Irwin Clayton Whitney was the son of Eli Hannible Whitney and Mary Elizabeth Hales. Eli and Mary were the parents of seven children: Irwin Clayton, Jennie Marilla, Cora Belle, William Allen, Leroy, Edwin Hales, and a child that died in infancy unnamed.
Irwin married Mary Ellen Dickey on June 30, 1885 in Maxwell, Story County, Iowa. To this union were born six children: Berton Leroy who married Lena Ruth Davis, Carl Jason who married Iona Rowena Longnecker, Jennie May who married Leroy Ernest Bell, Ethel Pearl who married Glen Samuel Bell, Clarence Irwin who married Arminta Marie Halterman, and Elsie Mary who married Herbert Harrison Bell.
HISTORY OF STORY COUNTY IOWA; Vol II; Chicago; The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.; 1911; Iowa Historical Library; Des Moines; Iowa; Bio of Irwin Clayton Whitney; p. 184-187. "IRWIN CLAYTON WHITNEY - Irwin Clayton Whitney had been a resident of Story county but two years at the time of his demise but the period was sufficiently long for him to prove himself to be a man of high principles and sterling worth. He was a native of the Buckeye state, having been born in Lorain county on the 17th of June, 1865, his parents being Eli H. and Mary E. (Hale) Whitney. He was but five years of age when his people migrated to Iowa, settling in Jasper county, where they lived for a time, and then went to Humboldt county and after remaining there for a short time they returned to Jasper county and settled on a farm near Mingo. The latter place continued to be their home until 1889, when they removed to Saybrook, Illinois, where Mr. Whitney passed away on the 20th of May, 1891, and very soon thereafter the widow with her family located in Maxwell, this county. On the 13th of February, 1894, Mrs. Whitney was married to R. R. Thompson, whose death occurred on the 24th of the following June. When a girl of fourteen years Mrs. Thompson was converted and united with the Baptist church, but as there was no church of that denomination in Maxwell she joined the Methodist Episcopal church. She was always an ardent Christian and an active worker in the church. Her death occurred on the 14th of December, 1909. Irwin Clayton Whitney's boyhood and youth were not unlike that of most boys who live in the country. He remained at home until he had acquired such education as the common schools afforded, but being an ambitious youth, he laid away his text-books and early began his business career. He was married on the 30th of June, 1885, shortly after the twentieth anniversary of his birth, to Miss Mary Dickey, a daughter of Solomon and Rebecca (Barker) Dickey. Her father was a native of Athens county, Ohio, born on the 30th of March, 1828. He came to Iowa in 1854, locating in Jasper county, and there he was married on the 12th of September of the same year to Rebecca Jane Barker. He acquired some land, every acre of which was unbroken prairie, and upon this the young people began their life together, but unremitting toil and careful cultivation in time transformed it into a valuable farm, which remained their home until 1897, when they removed to Mingo. Mr. Dickey passed away in 1905. He had been a life-long member of the Methodist Episcopal church and always led an upright, consistent Christian life, his high principles and incorruptible integrity gaining him the respect and esteem of all with whom he came in contact. For many years of her life Mrs. Dickey was practically an invalid, owing to injuries which she received in the Valeria cyclone and from which she never recovered. Although she suffered greatly at times she never complained, being sustained at all times by her strong faith in the ever-lasting arms. She passed away on the 26th of May, 1902, at the age of sixty-two years, having been born in La Grange county, Indiana, on the 25th of December, 1839. After his marriage Mr. Whitney located on a farm which he rented near Mingo and after living there for a year he removed to another farm in Jasper county, where he also remained but one year and then rented a farm near the one where he had first lived. He remained on the latter place about eighteen months and then went to Saybrook, Illinois, and after living there about the same length of time he bought one hundred and sixty acres of land in Hardin county, Iowa, where he continued to live for eight years. In 1899 he sold his farm and bought eighty acres in Story county, upon which he was living at the time of his death and where his widow continues to reside. Mr. and Mrs. Whitney were the parents of six children, who are as follows: Berton Leroy, a farmer of Carroll township, this county; Carl Jason, at home; Jennie May, the wife of Roy Bell of Indian Creek township, this county; Ethel Pearl, the wife of Glen Bell, of Jasper county; and Clarence Irwin and Elsie Mary, both at home. The family attend the Methodist Episcopal church, in which Mrs. Whitney holds membership. Mr. Whitney was a stanch supporter of the republican party, feeling its principles were best adapted to protect the rights of the majority. He never was an office seeker nor did he at any time aspire to political honors, preferring to devote his energies to the development of his private interests. He was ever a most loyal and devoted husband, generous and affectionate father and charitable neighbor, the loss of whom was most keenly felt not only in the family circle but in the community where he had lived."
THE MAXWELL TRIBUNE, Maxwell, Story County, Iowa December 5, 1901. " OBITUARY - He died at his residence 1 mile E of Maxwell Friday Nov 29, 1901. He was born in Lorain Co. Ohio June 17, 1865. He came with his parents to Iowa when 5 years old and settled in Jasper Co., later he moved to Humboldt Co. but returned again to Jasper Co., and settled near Mingo. Here he united with the Methodist Protestant Church. He was married to Miss Mary Dickey June 30, 1885. To this union 6 children were born, 3 boys and 3 girls. The family moved to Maxwell 2 years ago and secured for themselves a comfortable farm home, one mile E. of town. Mr. Whitney was stricken with typhoid fever a few weeks ago, but with medical skill and the care rendered him by his wife and mother averted a protracted seige. After he was on his way to recoverey his wife took the same disease and weakened by the work and solitude for his recovery, passed through a severe fever from which she hardly recovered when the husband suffered a relapse, caused by a gathering in the head. Even then he was not considered to be in a critical condition by his friends. He was in town Wednesday and spent the night with his mother and step father, Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Thompson. He went to his home Thanksgiving morning and to bed with intense suffering only to be relieved by death which came the next day. Beside relatives already mentioned he left 3 brothers, Roy and Allen, of Maxwell, and Edwin of St. Louis, Mo., and 2 sisters Mrs. Gagle of Colfax and Mrs. Witmer of Maxwell. The funeral was held from the family residence Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock conducted by Rev. O. F. Shaw, of the M. E. Church. The large concourse of friends present testified to the respect in which he was held by his neighbors."
Irwin married Mary Ellen Dickey on June 30, 1885 in Maxwell, Story County, Iowa. To this union were born six children: Berton Leroy who married Lena Ruth Davis, Carl Jason who married Iona Rowena Longnecker, Jennie May who married Leroy Ernest Bell, Ethel Pearl who married Glen Samuel Bell, Clarence Irwin who married Arminta Marie Halterman, and Elsie Mary who married Herbert Harrison Bell.
HISTORY OF STORY COUNTY IOWA; Vol II; Chicago; The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.; 1911; Iowa Historical Library; Des Moines; Iowa; Bio of Irwin Clayton Whitney; p. 184-187. "IRWIN CLAYTON WHITNEY - Irwin Clayton Whitney had been a resident of Story county but two years at the time of his demise but the period was sufficiently long for him to prove himself to be a man of high principles and sterling worth. He was a native of the Buckeye state, having been born in Lorain county on the 17th of June, 1865, his parents being Eli H. and Mary E. (Hale) Whitney. He was but five years of age when his people migrated to Iowa, settling in Jasper county, where they lived for a time, and then went to Humboldt county and after remaining there for a short time they returned to Jasper county and settled on a farm near Mingo. The latter place continued to be their home until 1889, when they removed to Saybrook, Illinois, where Mr. Whitney passed away on the 20th of May, 1891, and very soon thereafter the widow with her family located in Maxwell, this county. On the 13th of February, 1894, Mrs. Whitney was married to R. R. Thompson, whose death occurred on the 24th of the following June. When a girl of fourteen years Mrs. Thompson was converted and united with the Baptist church, but as there was no church of that denomination in Maxwell she joined the Methodist Episcopal church. She was always an ardent Christian and an active worker in the church. Her death occurred on the 14th of December, 1909. Irwin Clayton Whitney's boyhood and youth were not unlike that of most boys who live in the country. He remained at home until he had acquired such education as the common schools afforded, but being an ambitious youth, he laid away his text-books and early began his business career. He was married on the 30th of June, 1885, shortly after the twentieth anniversary of his birth, to Miss Mary Dickey, a daughter of Solomon and Rebecca (Barker) Dickey. Her father was a native of Athens county, Ohio, born on the 30th of March, 1828. He came to Iowa in 1854, locating in Jasper county, and there he was married on the 12th of September of the same year to Rebecca Jane Barker. He acquired some land, every acre of which was unbroken prairie, and upon this the young people began their life together, but unremitting toil and careful cultivation in time transformed it into a valuable farm, which remained their home until 1897, when they removed to Mingo. Mr. Dickey passed away in 1905. He had been a life-long member of the Methodist Episcopal church and always led an upright, consistent Christian life, his high principles and incorruptible integrity gaining him the respect and esteem of all with whom he came in contact. For many years of her life Mrs. Dickey was practically an invalid, owing to injuries which she received in the Valeria cyclone and from which she never recovered. Although she suffered greatly at times she never complained, being sustained at all times by her strong faith in the ever-lasting arms. She passed away on the 26th of May, 1902, at the age of sixty-two years, having been born in La Grange county, Indiana, on the 25th of December, 1839. After his marriage Mr. Whitney located on a farm which he rented near Mingo and after living there for a year he removed to another farm in Jasper county, where he also remained but one year and then rented a farm near the one where he had first lived. He remained on the latter place about eighteen months and then went to Saybrook, Illinois, and after living there about the same length of time he bought one hundred and sixty acres of land in Hardin county, Iowa, where he continued to live for eight years. In 1899 he sold his farm and bought eighty acres in Story county, upon which he was living at the time of his death and where his widow continues to reside. Mr. and Mrs. Whitney were the parents of six children, who are as follows: Berton Leroy, a farmer of Carroll township, this county; Carl Jason, at home; Jennie May, the wife of Roy Bell of Indian Creek township, this county; Ethel Pearl, the wife of Glen Bell, of Jasper county; and Clarence Irwin and Elsie Mary, both at home. The family attend the Methodist Episcopal church, in which Mrs. Whitney holds membership. Mr. Whitney was a stanch supporter of the republican party, feeling its principles were best adapted to protect the rights of the majority. He never was an office seeker nor did he at any time aspire to political honors, preferring to devote his energies to the development of his private interests. He was ever a most loyal and devoted husband, generous and affectionate father and charitable neighbor, the loss of whom was most keenly felt not only in the family circle but in the community where he had lived."
THE MAXWELL TRIBUNE, Maxwell, Story County, Iowa December 5, 1901. " OBITUARY - He died at his residence 1 mile E of Maxwell Friday Nov 29, 1901. He was born in Lorain Co. Ohio June 17, 1865. He came with his parents to Iowa when 5 years old and settled in Jasper Co., later he moved to Humboldt Co. but returned again to Jasper Co., and settled near Mingo. Here he united with the Methodist Protestant Church. He was married to Miss Mary Dickey June 30, 1885. To this union 6 children were born, 3 boys and 3 girls. The family moved to Maxwell 2 years ago and secured for themselves a comfortable farm home, one mile E. of town. Mr. Whitney was stricken with typhoid fever a few weeks ago, but with medical skill and the care rendered him by his wife and mother averted a protracted seige. After he was on his way to recoverey his wife took the same disease and weakened by the work and solitude for his recovery, passed through a severe fever from which she hardly recovered when the husband suffered a relapse, caused by a gathering in the head. Even then he was not considered to be in a critical condition by his friends. He was in town Wednesday and spent the night with his mother and step father, Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Thompson. He went to his home Thanksgiving morning and to bed with intense suffering only to be relieved by death which came the next day. Beside relatives already mentioned he left 3 brothers, Roy and Allen, of Maxwell, and Edwin of St. Louis, Mo., and 2 sisters Mrs. Gagle of Colfax and Mrs. Witmer of Maxwell. The funeral was held from the family residence Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock conducted by Rev. O. F. Shaw, of the M. E. Church. The large concourse of friends present testified to the respect in which he was held by his neighbors."
Irwin Clayton Whitney was the son of Eli Hannible Whitney and Mary Elizabeth Hales. Eli and Mary were the parents of seven children: Irwin Clayton, Jennie Marilla, Cora Belle, William Allen, Leroy, Edwin Hales, and a child that died in infancy unnamed.
Irwin married Mary Ellen Dickey on June 30, 1885 in Maxwell, Story County, Iowa. To this union were born six children: Berton Leroy who married Lena Ruth Davis, Carl Jason who married Iona Rowena Longnecker, Jennie May who married Leroy Ernest Bell, Ethel Pearl who married Glen Samuel Bell, Clarence Irwin who married Arminta Marie Halterman, and Elsie Mary who married Herbert Harrison Bell.
HISTORY OF STORY COUNTY IOWA; Vol II; Chicago; The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.; 1911; Iowa Historical Library; Des Moines; Iowa; Bio of Irwin Clayton Whitney; p. 184-187. "IRWIN CLAYTON WHITNEY - Irwin Clayton Whitney had been a resident of Story county but two years at the time of his demise but the period was sufficiently long for him to prove himself to be a man of high principles and sterling worth. He was a native of the Buckeye state, having been born in Lorain county on the 17th of June, 1865, his parents being Eli H. and Mary E. (Hale) Whitney. He was but five years of age when his people migrated to Iowa, settling in Jasper county, where they lived for a time, and then went to Humboldt county and after remaining there for a short time they returned to Jasper county and settled on a farm near Mingo. The latter place continued to be their home until 1889, when they removed to Saybrook, Illinois, where Mr. Whitney passed away on the 20th of May, 1891, and very soon thereafter the widow with her family located in Maxwell, this county. On the 13th of February, 1894, Mrs. Whitney was married to R. R. Thompson, whose death occurred on the 24th of the following June. When a girl of fourteen years Mrs. Thompson was converted and united with the Baptist church, but as there was no church of that denomination in Maxwell she joined the Methodist Episcopal church. She was always an ardent Christian and an active worker in the church. Her death occurred on the 14th of December, 1909. Irwin Clayton Whitney's boyhood and youth were not unlike that of most boys who live in the country. He remained at home until he had acquired such education as the common schools afforded, but being an ambitious youth, he laid away his text-books and early began his business career. He was married on the 30th of June, 1885, shortly after the twentieth anniversary of his birth, to Miss Mary Dickey, a daughter of Solomon and Rebecca (Barker) Dickey. Her father was a native of Athens county, Ohio, born on the 30th of March, 1828. He came to Iowa in 1854, locating in Jasper county, and there he was married on the 12th of September of the same year to Rebecca Jane Barker. He acquired some land, every acre of which was unbroken prairie, and upon this the young people began their life together, but unremitting toil and careful cultivation in time transformed it into a valuable farm, which remained their home until 1897, when they removed to Mingo. Mr. Dickey passed away in 1905. He had been a life-long member of the Methodist Episcopal church and always led an upright, consistent Christian life, his high principles and incorruptible integrity gaining him the respect and esteem of all with whom he came in contact. For many years of her life Mrs. Dickey was practically an invalid, owing to injuries which she received in the Valeria cyclone and from which she never recovered. Although she suffered greatly at times she never complained, being sustained at all times by her strong faith in the ever-lasting arms. She passed away on the 26th of May, 1902, at the age of sixty-two years, having been born in La Grange county, Indiana, on the 25th of December, 1839. After his marriage Mr. Whitney located on a farm which he rented near Mingo and after living there for a year he removed to another farm in Jasper county, where he also remained but one year and then rented a farm near the one where he had first lived. He remained on the latter place about eighteen months and then went to Saybrook, Illinois, and after living there about the same length of time he bought one hundred and sixty acres of land in Hardin county, Iowa, where he continued to live for eight years. In 1899 he sold his farm and bought eighty acres in Story county, upon which he was living at the time of his death and where his widow continues to reside. Mr. and Mrs. Whitney were the parents of six children, who are as follows: Berton Leroy, a farmer of Carroll township, this county; Carl Jason, at home; Jennie May, the wife of Roy Bell of Indian Creek township, this county; Ethel Pearl, the wife of Glen Bell, of Jasper county; and Clarence Irwin and Elsie Mary, both at home. The family attend the Methodist Episcopal church, in which Mrs. Whitney holds membership. Mr. Whitney was a stanch supporter of the republican party, feeling its principles were best adapted to protect the rights of the majority. He never was an office seeker nor did he at any time aspire to political honors, preferring to devote his energies to the development of his private interests. He was ever a most loyal and devoted husband, generous and affectionate father and charitable neighbor, the loss of whom was most keenly felt not only in the family circle but in the community where he had lived."
THE MAXWELL TRIBUNE, Maxwell, Story County, Iowa December 5, 1901. " OBITUARY - He died at his residence 1 mile E of Maxwell Friday Nov 29, 1901. He was born in Lorain Co. Ohio June 17, 1865. He came with his parents to Iowa when 5 years old and settled in Jasper Co., later he moved to Humboldt Co. but returned again to Jasper Co., and settled near Mingo. Here he united with the Methodist Protestant Church. He was married to Miss Mary Dickey June 30, 1885. To this union 6 children were born, 3 boys and 3 girls. The family moved to Maxwell 2 years ago and secured for themselves a comfortable farm home, one mile E. of town. Mr. Whitney was stricken with typhoid fever a few weeks ago, but with medical skill and the care rendered him by his wife and mother averted a protracted seige. After he was on his way to recoverey his wife took the same disease and weakened by the work and solitude for his recovery, passed through a severe fever from which she hardly recovered when the husband suffered a relapse, caused by a gathering in the head. Even then he was not considered to be in a critical condition by his friends. He was in town Wednesday and spent the night with his mother and step father, Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Thompson. He went to his home Thanksgiving morning and to bed with intense suffering only to be relieved by death which came the next day. Beside relatives already mentioned he left 3 brothers, Roy and Allen, of Maxwell, and Edwin of St. Louis, Mo., and 2 sisters Mrs. Gagle of Colfax and Mrs. Witmer of Maxwell. The funeral was held from the family residence Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock conducted by Rev. O. F. Shaw, of the M. E. Church. The large concourse of friends present testified to the respect in which he was held by his neighbors."
Irwin married Mary Ellen Dickey on June 30, 1885 in Maxwell, Story County, Iowa. To this union were born six children: Berton Leroy who married Lena Ruth Davis, Carl Jason who married Iona Rowena Longnecker, Jennie May who married Leroy Ernest Bell, Ethel Pearl who married Glen Samuel Bell, Clarence Irwin who married Arminta Marie Halterman, and Elsie Mary who married Herbert Harrison Bell.
HISTORY OF STORY COUNTY IOWA; Vol II; Chicago; The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.; 1911; Iowa Historical Library; Des Moines; Iowa; Bio of Irwin Clayton Whitney; p. 184-187. "IRWIN CLAYTON WHITNEY - Irwin Clayton Whitney had been a resident of Story county but two years at the time of his demise but the period was sufficiently long for him to prove himself to be a man of high principles and sterling worth. He was a native of the Buckeye state, having been born in Lorain county on the 17th of June, 1865, his parents being Eli H. and Mary E. (Hale) Whitney. He was but five years of age when his people migrated to Iowa, settling in Jasper county, where they lived for a time, and then went to Humboldt county and after remaining there for a short time they returned to Jasper county and settled on a farm near Mingo. The latter place continued to be their home until 1889, when they removed to Saybrook, Illinois, where Mr. Whitney passed away on the 20th of May, 1891, and very soon thereafter the widow with her family located in Maxwell, this county. On the 13th of February, 1894, Mrs. Whitney was married to R. R. Thompson, whose death occurred on the 24th of the following June. When a girl of fourteen years Mrs. Thompson was converted and united with the Baptist church, but as there was no church of that denomination in Maxwell she joined the Methodist Episcopal church. She was always an ardent Christian and an active worker in the church. Her death occurred on the 14th of December, 1909. Irwin Clayton Whitney's boyhood and youth were not unlike that of most boys who live in the country. He remained at home until he had acquired such education as the common schools afforded, but being an ambitious youth, he laid away his text-books and early began his business career. He was married on the 30th of June, 1885, shortly after the twentieth anniversary of his birth, to Miss Mary Dickey, a daughter of Solomon and Rebecca (Barker) Dickey. Her father was a native of Athens county, Ohio, born on the 30th of March, 1828. He came to Iowa in 1854, locating in Jasper county, and there he was married on the 12th of September of the same year to Rebecca Jane Barker. He acquired some land, every acre of which was unbroken prairie, and upon this the young people began their life together, but unremitting toil and careful cultivation in time transformed it into a valuable farm, which remained their home until 1897, when they removed to Mingo. Mr. Dickey passed away in 1905. He had been a life-long member of the Methodist Episcopal church and always led an upright, consistent Christian life, his high principles and incorruptible integrity gaining him the respect and esteem of all with whom he came in contact. For many years of her life Mrs. Dickey was practically an invalid, owing to injuries which she received in the Valeria cyclone and from which she never recovered. Although she suffered greatly at times she never complained, being sustained at all times by her strong faith in the ever-lasting arms. She passed away on the 26th of May, 1902, at the age of sixty-two years, having been born in La Grange county, Indiana, on the 25th of December, 1839. After his marriage Mr. Whitney located on a farm which he rented near Mingo and after living there for a year he removed to another farm in Jasper county, where he also remained but one year and then rented a farm near the one where he had first lived. He remained on the latter place about eighteen months and then went to Saybrook, Illinois, and after living there about the same length of time he bought one hundred and sixty acres of land in Hardin county, Iowa, where he continued to live for eight years. In 1899 he sold his farm and bought eighty acres in Story county, upon which he was living at the time of his death and where his widow continues to reside. Mr. and Mrs. Whitney were the parents of six children, who are as follows: Berton Leroy, a farmer of Carroll township, this county; Carl Jason, at home; Jennie May, the wife of Roy Bell of Indian Creek township, this county; Ethel Pearl, the wife of Glen Bell, of Jasper county; and Clarence Irwin and Elsie Mary, both at home. The family attend the Methodist Episcopal church, in which Mrs. Whitney holds membership. Mr. Whitney was a stanch supporter of the republican party, feeling its principles were best adapted to protect the rights of the majority. He never was an office seeker nor did he at any time aspire to political honors, preferring to devote his energies to the development of his private interests. He was ever a most loyal and devoted husband, generous and affectionate father and charitable neighbor, the loss of whom was most keenly felt not only in the family circle but in the community where he had lived."
THE MAXWELL TRIBUNE, Maxwell, Story County, Iowa December 5, 1901. " OBITUARY - He died at his residence 1 mile E of Maxwell Friday Nov 29, 1901. He was born in Lorain Co. Ohio June 17, 1865. He came with his parents to Iowa when 5 years old and settled in Jasper Co., later he moved to Humboldt Co. but returned again to Jasper Co., and settled near Mingo. Here he united with the Methodist Protestant Church. He was married to Miss Mary Dickey June 30, 1885. To this union 6 children were born, 3 boys and 3 girls. The family moved to Maxwell 2 years ago and secured for themselves a comfortable farm home, one mile E. of town. Mr. Whitney was stricken with typhoid fever a few weeks ago, but with medical skill and the care rendered him by his wife and mother averted a protracted seige. After he was on his way to recoverey his wife took the same disease and weakened by the work and solitude for his recovery, passed through a severe fever from which she hardly recovered when the husband suffered a relapse, caused by a gathering in the head. Even then he was not considered to be in a critical condition by his friends. He was in town Wednesday and spent the night with his mother and step father, Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Thompson. He went to his home Thanksgiving morning and to bed with intense suffering only to be relieved by death which came the next day. Beside relatives already mentioned he left 3 brothers, Roy and Allen, of Maxwell, and Edwin of St. Louis, Mo., and 2 sisters Mrs. Gagle of Colfax and Mrs. Witmer of Maxwell. The funeral was held from the family residence Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock conducted by Rev. O. F. Shaw, of the M. E. Church. The large concourse of friends present testified to the respect in which he was held by his neighbors."
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