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