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Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Eli Whitney VT-OH-IL
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 20:08:37 EST

Thought I'd pass on the following info for an Eli Whitney who died in Lake
Co. IL
2 January 1855. His gravestone reads "Eli Whitney 2 Jan 1855 61yrs 9dys"
His birth place on the 1850 census record is VT.

Eli died intestate but there is a petition in his probate records made by a
grand nephew, Charles Whitney, in January 1902 to document formal proof of
kinship so the estate could be disposed of. The petition states the
following:

Eli was married but once to Nancy Whitmore (Nancy's place of birth on 1850
census is NY)

Children of Eli Whitney and Nancy Whitmore were:
Norman Whitney
John Whitney
Caleb Whitney
James Whitney
Willard Whitney
Eronx Whitney
Juliana McNitt wife of Sidney McNitt
Martha McNitt wife of John McNitt
Emily Wakefield wife of Nathan Wakefield
Olive Whitney wife of Hamilton Whitney
Persia Whitney who married Jeremiah Hough after death of Eli Whitney

Believe this is Eli Whitney on 1820 Huron Co. OH and 1830 Seneca Co OH census
records. Family then moved to Lake Co. IL ca 1838.

If anyone would like a copy of the petition send me your address and I will
smail it to you.

Pat Raetzman

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