Hello Linda, You are correct, that the parents of Augustus were Orrin and Hannah (Fairbanks) Whitney. I will soon pass on the extracts from Augustus's brother, Winfield's pension file. What I thought I was going to find when I had these pension files pulled was father Orrin and his two sons, all veterans of the Civil War. What I found was that the Orrin Whitney from the Civil War was not the father of Augustus and Winfield. He lived in Presque Isle, and married in Fort Fairfield one Hannah E. Gofs (old style for Goss, I believe) in 1857. This Orrrin died in Presque Isle 30 Oct 1864 from disease he caught in the war. He had no children. There is a book from which I have an extract. The title is "Civil War and Spanish American War Veterans with Meeker Co., Minn.Connections". I got the extract from the internet. It says that the brother of Augustus E. Whitney was Orrin B. Whitney. There was no B. in the name Orrin Whitney in the pension file that I reviewed. Also, descendants of the lin! e of Orrin and Hannah (Fairbanks) Whitney say that they had no son named Orrin. So, at this point, I don't know what to think. What I do know is, that no matter what the solution, it ain't going to be easy. Thanks for the interest. Ken Whitney Silver Spring, MD ----- Original Message ----- From: Linda Lowrey To: Ken and Carol Whitney Cc: Linda Lowrey Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 9:55 AM Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Augustus E. Whitney Hello Ken, This is not my direct line, but I do have very distant ties way back when. The maiden name of Hanna, wife of Orrin W. was Fairbanks. I have forwarded this message to a couple of Fairbanks researchers who may be able to help. Linda Hesselgrave Lowrey Marietta, GA Ken and Carol Whitney <[email protected]> wrote: 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. Wh! itney 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 Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web