Whitney, J. H.

WHITNEY, FURGESON

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Date: 7/30/2013 at 15:05:16

J. H. WHITNEY, farmer, Hale Twp., Sec. 36; P.O. Clarence; born in New Hampshire in 1834; came to Ohio, then to New York, and, in 1855, to Iowa; owns 140 acres, and has made all the improvements; has been Road Supervisor, Township Collector two terms, and School Director two terms; he enlisted, August 12, 1861, in the 9th I.V.I.; discharged May 30, 1862, for disability. His wife, Rebecca J. Furgeson, was born in Indiana in 1830; came to Iowa in 1854; married in 1864; have two children—Hiram E. and Rosella K. Mrs. Whitney had six children by a former marriage; all are dead except two—Ida F. (now Mrs. R. B. Elijah, of Cedar Co.), Ada F. (now Rev. Mrs. T. P. Blair, of Marengo, Iowa).

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 642.