Person:Job Whitney (5)

Job Whitney 1805-1879

Job Whitney was born in New York. He is of English ancestry and the first son of Samuel and Hannah Whitney. When 26 years of age Mr. Whitney was married to Caroline Porter. Of five children born to them, three are living ? William, Adelia, and James.

Mr. Whitney belongs to the pioneer element of this county. He purchased 80 acres of land in Wyoming in 1845 and the following year 40 more and moved to the township. Nine years later he purchased 40 acres in Byron Township in Section 2. Himself and his son bought 160 acres situated directly opposite in Section 3. At his death, the homestead of fine house and barns and 40 acres is held by his wife and will at her death revert to the youngest son.

Mrs. Whitney is a member of the Congregational Church. Mr. Whitney is remembered as a just and upright man by his friends and by his family as an affectionate husband and father. While living in Wyoming he served two years as Supervisor. In politics he was a Democrat. He was a firm believer in Christianity, and was a Baptist in belief.

(From Chapman?s, History of Kent County, 1881)

See the stones for their two dead children ? Hannah, age 1 year and Edwin, age 5 years.

Job was 74 when he died. His first wife, Caroline, was 40. His second wife was Catharine (Kellogg) from Massachusetts. They are buried in Boynton Cemetery.

Job Whitney?s second daughter, Adelia, married John Sullivan. Two of their children are buried in her father?s plot. Burt died 12 June 1873, age 2 years, and Frank, six days after, age 1 year, both from diptheria.

Transcriber: Evelyn Sawyer Created: 19 October 2002 URL: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikent/townships/byron/whitney.html ______________________________________________________________________ Also in his home 1870 census: Whitney, John age 24 b WI and Edwin age 2 b MI. These are actually John & Edwin Sullivan

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