Ken, Rosemary & WRG, Re: Posting by Ken Whitney on Thomas O. Whitney/Rosemary's brick wall regarding Edward Whitney This day Ken and I have corresponded on the questionable ancestry of Thomas O. Whitney and have concluded with little doubt that he was the son of Thomas Edward Whitney, who at some point after birth adopted his middle name of Edward as a given name. As many WRG researchers have undoubtedly experienced, this is far from an unusual occurrance. ANCESTRAL ANALYSIS Today I pulled the 1897 death record for Edward Whitney at Maine State Archives, Augusta, Maine, the summerization as follows: Edward Whitney,died at Hartland, Maine August 1, 1897, age 87 years, 4 months, 5 days; born in the town of Webster, Maine; occupation, farmer; Father's name, E. Whitney; Mother's maiden name, not known; Father born in Topsham, Maine; Mother born in Gardiner, Maine; cause of death, cardiac failure. Litchfield vital records show a Thomas E. Whitney born April 30, 1810, son of Ebenezer and Mehitable (Robinson) Whitney. Ebenezer was the son of Samuel Whitney Jr. and Mary Austin (Aston/Astin) who also had a son and brother to Ebenezer, Thomas Grace Whitney. Given the military pension record for Ebenezer that Ken had posted several years ago, his stated residences in the file, his settlement at Litchfield, Edward's acknowledged father as E. Whitney, naming traditions ((viz Thomas)and an almost exact birth date as that recorded at Litchfield, one can, with little reservation, place the idenity of Thomas E. Whitney as Edward Whitney. In such case, Thomas O. Whitney's ancestral line would be: Thomas O.-8, Thomas Edward-7, Ebenezer-6, Samuel, Jr.-5, Samuel-4, John-3, Benjamin-2, John-1. It should be noted that the death of an Edward K. Whitney also occurred at Harrison, Maine in 1897, but has no relevance to the above. Best Wishes, Larry Tracy Jr. Kennebunkport, Maine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken and Carol Whitney" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 8:03 PM Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Thomas O. Whitney, Somerset Co., Maine > WRG: > > Below is my extract of the Civil War pension file of Thomas O. Whitney. > I am yet to be able to connect Thomas and his father, Edward, to the > Whitney family. If anyone can help, I would be appreciative. > >>From the Civil War Pension File of Thomas O. Whitney > > Private, Co. E, 3rd Maine Infantry > > Co. I, 17th Maine Infantry > > Co. I, 1st Maine Heavy Artillery > > Invalid Claim > > Application # illegible > > Certificate # 536323 > > National Archives, Washington, D.C. > > > > Thomas O. Whitney enlisted 4 August1863, and was discharged 11 September > 1865 at Washington, D.C. He was wounded in the right leg below the knee at > the battle of Mine Run at Locust Grove, Virginia. The wound was very slow > to heal. He was treated at St. Paul General Hospital in Alexandria, VA 6 > December 1863. From there he was transferred to Satterlee Hospital in > Philadelphia, PA, then to Montpelier, VT and Augusta, Maine. He was > furloughed home 30 June 1864, declared deserted from January 1, 1865, and > returned to duty 10 March 1865. > > > > Thomas was born in Palmyra, Somerset Co., Maine, 30 May 1833, the son of > Edward and Annie (Knot) Whitney. There are two death certificates in the > file for Thomas. The first states that his father was born in Lisbon, > Maine, and the other states he was born in Litchfield, Maine. The rest of > the information on the death certificates is consistent. Annie (Knot) > Whitney was born in Belgrade, Maine. Thomas O. Whitney was a carpenter. He > died of pulmonary tuberculosis 25 February 1900 in Hartland, Somerset Co., > Maine, age 61 years, 5 mo., 21 days. He was buried in Lewiston, Maine. > > > > Thomas was twice married. He married first Nancy M. Hilton, the daughter > of John and Maria (Ricker) Hilton of St. Albans, Somerset Co., Maine. Both > of her parents were born in Acton, Maine. Nancy died at St. Albans, Maine > 9 June 1865 of consumption. She was born in Hartland, Somerset Co., Maine. > > > > On 21 March 1867, Thomas, of St. Albans, married Miss Clara R. Elder of > Lewiston, Androscoggin Co., Maine at St. Albans, Maine. At sometime after > the death of Thomas, Clara removed to 1012 Washington St., Whitman, MA. > > > > In 1889 they lived at 29 Sabbatus St., Lewiston, Maine. At that time > Thomas was described as 5 feet, 4 inches tall, dark complexion, brown > hair, hazel eyes. > > > > The two children of Thomas listed in the file are: Wallace E., born 2 June > 1862 at St. Albans, and Lester G., born 7 October 1877 in Lewiston. > > > > Ken Whitney > > Silver Spring, MD > >