1786 - 1857 (71 years)
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| Name |
WHITNEY, Smyrna |
| Birth |
5 Mar 1786 |
Westminster, MA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| _COLOR |
11 |
| Death |
16 May 1857 |
| Burial |
Westminster, MA |
Address:
Woodside Cemetery |
| Person ID |
I34523 |
Puffers |
| Last Modified |
22 Jan 2021 |
| Father |
WHITNEY, Samuel, b. 11 Feb 1746, Westminster, MA d. 8 Jun 1812, Westminster, MA (Age 66 years) |
| Mother |
CARTER, Thankful, b. 6 Jun 1752, Leominster, MA d. Bef 1802, Buckland, MA (Age < 49 years) |
| Marriage |
30 Jun 1784 |
Westminster, MA [1] |
| Family ID |
F8799 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
WHITNEY, Ruth, b. 12 Nov 1789, Westminster, MA d. 25 Nov 1857 (Age 68 years) |
| Marriage |
26 Nov 1812 |
| Children |
| | 1. WHITNEY, Samuel, b. 9 Mar 1821, Westminster, MA d. 30 Mar 1868, Fitchburg, MA (Age 47 years) |
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| Family ID |
F8739 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
21 Apr 2024 |
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| Notes |
- He was born on a farm, was fitted for collage at the academy at New Ips wich,N.H., but was prevented from continuing his studies by sickness an d death of his father. He settled on the old homestead farm, where he l ived till upward of sixty years of age, when he sold out and moved to t he village where he died. He taught school several terms; was first sel ectman a long time. He married Ruth WHITNEY and raised a family of six c hildren. He was a prosperous farmer and a substantial, honored citizen, a ctive in public affairs, serving some years as selectman and as one of t he school committee, and in other less conspicuous places.
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| Sources |
- [S466] _Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.
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