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Descendants of Joseph Bemis

2679. Catherine⁸ Miller (Sally⁷ Bemis, Elias⁶, David⁵, Phillip⁴, Joseph³, Joseph², Joseph¹)¹¹¹⁵⁷. She married (1) Orrin Slate¹¹¹⁵⁸. She married (2) Alfred Stevens¹¹¹⁵⁹ Apr 1876.

Notes for Catherine Miller:
[Dunster:155] Catherine Miller, married Orrin Slate, a merchant. He sold his store in Brattleboro, and went to Winstead, Conn., to establish another. He arrived on Saturday; went to church three times on Sunday, and was as well as usual when he went to his room in the second story of the public house. He was found in the morning under his window dead. She has two daughters: Genevieve Slate, who lives with her mother, and Emily Slate, who married Henry Thompson, a goldsmith, of Brattleboro. His widow, after four years' of widowhood, married April, 1876, Alfred Stevens, a Congregational minister for 35 years in Westminster West Parish, Vt.

More About Alfred Stevens and Catherine Miller:
Marriage: Apr 1876

Children of Catherine Miller and Orrin Slate are:

	4272	i.		Genevieve⁹ Slate¹¹¹⁵⁹.
	4273	ii.		Emily Slate¹¹¹⁵⁹. She married Henry Thompson¹¹¹⁵⁹.

Notes for Emily Slate:
[Dunster:155] Emily Slate, who married Henry Thompson, a goldwmith, of Brattleboro.

2681. Elias Bemis⁸ Whitney (Lavinia Bruce⁷ Bemis, Elias⁶, David⁵, Phillip⁴, Joseph³, Joseph², Joseph¹)¹¹¹⁶⁰ was born 02 Dec 1821 in Bangor, Franklin, New York ¹¹¹⁶¹. He married (1) Kate Craft¹¹¹⁶² in Ridgebury, Connecticut ¹¹¹⁶³. She died Jun 1860 ¹¹¹⁶⁴. He married (2) Rhonda S. Burleigh 01 Jun 1861 in Brookfield, New Hampshire¹¹¹⁶⁴. She was born Abt. 1842 in Brookfield, New Hampshire ^11165,¹¹¹⁶⁶.

Notes for Elias Bemis Whitney:
[Dunster:155] Elias Whitney, has been twice married, and now lives in Boston; clerk in Martin, Bates & Son's fur store, Elm street.

[Whitney:505] He is a furrier at 16 Milk St.; res. Boston, Mass.; 24 Appleton St.

[Massachusetts VR:1861:v146:p52] Marriage performed by William Alger, Boston - June 13, 1861.
Elias B. Whitney, 39, fur dealer, b. Malone, N.Y., parents: Edward and Lavina, second marriage;
Rhoda S. Burley, 20, b. Brookfield, N.H., parents: Jonathan and Rhoda, first marriage.

[1870 Census - Boston Ward 6, Suffolk, Massachusetts - July 12, 1870 - page 186 - image 186]
Elias B. Whitney, 48, furrier, personal property of $2500, born in New York;
Rhoda S. Whitney, 28, keeping house, born in New Hampshire;
Lizzie L. Whitney, 3, at home, born in Massachusetts.

[1880 Census - Boston (District 713), Suffolk, Massachusetts - June 10, 1880 - page 35 - image 35]
Elias B. Whitney, 58, furrier, born in New York (parents in Vermont);
Rhoda Whitney, 38, wife, keeping house, born in New Hampshire (parents in New Hampshire);
Harry E. Whitney, 5, son, at school, born in Massachusetts (parents in New York and New Hampshire).

More About Elias Bemis Whitney:
Name 2: Elias Whitney ¹¹¹⁶⁷

More About Elias Whitney and Kate Craft:
Marriage: Ridgebury, Connecticut ¹¹¹⁶⁸

More About Elias Whitney and Rhonda Burleigh:
Marriage: 01 Jun 1861, Brookfield, New Hampshire ¹¹¹⁶⁹

Children of Elias Whitney and Rhonda Burleigh are:

4274

Lizzie Lavinia⁹ Whitney ¹¹¹⁷⁰, born 17 Apr 1867 in 19 Revere, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts¹¹¹⁷⁰.

More About Lizzie Lavinia Whitney:
Name 2: Elizabeth Whitney ¹¹¹⁷¹
Date born 2: Abt. 1867, Massachusetts ¹¹¹⁷²

4275	ii.	Harry Elias Whitney ¹¹¹⁷³, born 17 Jul 1874¹¹¹⁷³.
4276	iii.	<Unnamed>¹¹¹⁷³.
4277	iv.	<Unnamed>¹¹¹⁷³.
4278	v.	<Unnamed>¹¹¹⁷³.

2684. Charles Marsh⁸ Whitney (Lavinia Bruce⁷ Bemis, Elias⁶, David⁵, Phillip⁴, Joseph³, Joseph², Joseph¹)¹¹¹⁷⁴ was born 10 Feb 1828 in Dummerston, Windham, Vermont¹¹¹⁷⁴. He married Delia Minerva Safford¹¹¹⁷⁴ 07 Oct 1850 in Fairfax, Vermont¹¹¹⁷⁴. She was born 13 May 1831¹¹¹⁷⁴.

Notes for Charles Marsh Whitney:
[Dunster:155] Charles Whitney, married Delia Safford, of St. Albans, Vt. Reside in LaCrosse, Wis. Is in the mercantile business.

[Whitney : the descendants of John Whitney who came from London, England to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, p. 503]

Charles Marsh WHITNEY left Albany in 1840, going to Fort Covington, N. Y., where he clerked in the store of his uncle Charles MARSH. From this point he went to Bangor, N. Y., engaging in mercantile pursuits, for a period of three years, when he went to La Crosse, Wis., in 1857, engaging in the lumber business with Sherman Griswold & Co. On the completion of the La Crosse & Milwaukee railroad (now the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul), he entered its employ, being chief clerk and general agent at La Crosse; was also secretary and one of the founders of the La Crosse & Minnesota Steam Packet Co., later known as the Davidson or "White Collar Packet Line." He shipped the first bar of railroad iron and locomotive into the state of Minnesota, and claims to have bought and shipped the first bushel of wheat from the state of Minnesota. From 1865 to 1871 he was in the steamboat, grain and lumber business, having mills on the Chippewa river, warehouses on the Southern Minnesota railway, Rumsey's Landing and Eau Claire, Wis. From 1871 to 1873 was financial manager of the La Crosse Republican and Leader. From 1873 to 1879 was in Chicago as business manager for John Servis, board of trade. From 1879 to 1885 steamboat, grain and commission business at Canton, Mo. From 1885 to the present time assistent cashier and cashier of the First National bank of Faribault, which latter position he now holds. In politics "Democrat to backbone three inches in the marrow;" res. Faribault, Minn.

More About Charles Marsh Whitney:
Name 2: Charles Whitney ¹¹¹⁷⁵

More About Delia Minerva Safford:
Name 2: Delia Safford¹¹¹⁷⁵

More About Charles Whitney and Delia Safford:
Marriage: 07 Oct 1850, Fairfax, Vermont ¹¹¹⁷⁶

Children of Charles Whitney and Delia Safford are:

4279

Prof. Harry E.⁹ Whitney¹¹¹⁷⁶, born 04 Sep 1851 in Fort Covington, New York ¹¹¹⁷⁷. He married Mary Van Viliet 03 Aug 1881 in Poughkeepsie, New York ¹¹¹⁷⁸; born 04 Sep 1851¹¹¹⁷⁸.

Notes for Prof. Harry E. Whitney:
[Whitney : the descendants of John Whitney who came from London, England to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, p. 626]

Harry Edward WHITNEY, born at Fort Covington, N. Y., removed to Bangor 1855; to La Cross, Wis., in 1857. Entered Shattuck school, Faribault, Minn., graduating in 1871 as valedictorian of class. Entered Trinity college, Hartford, Conn., Sept., 1871, graduating in June, 1874. Member of the Psi Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa societies. Entered Shattuck School as professor of Latin and German, which position he has held for twenty successive years. Has been quite prominent in Masonic circles, now (1894) holding the position of V. E. Dep. Grand Commander of Minnesota, Knights Templar. Is a Democrat in politics and member of the Episcopal church; res. Faribault, Minn.

More About Harry Whitney and Mary Van Viliet:
Marriage: 03 Aug 1881, Poughkeepsie, New York¹¹¹⁷⁸

4280	ii.	<Unnamed>, born 10 May 1852 ¹¹¹⁷⁹; died 13 May 1852¹¹¹⁷⁹.
4281	iii.	<Unnamed>, born 10 Sep 1853¹¹¹⁷⁹; died 01 Nov 1853¹¹¹⁷⁹.
4282	iv.	George Safford Whitney¹¹¹⁷⁹, born 09 Dec 1858 in Faribault, Minnesota ¹¹¹⁸⁰. He married Lillian Francis Lathrop ¹¹¹⁸¹ 06 Jan 1893 ¹¹¹⁸².

Notes for George Safford Whitney:
[Whitney : the descendants of John Whitney who came from London, England to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, p. 626]

George S. WHITNEY, born at La Crosse, Wis., Dec. 9, 1858, educated at Shattuck school, entered mercantile life at La Crosse, Wis., in business at Canton, Mo., and Faribault, Minn.; res. Faribault, Minn.; s. p.

More About George Whitney and Lillian Lathrop:
Marriage: 06 Jan 1893¹¹¹⁸²

2686. Mary Jane⁸ Whitney (Lavinia Bruce⁷ Bemis, Elias⁶, David⁵, Phillip⁴, Joseph³, Joseph², Joseph¹)¹¹¹⁸³ was born 11 Mar 1835 ¹¹¹⁸⁴. She married Edward W. Upham¹¹¹⁸⁴ 24 Dec 1856¹¹¹⁸⁴. He was born 30 May 1834 in Chateaugay, New York¹¹¹⁸⁴.

Notes for Mary Jane Whitney:
[Dunster:156] Mary Jane Whitney, married Edward Upham, merchant at Waukegan, Ill. Has one son, --- Upham, who is about to enter college.

Notes for Edward W. Upham:
[Whitney : the descendants of John Whitney who came from London, England to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, p. 307-8]

He was born in Chateaugay, N. Y.; went to Chicago in the early fifties, about 1854; moved thence in a year or so to Waukegan, where he was married and where, with the exception of one year - about 1858-9 he has since lived. During that year he was in Keokuk, In. He has always been in the dry goods or general merchandise business, beginning operations for himself in 1869 or 70 in the firm of Huson & Upham, in 1872 or 73 alone and in 1888 becoming a member of his present firm, G. R. Lyon & Co. About 1880 and for a few years thereafter, he was active in local politics and held the office of supervisor for Waukegan in Lake county.

Ch., Edward Darwin, b. Mar. 13, 1858; unm.; 307 People's bank Bldg., Denver, Col. During the years 1875 to 1880 he was a teacher in Lake county schools, the last three years being in the Waukegan city schools. He graduated from Amherst College, degree B. A. in 1884, and the following year was principal of the Williams Academy and Stockbridge High School at Stockbridge, Mass. He continued his law studies, theretofore begun under Judge Francis E. CLARK, of Waukegan in the office of Stiles & Lewis of Chicago, and was admitted to the Illinois bar in Sept., 1886. He lived in Lincoln, Neb., from Nov., 1886, till June, 1887 when he went to Colorado. Is a lawyer in general practice.

More About Edward W. Upham:
Name 2: Edward Upham ¹¹¹⁸⁵

More About Edward Upham and Mary Whitney:
Marriage: 24 Dec 1856 ¹¹¹⁸⁶

Child of Mary Whitney and Edward Upham is:

4283

Edward Darwin⁹ Upham¹¹¹⁸⁶, born 13 Mar 1858¹¹¹⁸⁶.

2689. Laura⁸ Smith (Eliza⁷ Bemis, Elias⁶, David⁵, Phillip⁴, Joseph³, Joseph², Joseph¹)¹¹¹⁸⁷. She married Henry White¹¹¹⁸⁷ Jan 1852¹¹¹⁸⁷.

Notes for Laura Smith:
[Dunster:156] Laura Smith, mar. Jan., 1853, Henry White, of Dresden, Ohio, a millwright. He was with the army two years, building bridges and mills in Tennessee. Mr. White has just build the first flouring mill in Galveston, Texas, a city of 40,000 inhabitants. They reside in Omaha, Neb., but will soon remove to Texas. They have one son, Harold White, who is a graduate of the Business College of Omaha, and three daughters, Annie, Helena and Bessie White, who are at school at Omaha.

More About Henry White and Laura Smith:
Marriage: Jan 1852¹¹¹⁸⁷

Children of Laura Smith and Henry White are:

4284	i.	Harold⁹ White¹¹¹⁸⁷.
4285	ii.	Annie White¹¹¹⁸⁷.
4286	iii.	Helena White¹¹¹⁸⁷.
4287	iv.	Bessie White¹¹¹⁸⁷.

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