1925 obit-Emery Whitney Date: 8/1/98 7:37:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time from the Brattleboro Reformer Brattleboro, Windham County, VT 1925 EMERY WHITNEY OF DUMMERSTON DIES Halifax Native Was well-Known Farmer and Conducted Blacksmith Shop-- Funeral Thursday Emery M. Whitney, 55 for many years a resident of West Halifax and a well-known farmer and blacksmith, died yesterday afternoon about 2.30 o'clock in his home in East Dummerston. He had been in failing health all summer and confined to the bed a part of the time. Death resulted from a heart trouble. Born in Halifax, Oct. 18, 1869, he was one of a family of seven children of Martin Whitney and Melissa (Lamb) Whitney. His marriage to Miss Nellie Whitney of West Halifax took place March 1, 1890. Four children were born to them, three sons and a daughter. The daughter Ethel, died 29 years ago at the age of four years. The sons, who live at home, are Harry, Harold and Archie Whitney. Besides his wife and sons, he leaves two sisters, Mrs. Ashton Taylor of Brattleboro and Mrs. Harry Hoyt of Strafford, and two brothers, Phillip Whitney of West Dummerston and Mervin Whitney of Vernon. Mr. Whitney owned and carried on a large farm in East Dummerston. He also had a blacksmith shop there and formerly owned a shop in West Halifax. He and his family moved from West Halifax to their present home five years ago. He was not a member of any organization. The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock in the home, R. B. Telfer officiating. The burial will take place in West Halifax. ************************************************************************ (c)1998, Terry Perham Courtesy of Terry Perham Hinsdale, NH tess@sover.net ************************************************* * * * * NOTICE: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. * * * * The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.