Whitney, John H.

WHITNEY

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Date: 7/9/2021 at 23:02:41

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.606

WHITNEY, JOHN H., Indianola, merchant, of the firm of Thayer & Whitney; was born in Waldo county, Maine, in 1843, and lived there until 1863; he received academical education, and had three years in mercantile pursuits in Boston; he came to this county in 1859 and engaged in his present business, and is one of Indianola's representative business men; he married Mrs. Mary Tarleton (whose maiden name was Babb) in 1872; she was born in Indiana; they have two children: Adda L. and Howard N.; Mrs. Whitney has three children by a former marriage: Fay and Don and May Tarleton.