Royal Thaxter WHITNEY

Royal Thaxter WHITNEY
Royal Thaxter WHITNEY
Source: Whitney Research Group.

Father: Benjamin Morse WHITNEY
Mother: Susan WELLS

Family 1: Sarah Louisa LAMBERT

(1) Whitney Research Group: Royal WHITNEY "… married, 21 Aug 1859, Strong, ME, Sarah Louisa LAMBERT, daughter of John and Susannah (BORDEN) LAMBERT."

  1. Inez Estelle WHITNEY
  2. Ernest Eugene WHITNEY
  3. Sherman WHITNEY
  4. Sarah WHITNEY
                                            _Abel WHITNEY _
                           _Micah WHITNEY _|
                          |                |_Mary CANE ____
 _Benjamin Morse WHITNEY _|
|                         |                 _Andrew COBB __
|                         |_Hannah COBB ___|
|                                          |_Hannah GREEN _
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|--Royal Thaxter WHITNEY
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|_Susan WELLS ____________|
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Notes

Updated January 29, 2016. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) 1850 United States Census for Maine, Franklin Co., Phillips: August 26, 1850.

Thaxter L. WHITNEY is the son of Benjamin M. and Susan WHITNEY. He is 18 years old, born in Maine and is a farmer. He is also attending school.

(2) 1860 United States Census for Maine, Franklin Co., Phillips, Phillips Post Office; Page 13, June 11, 1860.

Royal T. WHITNEY is head of household, married to [Sarah] Louise [LAMBERT] WHITNEY. Their 4-month old daughter Inez is part of the household, as is Royal's brother Martin V. WHITNEY. They are next door to Royal's parents, B. M. and Susan WHITNEY.

- Age: 27
- Estate: $0 in Real Estate, $500 in Personal Estate
- Birthplace: Maine
- Occupation: Cabinet Worker

(3) National Park Service Civil War Soldiers and Sailor System Search by Soldier Name (database).

Royal T. WHITNEY, Co. B., Maine Infantry (Union). Rank In = Private, Rank Out = Private. Film Number M543 roll 23. During his enlistment the unit served in the expedition to Port Royal, SC, assault on Ft. Wagner, battles of Cold Harbor, Petersburg, the Mine Explosion, and capture of Wilmington, among others.

(4) American Civil War Soldiers Record via Ancestry.com

- Name: Royall T. WHITNEY
- Residence: Phillips, Maine
- Enlistment Date: 22 September 1861
- Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
- Side Served: Union
- State Served: Maine
- Unit Numbers: 1057 1057 1057
- Service Record: Detailed (Detailed, 1862 as hospital cook)
- Enlisted as a Private on 22 September 1861 at the age of 28
- Enlisted in Company B, 9th Infantry Regiment Maine on 22 September 1861
- Reenlisted in Company B, 9th Infantry Regiment Maine on 01 January 1864
- Mustered out Company B, 9th Infantry Regiment Maine on 13 July 1865

(5) Civil War Pension Index via Ancestry.com

- Name: WHITNEY, Royal T.
- Service: Co. B, 9th Maine Inf.
- Dependent: WHITNEY, Sarah L.
- Widow pension: December 31, 1899; application 685,602; certificate 507,771; filed in Texas

(6) 1870 United States Census for Arkansas, Jefferson Co., Vaugine Township (Pine Bluff Post Office): Page 47; July 27, 1870.

Royal WHITNEY is head of household, married to Louisa [LAMBERT] WHITNEY. He is 25 years old, a lawyer with personal estate valued at $275, and was born in Maine. Children in the household are Ernest, Ida, Sherman and Cora.

(7) 1880 United States Census for Texas, Erath Co., Stephenville: Supervisor's District 3; Enumeration District 149; page 44; June 29, 1880.

R. T. WHITNEY is head of household, married to S. L. [LAMBERT] WHITNEY. He is 47 years old and a grocer. He was born in Maryland and his parents were born in Maine. Children in the household are Inez, Ernest, Sherman and Sarah.

(8) 1890 United States Census Special Schedule for Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, and Widows, etc. "during the war of the rebellion." Texas, El Paso Co.: Supervisor's District 8; Enumeration District 28; June 1890.

- Royal T. WHITNEY is listed as serving as a Private in Co. B., 9th Maine Infantry, from August 20, 1861 to August 1865, a period of 4 years. He incurred a disability to his shoulder as a result of his service.

(9) Find a Grave

- Name: Royal T. WHITNEY
- Birth: Jul. 29, 1832; Franklin Co., Maine, USA
- Death: Sep. 23, 1898; Texas, USA
- Inscription: R. T. WHITNEY Co. B 9th ME Inf.
- Burial: Concordia Cemetery; El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
- Plot N.E. Addition, Section 1, Tier 11, Grave 5
- GPS (lat/lon): 31.78096, -106.44757

(10) Whitney Research Group.

- "Royal Thaxter-7 WHITNEY (Benjamin Morse-6, Micah-5, Abel-4, Nathaniel-3, Benjamin-2, John-1), son of Benjamin Morse and Susan (WELLS) WHITNEY, was born 29 Jul 1832, Phillips, ME, and died 23 Sep 1898, El Paso, TX." - "He married, 21 Aug 1859, Strong, ME, Sarah Louisa LAMBERT, daughter of John and Susannah (BORDEN) LAMBERT." - "Original pension declaration filed 19 July 1885 in El Paso, TX. He is described at that time as 53 years old, 5 feeet 9 inches tall, fair complexion, brown hair, gray eyes. He states that while in the service in the line of duty at Morris Island, SC, on or about 18 July 1863, he received a gunshot wound in his left hand. He also declares that while serving a second enlistment in the same company, while engaged in battle at Cold Harbor on or about 1 June 1864, he received a gunshot wound to his right shoulder and right arm, all of which disabilities have existed continuously since discharge. He was hospitalized in Wilmington, NC, from March to June 1865, and at the regimental hospital from June 1862 to December 1862 at Fernandina, FL. He was discharged 13 June 1865, and has lived since discharge at Stephens Villa, El Paso, TX, where he is a cabinet maker, and is partially disabled."
- Children of Royal and Sarah (LAMBERT) WHITNEY: Inez Estelle; Ernest Eugene; Sherman and Sarah WHITNEY.

(11) Our Pioneering Families, Genealogies of Whitney, Groathouse and Lignitz, researched and compiled by Vivian Gail Morrow Wade, Dec. 1986, first edition. Self-published manuscript available at DAR Library, Washington DC. Page 67.

- "married and moved to Texas- had furniture mill- left lots of descendants."

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Additional Notes.

Mayflower lineage: Howland/Tilley -1; Hope Howland -2; Hope Chipman -3; Samuel Cobb -4; Chipman Cobb -5; Andrew Cobb -6 (DAR/SAR ancestor); Hannah Cobb -7; Benjamin Whitney -8; Royal Whitney -9.