Mark Whitney was born in the town of Orange, Franklin County,Massachusetts, in the year of 1815. When about three years of age his father, Palmer Whitney, moved to the State of New York, where Mr. Whitney lived till he was nearly twenty-one years. After a residence of seventeen years in Illinois, he came to Iowa in 1853, and purchased the farm of one hundred and sixty-five acres where he still resides, in section twenty four, Madison township, and built a good house in 1856. In that day it was the best house in the township. Mr. Whitney was married in Ill. in the year 1838, to Miss Caroline Ward, born in New York in 1820.
(Courtesy of Hugh)
(Courtesy of Hugh)
Mark Whitney was born in the town of Orange, Franklin County,Massachusetts, in the year of 1815. When about three years of age his father, Palmer Whitney, moved to the State of New York, where Mr. Whitney lived till he was nearly twenty-one years. After a residence of seventeen years in Illinois, he came to Iowa in 1853, and purchased the farm of one hundred and sixty-five acres where he still resides, in section twenty four, Madison township, and built a good house in 1856. In that day it was the best house in the township. Mr. Whitney was married in Ill. in the year 1838, to Miss Caroline Ward, born in New York in 1820.
(Courtesy of Hugh)
(Courtesy of Hugh)
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