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Hugh Whitney

Boston, 1870 - 1907, Beverly

BiographyHugh9 Whitney (Henry Austin8, Joseph7, Joseph6, Samuel5, Benjamin4, Thomas3, Thomas2, John1), son of Henry Austin8 and Fanny (Lawrence) Whitney, was born 7 Sep 1870, Milton, MA (recorded at Boston, MA),[1] and died 23 Oct 1907, Beverly, MA, aged 37 years 11 months, of suicide by shooting.[2] He was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA.

He married, 20 Oct 1897, Beverly, MA [also recorded in Milton, MA], Eleanor Amelia Marguerite Cecilia Shattuck, of Boston. She was born 22 Nov 1874, Paris, France, daughter of George Brune and Amalia (Shutte)(Lavalle) Shattuck.[3] She married secondly, 17 Nov 1909, Boston, MA, Dr. Elisha Flagg, of Bourne, MA, son of George and Euretta (Lent) Flagg.[4] He was born about 1866, New York, NY.

Children of Hugh9 and Eleanor Amelia Marguerite Cecilia (Shattuck) Whitney:

i. (son)10 Whitney, b. 20 Jul 1896, Beverly, MA;[5] d. 21 Jul 1898, Beverly, MA, aged 1/2 day, of hemorrhage of the brain.[6]
ii. Eleanor Whitney, b. 1 Sep 1899, Milton, MA;[7] m. 2 Jun 1921, St. Paul's Cathedral, Boston, MA, Thomas Robeson Morse of Boston, b. 29 May 1895, Kansas City, MO, May 29, 1895; Harv. 1918 (war degree 1919 as of 1918), son of Charles Fessenden and Ellen (Holdredge) Morse; lived, Boston, Brookline, Weston, built house 57 Tyler Road, Belmont. Summers at various places, in 1933, Blue Hill, ME.
iii. Hugh Whitney, b. 21 Aug 1903, Beverly, MA;[8] Harvard 1925 A.A., 1927 A.M.; d. aft. 1934, then unmarried,

From https://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php?title=Family:Whitney,_Hugh_(1870-1907); accessed 2/8/24 NW

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