Daughter of Stephen Longstroth and Ann Gill

Married John Kimball Whitney, 10 December 1856, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Children - Newel Kimball Whitney, John Kimball Whitney, Ann Eliza Whitney, Annie Whitney, James Ferguson Whitney, Marian Whitney, Luella Whitney, Bradley Whitney, Herbert Bradley Whitney, Edmeresa Whitney

Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel - Ann Longstroth Whitney

Mrs. Ann Whitney— wife of John Whitney, and daughter of Stephen Longstroth and Ann Gill Longstroth, born July 15th, 1837, passed away Wednesday evening at her home in Mendon, where she had resided during the past fifty years. Funeral arrangements have not yet been completed. ~The Journal, July 1st, 1926, page 4.

Services Held at Mendon Sunday, Mendon, July 8th— Funeral services were held at Mendon Sunday for Mrs. Ann L. Whitney with the following program. Singing, "Oh, My Father." Prayer, Joseph C. Hansen. Singing Duet, Joseph C. Sorensen and Julia A. Muir. Remarks, Jeremiah Baker, a neighbor of fifty years. Remarks, Bishop M.D. Bird. Singing, Mr. Done of Logan and Mrs. C.B. Lundquist of Smithfield. Remarks, Apostle George F. Richards, nephew of the deceased. Singing Oskin F. Hall of Wellsville. Remarks, N.W. Kimball of Logan. Remarks by Bishop Sorensen. Prayer. E.S. Kimball of Salt Lake. Dedication of grave, Elmer J. Hancock. Her nephews Willard Richards and Fred W. Richards of Salt Lake and many other relatives and friends were present. Interment took place in the Mendon cemetery by the side of her husband, who passed on in August 1925. ~Newspaper Not Listed.

Obituary— June 30th, 1926, Ann Longstroth Whitney died at Mendon. She was born July 15th, 1837 at Clitherol, Lancashire, England. Her parents were among the first to embrace Mormonism in England and were converted by Heber C. Kimball and Willard Richards. Her family came to Nauvoo and later lived in St. Louis Missouri, where her father Stephen Longstroth worked as a carpenter. She was baptized by Erastus Snow on July 3rd, 1845 at Nauvoo. She was present at the bombardment of Nauvoo and the subsequent exile of the Saints from that ill-fated city. She related many circumstances also connected with the Prophet's martyrdom on July 27th, 82 years ago. Her father with his family stayed about one year in winter quarters and came to Salt Lake City in 1848. She married John K. Whitney in 1857 and lived in Salt Lake City until 1876 when they moved to Mendon where she has made her home for fifty years. Nine children came to them as follows. Newel K. Whitney of Bosie Idaho. John K. Whitney deceased in March in 1921, a pioneer of Rexburg, Idaho, Mrs. Annie Sanders of Salt Lake City, James F. Whitney of Salt Lake City, Mrs. E.W. Dunn of Brigham City, Mrs. E.S. Kimball of Salt Lake City. Mr. Herbert B. Whitney of Mendon, and Mrs. Ernest P. Oldham of Salt Lake City. A son Bradley two years old died in the 1870's in Salt Lake. Her husband passed on before her in August 1915. The funeral and burial took place in Mendon, Utah, on Sunday, July 4th, 1926. Seven children, forty-two grandchildren, and twenty-three great-grandchildren survive. ~The Journal, July 9th, 1926, page 8.