emrldpth (and all), At 05:13 PM 7/18/05, you wrote: > I am interested in learning more about David Josiah Whitney ,b. > Jan 1814, >son of William Henry Whitney and Clarissa Woolcot . I believe this >is the >David Whitney in the 1850 census of Oneida County,NY.He is listed as a >saddler, born in Vermont. His wife is Mehitable (Smith?) born in Mass. >Children are Isadore,Frances,Carolina, and Clarence. > Frances may be my great grandmother, Frances M. Whitney. > > I just recently started subscribing and have enjoyed all the > posts . I am >learning a lot about where to look for documentation. I found David in Chicago in the 1880 Census: <http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/census/1880/extracts/il.htm#77>. Pierce also mentions him here: <http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/extracts/pierce/p491-495.htm#P4503>. I also found him in this abstract, but not much information there: <http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/extracts/whistler/7-1.html> Regards, Robert Mr. Robert L. Ward rlward AT whitneygen DOT org http://www.whitneygen.org/home.html