rr.com> >> Subject: Re: [WHITNEY] John Whitney of Warren ME >> To: <whitney@rootsweb.com> >> Message-ID: <00e001c7de88$0f08c520$0801a8c0@Marion> >> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; >> reply-type=original >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 4 >> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:07:13 -0400 >> From: "Ted Whitney" <twhitney@hughes.net> >> Subject: Re: [WHITNEY] Location Help >> To: <whitney@rootsweb.com> >> Message-ID: <002401c7de8d$37127520$0200a8c0@DHWZ3T31> >> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; >> reply-type=original >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 5 >> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:50:46 -0500 >> From: Jonathan Whitney <ccreview@grics.net> >> Subject: [WHITNEY] Coloma, IL vs Colona, IL >> To: whitney@rootsweb.com >> Message-ID: <05972CC7-7CF3-47D8-977B-99D9029EA9CE@grics.net> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed >> >> This post was written by Lori Callaway and being posted by cousin >> Jonathon Whitney....as Lori is having issue with all her posts >> showing up blank. If anyone knows the reason why....please email >> Lori at callaway525@msn.com and let her know how to fix this. >> >> >> COLONA IL is in Henry County Illinois and considered part of the >> Quad Cities of IL/IA. >> >> >> COLOMA, IL is in Whiteside County, Illinois...and lies a little south >> of the Sterling & Rock Falls area. >> >> >> These two towns are often mistaken for each other and often >> transcription errors due to handwriting between the 'M' and 'N'. >> >> I grew up in Carroll County IL, about smack dab in the middle of >> these two places....and know that there were Whitney's of my >> branches in both areas. >> >> >> Lori Callaway >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 6 >> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:41:21 -0700 >> From: Darlene M Leonard <darldahl@juno.com> >> Subject: Re: [WHITNEY] Location Help >> To: whitney@rootsweb.com >> Message-ID: <20070814.115028.4068.0.darldahl@juno.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >> >> 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 >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 7 >> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:06:33 -0500 >> From: R R Kyser <sorryken@att.net> >> Subject: Re: [WHITNEY] Location Help >> To: whitney@rootsweb.com >> Message-ID: <a3a923d22a9f16b3ce22e017df2e6b40@att.net> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed >> >> Speaking of Philadelphia and Coolidge... >> >> If this Philadelphia doesn't refer to the city, then a likely candidate >> is tiny Philadelphia, New York, in Jefferson County, near Watertown, >> N.Y. and Kingston, Ont. It's only 90 mi. west of Vermont. >> >> It's the hometown of the painter Cassius Marcellus Coolidge. You won't >> know his name but will recognize his work-- he specialized in dogs >> playing poker. >> >> Cheers, >> Ron Kyser >> >> >> On Aug 14, 2007, at 4:46 AM, Christopher Branagan wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Philadelphia, Vermont-I have never heard of Philadelphia, Vermont and >>> cannot find it on any of my state maps. >> >>> Tyson, Vermont-Not far from Echo Lake, Tyson is near Plymouth, the >>> boyhood >>> home of Calvin Coolidge. >>> >>> >>> Carolyn Whitney Branagan >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 8 >> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:47:40 -0500 >> From: Margie and George Parker <MandG@math.siu.edu> >> Subject: [WHITNEY] Philadelphia Vermont >> To: whitney@rootsweb.com >> Message-ID: <200708141843.l7EIhqV31790@math.siu.edu> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed >> >> I don't know if this helps, but a Google search for Philadelphia Vermont >> gave >> >> www.virtualvermont.com/towns/chittenden.html >> >> and says an area of Chittenden Vt used to be called Philadelphia. >> >> George Parker >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 9 >> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:43:59 -0500 >> From: "Richard G. Smith" <rgsmith_gen@verizon.net> >> Subject: Re: [WHITNEY] Location Help >> To: whitney@rootsweb.com >> Message-ID: <46C205FF.4040208@verizon.net> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed >> >> There is a West Branch in Iowa. The WA for Washington was probably the >> last two letters of Iowa. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To contact the WHITNEY list administrator, send an email to >> WHITNEY-admin@rootsweb.com. >> >> To post a message to the WHITNEY mailing list, send an email to >> WHITNEY@rootsweb.com. >> >> __________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> email with no additional text. >> >> >> End of WHITNEY Digest, Vol 2, Issue 158 >> *************************************** > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >