Judy Here is the very short bio on your Adelbert Whitney. You have more extensive info than is provided however. I perked up when I saw that his mother was a Bohannon. My great great grandfather Henry Payson Whitney was married to Margaret Bohanon - the spelling variations of the name are always part of the twist in that family. I will have to investigate that connection further. The bio is from the following source: Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society Vol XIV Minnesota Biographies 1655-1912 Compiled by Warren Upham, D.Sc., Secretary and Librarian, and Mrs Rose Barteau Dunlap, Library Assistant. St Paul, Minn. Published by The Society. June, 1912 page 851 WHITNEY, A. A., B. Oswego county, N.Y., Aug., 1846; served in the 81st N.Y. Regt. in the civil war; settled in Melrose, Minn., in 1871, where he had charge of an extensive lumber business. Obviously he was still living at the time of this printing. Not a lot of info, but wanted to pass it along. Jo Hogle ----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Driscoll<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 9:56 PM Subject: [WHITNEY-L] RE: MN bios Jo, A. A. Whitney listed in your message, is Adelbert A. Whitney, my daughter-in law's grgrgrandfather. He was born in 2/1846 Oswego Co. NY (a twin). Following the Civil War, he and his brother William B. Whitney moved to Stearns Co. MN where he was in the lumber business. Adelbert also lived in Todd and Hubbard Cos. He was the second park commissioner (manager) of Itasca State Park in MN. Adelbert was the son of Levi Warren Whitney and Martha Bohannon of Scriba, Oswego Co. NY. He married Harriett M. Spencer on 2/7/1872 in Stearns Co. MN. They had 10 children, Estella, Ira Charles, Martha E., Edith Blanche, Carrie May, James Roland, Clark Erwin, Roy G., Hazel D., and Fred. Adelbert lived in ND for a time then moved to Saskatchewan CAN where he died in 1916. His body was returned to Melrose, in Stearns Co. MN for burial in the family plot there. I would be interested in seeing the bio on him. Judy Driscoll