Hello Dee, My Family Treemaker tells me that Augustus E. Whitney and Mary Ann Whitney were fifth cousins, twice removed. Not a close relationship. You can see from my original message that Augustus descends from John and Elinor Whitney of Watertown, MA through both of their sons Richard and Thomas. Mary Ann descends through their son Benjamin. Therefore, the divergence in their relationship goes all the way back to the mid-17th century. Thanks for your interest, and for your information about Mary Ann. I will add it to my database. Ken Whitney Silver Spring, MD ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug & Dee" <[email protected]> To: "Ken and Carol Whitney" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 1:54 PM Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Augustus E. Whitney > Hi, > I was just reading your letter, (below), and found it interesting, > because > my g-grandmother and her husband lived in Forest City, Minnesota also. Her > name was Sarah Ann (BENNER) PETERS, born in Washington County, Maine in > 1833, and her mother was Mary Ann WHITNEY, born 1807 in Columbia, > Washington > Co., Maine. Mary Ann WHITNEY was a daughter of Nathan WHITNEY III, and > Sarah > COX. Sarah Ann BENNER PETERS and her brother, Edward Bayles BENNER, and > her > husband, Thomas William PETERS, are all buried in Litchfield, Meeker > County, > Minnesota. I wonder if your Augustus WHITNEY and my Mary Ann WHITNEY, were > somehow related. > Cheers, > Dee, in AZ. > **************************************************************************** > **************************************************************************** > ************* > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ken and Carol Whitney" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 6:42 PM > Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Augustus E. Whitney > > >> WRG, >> >> The following is extracted from the Civil War pension file for > Augustus E. Whitney. He is: John1, Thomas2, Isaiah (Isaac)3, John4, > Abner5, > Samuel6, William7, Orrin8, Augustus E.9. Or: >> John1, Richard2, Moses3, Rebecca4, Abner5, Samuel6, William7, Orrin8, > Augustus E.9. >> >> Hope this helps someone. >> >> Extracted from the Civil War Pension File of Augustus E. Whitney >> Widow: Jeanette Whitney >> National Archives, Washington, D.C. >> Invalid Applic. # 643662 Cert. # 802978 >> Widow Applic. # 1165250 Cert. # 896455 >> >> Augustus E. Whitney Enlisted as a private in Co. D, 4th Minnesota >> Infantry > on October 8, 1861 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. He was discharged October > 7, > 1864 at St. Louis, Missouri. Augustus was born >> 19 June 1844 in Aroostook Co., Maine (at Presque Isle, KLW) and died at > Brainerd, Crow Wing Co, Minnesota on 9 October 1920. At that time the > family > lived at 507 3rd Ave, NE, in Brainerd. >> >> Augustus was 5 feet, 8 inches tall, dark complected, gray eyes, and black > hair. He was a farmer. >> >> Augustus married Jeanette E. Deputy on October 17, 1867 in Forest City, > Meeker Co., Minnesota. Jeanette was born 9 August 1849 at Jennings Co., > Indiana. At the end of her life, she resided at the Minnesota Solfiers > Home > in Minneapolis, and died in Minneapolis on 24 December 1928 while on > furlough from the Soldiers Home. She was buried in Brainerd. >> >> After discharge from the military, Augustus returned home to Kingston, > Meeker Co., MN in Octoner of 1864. He resided there intil 1867, when he > moved to Minneapolis. In 1868, he moved to North Vernon, Jennings Co., > Indiana, and in 1870, returned to Minneapolis. In 1873, he moved back to > North Vernon, where he remained until 1880, when he moved back to > Minneapolis. In 1882 he moved to Brainerd, where he spent the rest of his > life. >> >> A record of the family of Augustus E. Whitney is as follows: >> >> Grandparents: Orrin Whitney, b. 18 August 1815 >> Hannah D. Whitney, b. 6 February 1818 >> Parents: Augustus E. Whitney, b. 19 June 1844 >> Jeanette Whitney, b. 9 August 1849 >> Children: Emma V. Whitney, b. 5 June 1869 >> George O. Whitney, b. 9 September 1871 >> Children added after this record: >> Harry O. Whitney, b. June 21, 1876 >> Florence B. Whitney, b. 5 October 1882 >> >> Son Harry Omer Whitney was married to Mabel B. Whitney. They lived at >> 4928 > Aldrich Ave., South Minneapolis, Minnesota. >> >> Somehow connected to this family, in some way unknown to me, is A. Maude > Whitney, 28 Caryl Ave., Yonkers, New York. >> >> Ken Whitney >> Silver Spring, MD >> >> >> >> > > >