William Lambert Whitney is the son of Abel Whitney and Susannah White. He married twice, first to Lucy Ann Jones in 1836. After her death in 1838 he married second to Rebecca Richardson Brackett July 28, 1839.
He was in the furniture business in Cambridge from 1833 to 1856 when he sold out; treasurer of the Cambridge Savings Bank from 1857 to 1866, when he resigned. In the city government he was a member of common council in 1816-47; alderman in 1848, again in 1871-72 and 1874-75, declined to run in 1879; justice of the peace four terms of 7 years each; chairman and clerk board of assessors 1850-51-52; director in Harvard Branch railroad from its beginning in 1849 till discontinued in 1855; director in the American Unitarian Association about ten years and resigned in Oct 1888; resided 31 Hawthorn St., Cambridge, MA.
He was in the furniture business in Cambridge from 1833 to 1856 when he sold out; treasurer of the Cambridge Savings Bank from 1857 to 1866, when he resigned. In the city government he was a member of common council in 1816-47; alderman in 1848, again in 1871-72 and 1874-75, declined to run in 1879; justice of the peace four terms of 7 years each; chairman and clerk board of assessors 1850-51-52; director in Harvard Branch railroad from its beginning in 1849 till discontinued in 1855; director in the American Unitarian Association about ten years and resigned in Oct 1888; resided 31 Hawthorn St., Cambridge, MA.
William Lambert Whitney is the son of Abel Whitney and Susannah White. He married twice, first to Lucy Ann Jones in 1836. After her death in 1838 he married second to Rebecca Richardson Brackett July 28, 1839.
He was in the furniture business in Cambridge from 1833 to 1856 when he sold out; treasurer of the Cambridge Savings Bank from 1857 to 1866, when he resigned. In the city government he was a member of common council in 1816-47; alderman in 1848, again in 1871-72 and 1874-75, declined to run in 1879; justice of the peace four terms of 7 years each; chairman and clerk board of assessors 1850-51-52; director in Harvard Branch railroad from its beginning in 1849 till discontinued in 1855; director in the American Unitarian Association about ten years and resigned in Oct 1888; resided 31 Hawthorn St., Cambridge, MA.
He was in the furniture business in Cambridge from 1833 to 1856 when he sold out; treasurer of the Cambridge Savings Bank from 1857 to 1866, when he resigned. In the city government he was a member of common council in 1816-47; alderman in 1848, again in 1871-72 and 1874-75, declined to run in 1879; justice of the peace four terms of 7 years each; chairman and clerk board of assessors 1850-51-52; director in Harvard Branch railroad from its beginning in 1849 till discontinued in 1855; director in the American Unitarian Association about ten years and resigned in Oct 1888; resided 31 Hawthorn St., Cambridge, MA.
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