Hi...Tim's email address bounced back to me so I am trying your address. Please email me if you have any questions or interest in these diaries. Thank you! "j.conti" <sourcebeyond@yahoo.com> wrote: Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 14:51:08 -0700 (PDT) From: "j.conti" <sourcebeyond@yahoo.com> Subject: Two Diaries / Photos - Property of Yale B Whitney / Son of Rev. Edwin James Whitney To: tdoyle@doit.com CC: Jan Conti <sourcebeyond@yahoo.com> Hi Tim, I found your name on the Internet as a contact for WRG . I was doing some research on the owner of two diaries; Laird & Lee's Diary and Time-Saver, Registered U.S.PAT.OFF. The years are 1907 and 1912. The owner is YALE B WHITNEY, Born Jan 22, 1884. He is the son of Rev. Edwin James Whitney. Edwin was the son of Alvin Whitney, born in 1803, and his wife Betsy Cook. Edwin at age 27 yrs. received into the Genessee Conference of the M.E. Church as a probationer in the Traveling Connection as Preacher, First Circuit 1874. I believe Yale may have also been a Preacher or some kind of political figure. His two diaries document that he traveled daily to cities around the U.S. to welcome hundreds of people at a time. He was also in town fairs. In the front of 1912 Diary are two photos. One of a child and another of a woman. His address was 183 Vassar St, Rochester, NY. His weight was 175 lbs.; 5'11 1/2" tall, light commplexion and age 28 years old in 1912. There is allot of writing and travel locations indicated in these journals as well as Cash Account information e.g., Received and Paid. I am interested in selling these two diaries. Can you recommend someone I can contact? I purchased these diaries in 1984 in Monterey, County in California. Regards, Jan Conti The Descendants of John Whitney, pages 571 - 575 Transcribed by the Whitney Research Group, 1999 For more details, see the Pierce Project page. Info on Yale's father....(from your research I believe) 5968. REV. EDWIN JAMES WHITNEY (Alvin L., James, Cornelius, Matthias, Cornelius, Joshua, John), b. Pavilion, N. Y., Mar. 10, 1817; m. at Le Roy, June 27, 1871, Almira C. BENTLEY, b. Oct. 14, 1849. He remained at his parents' home in Pavilion until he was eighteen years of age. He learned the trade of broom making, which he followed for several years, until he was 27, when he was received into the Genessee conference of the M. E. church as a probationer in the traveling connection as preacher, being appointed at Parma Center, Monroe Co., N. Y., as first circuit, Sept., 1874. His following appointments have been: 1877 to 1879, Newfane, N. Y.; 1879 to 1881, Kendall, N. Y.; 1881 to 1884, East Clarkson; 1884 to 1885, Chili, N. Y.; 1885 to 1888, North Parma, N. Y.; 1888 to 1893, Waterport, N. Y., and in October, 1893, he was stationed at Castile, where he now lives. He is a son of Alvin WHITNEY, who was born in Granville, Washington Co., N. Y., September, 1803, moving to Pavilion in 1825, marrying Miss Betsey COOK, December, 1826. Alvin died Feb. 4, 1883; res. Castile, N. Y. 8682. i. WM. F., b. May 26, 1872. 8683. ii. MINNIE M., b. Mar. 7, 1874; res. 12 King St., Rochester. 8684. iii. EDWIN M., b. Mar. 17, 1877. 8685. iv. ALVIN, b. Nov. 10, 1879. 8686. v. YALE B., b. Jan. 22, 1884. 8687. vi. CASE WARD, b. Aug. 4, 1890. ........................... I don't know of any of this information is relevent to your research but thought I would include it for you. It is really time consuming to find any information. I've been five hours looking through hundreds of pages. http://members.surfbest.net/krob/rowley.html TR126137 - JOHN ROWLEY, Sr. b10/15/1799 Windsor,Hartford,CT (Date of Baptism, Desc. Of T. Rowley Book) -d3/4/1874 Caledonia,Columbia Co.,WI (Columbia Co. WI in 1880) - m10/28/1824 Chautauqua Co.,NY (Columbia Co. WI in 1880) SOPHIA ELLITHORPE (Source: Bible) (daughter of Henry Samuel Ellithorpe & Rhoda Owen) b12/11/1807 Onondago Co.,NY-(Source: Ellithorpe Gen. By H. F. and Vera Ellithorpe, Topeka, KS; Columbia Co. WI in 1880) d6/8/1886 Caledonia,Columbia.,WI (Source: Tombstone) John moved with his parents to Chautauqua Co., NY when he was a boy. Farmed in Chautauqua Co. till 1838 and moved to Caldwell Co., MO where lived one year. Moved To Hane Co.,IL, lived three years. Moved to Hancock Co.,IL for five years. Had been Mormon. Moved to WI July 1847 on a Caledonia Co. farm, Section 26. Note: (Obit. Of Sophia; The Free Methodist, Chicago, June 29, 1887 contributed by Mariett E. Haskin) Died at 79 years, 5 months, and 22 days. She had been cared for by her daughter Sophia Johnson in their home during her illness. The funeral service was preached in a grove near Benajah & Sophia Johnson's, by the Rev. Mr. Whitney of Portage from II Tim. 9:7,8. John Rowley was listed as an early settler in the town of Caledonia (Columbia Co.,WI in 1880 by Richard D. Jenkins) ......................... http://us.f379.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?YY=73255&y5beta=yes# Descendants of William CRANMER* ......... +Andrew Jackson WHITNEY b: 02 January 1829 Father: Alvin Whitney Mother: Mary Woodburn d: 02 February 1914 Buried: Rome Cemetery ...... 9 William P WHITNEY b: Bef 1861 d: Bef 1938 .......... +Josephine THOMAS ....... 10 Elizabeth WHITNEY ........... +Samuel IRVINE ....... 10 Minnie WHITNEY ................................................ The New England Historical & Genealogical Register http://books.google.com/books?id=TTkONJrQrtYC&pg=RA2-PA121&dq=rev+edwin+whitney+1800 Whitney references: Pages: 48, 89, 116-119, 121-123, 125, 127-130, 140, 191, 197, 213, 214, 219, 243, 296, 350 I found; James H - p. 104 Peter - 156, 159, 160 Col Daniel (1778) - 188, 189 Seth D - 208 Whitney (last name only) - 225 Israel - 263 Phineas - 266 If you know of any additional information I can find on Yale, I would be very interested in reading it. Thank you. --------------------------------- Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. --------------------------------- Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games.

Jan, At 05:58 PM 6/24/2007, you wrote: >Hi...Tim's email address bounced back to me so I am trying > your address. Please email me if you have any questions > or interest in these diaries. Thank you! I found out that Yale B. Whitney was one of four Whitney brothers who formed the Whitney Brothers Quartet, a barbershop quartet. The others were Alvin M., Edwin M., and William F. Whitney. See <http://www.harmonize.com/swdroundup/page30a.html>. Those are the names of his three older brothers. No doubt his touring and his financial transactions were part of that activity. He died in Carmel, CA, in May 1977. Possibly one could find an obituary for him which would give more information. See also <http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyorlea2/19261113.htm>, which mentions him. Thanks for sending your e-mail to the Whitney-L mailing list. I would not have been aware of the Whitney Brothers Quartet otherwise, and I find it very interesting. I am sitting here listening to one of their recordings made on wax cylinders and digitized by the UC Santa Barbara Library. See <http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/search.php?queryType=@attr+1=1020&num=1&query=cylinder1739>. Cool! You can find more by Googling "Whitney Brothers Quartet". By doing this, I found a picture of the four of them together and separately at <http://sdrcdata.lib.uiowa.edu/libsdrc/details.jsp?id=/whitneybros/1&page=1>. Regards, Robert Mr. Robert L. Ward http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php/User:Rlward