At 02:18 PM 5/10/05, you wrote: >Will try one more time to get this thru to the list. >My grandfather is Harry E. Whitney, of Illinois-and hopefully the son of >George and Harriet (Osburn) Whitney, b. 1878. > > >Found the following inf. in History of Henry County, Illinois, pg 205 > >Wm. Whitney, b. May 13, 1823, Washington Co, Ohio, to John and Sarah, >natives of Massachusetts. (John died in 1849). Wm married Jane Cheffy, of >VA. They purchased land and lived in DeKalb County, Winnebago County, and >Clover Twp. Henry County, IL. Wm was a member of the Christian church, >Masonic Order, served one term as school director, one term as Path >Master. Says that Wm and Jane had 6 children: George W. (married Harriet >Osburn), Sarah (m. James Woodworth), and Charles E.(m. Lura Mosher) and >other children deceased. > >George W. Whitney may be my "missing" grandfather's father, I hope! Does >anyone else have more information on this family. > >Nancy W. I suppose you have seen this 1880 Census entry: <http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/census/1880/extracts/il.htm#135>. If that *is* your grandfather as a child, then his lineage would be John-1 WHITNEY, m.(1) Elinor ----- John-2 WHITNEY, m. Ruth REYNOLDS Nathaniel-3 WHITNEY, m.(1) Sarah HAGAR William-4 WHITNEY, m. Martha PEIRCE Samuel-5 WHITNEY, m. Abigail FLETCHER Phinehas-6 WHITNEY, m. Elizabeth RAND John-7 WHITNEY, m. Sarah CHAPMAN William-8 WHITNEY, m. Jane CHEFFY or CHUFFEY George W.-9 WHITNEY, m. Harriet R. OSBURN Harry E.-10 WHITNEY You can find more about this family by searching for "Sarah Chapman" at the WRG web site <http://www.whitneygen.org/search.html>. Sandy Fahrnbruch <[email protected]> of the Whitney Research Group is a descendant of John-7 WHITNEY's brother Thomas-7, so is a relatively close cousin. It turns out that Sarah CHAPMAN above was a half-sister of John CHAPMAN, alias Johnny Appleseed. I hope this helps! Regards, Robert Mr. Robert L. Ward [email protected] http://www.whitneygen.org/home.html