J.C. Whitney was born on April 1818, at Springfield, Vermont.


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History of Hennepin County and the City of Minneapolis, Including the
Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota, by Rev Edward D. Neill, and Outlines
of the History of Minnesota, by J Fletcher Williams    Minneapolis: North
Star Publishing Co. 1881

Biographical   page 657-658

J.C. Whitney was born in April 1818, at Springfield, Vermont.  In 1829,
moved with his parents to Canada, and remained until twenty years of age.
He attended college at Oberlin, Ohio, and in 1849, graduated from Union
Seminary, New York.  The same year removed to Stillwater, Minnesota, where
he was pastor of the First Presbyterian church until 1853; at that time he
came to this city and held the position of pastor of the First Presbyterian
church here four years.  In 1857 removed to Forest City, and returned here
in 1860.  In 1862, enlisted and served three years, was appointed
quartermaster with the rank of captain. Returned in 1865 and engaged in
real estate business.  Mr Whitney married in 1849, Eliza Bayard.  They have
5 children.