Groom's Name: William Wallace Whitney
Groom's Birth Date:
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age:
Bride's Name: Myra Elizabeth Davis Clarke
Bride's Birth Date:
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age:
Marriage Date: 18 Sep 1832
Marriage Place: Holy Trinity Church, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware
Louisiana deaths Orleans
Name: William Wallace Whitney
Gender: M (Male)
Age: 29
Birth Year: abt 1808
Death Date: 13 Sep 1837
Date: Friday, October 6, 1837
Location: New York
Paper: Commercial Advertiser
Article type: Historical Obituary
Obituary
The death of Mr William Wallace Whitney, at New Orleans, on the 13th of September, by the prevailing fever, was mentioned in this paper, some days ago, but the notice did not meet our eye until this morning. This is the gentleman whose claim to a very large estate, in right of his wife, the daugher of the late Daniel Clark, has attracted so large a share of public attention. Our readers will doubtless remember the publications growing out of this claim, which occupied several columns of this paper, about a year ago. Mr. Relf, an executor of the deceased Mr. Clarke, is defendant in the suit instituted by Mr. Whitney -- The deceased was in his 27th year of his age, and has left a widow and two children. He went to New Orleans to prosecute his suit, in the District Court of the United States, and was about returning to this city when the disease attacked him.
New York Marriages
Maj. Gen. E. P. Gaines Mrs. Myra Clark Whitney 2 May 1839 New York City New York
U. S. District Court. Edmund P. Gaines and his wife Myra Clark Gaines versus Richard Relf
Date: Thursday, April 30, 1840
Paper: Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA)
Page: 2
lawsuit US District Court
Edmund P Gaines and his wife Myra Clark Gaines versus Richard Relf, Beverly Chew, and others
grandchildren were: William W Whitney, Julienne Whitney, William W Christmas
although she died in New Orleans she was a resident of Brooklyn, New York
daughter in law Mrs Hatty L Hall Whitney, widow of my son William Wallace Whitney, deceased, and James Y Christmas , husband of my daughter Rhoda Whitney Christmas, deceased, and to said grandchildren
James Y Christmas of Washington DC
will executors William H Wilder and James Y Christmas.
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His obituary appeared in the Bee (L'Abeille) newspaper of New Orleans on
September 16, 1837, page 2, column 5. Much of what is already cited
from the NY newspaper is also given in this obituary. However, it does
say he was born in the year 1810 in Broome County in the State of New
York and that he was the son of Gen. Joshua Whitney, of Big Hampton in
that state. It also states the deceased came to this city [New Orleans]
about 3 years ago for the purpose of prosecuting the claims of his wife,
as the legal heir of the late Daniel Clarke, to a very large estate; to
recover which a suit is now pending here, in the United States District
Court. It also states he was preparing to leave the city for the
purpose of returning to New York. The second paragraph may confirm his
burial in New Orleans and states: "and though he mingled but little in
society or the busy scenes of life, yet it may afford some consolation
to his absent friends to know, that not withstanding he sleeps among
strangers, the mildness of his disposition and suavity of manners had
won for him many friends who mourn his premature fate, and in whose
memory, he will long live."
Groom's Birth Date:
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age:
Bride's Name: Myra Elizabeth Davis Clarke
Bride's Birth Date:
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age:
Marriage Date: 18 Sep 1832
Marriage Place: Holy Trinity Church, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware
Louisiana deaths Orleans
Name: William Wallace Whitney
Gender: M (Male)
Age: 29
Birth Year: abt 1808
Death Date: 13 Sep 1837
Date: Friday, October 6, 1837
Location: New York
Paper: Commercial Advertiser
Article type: Historical Obituary
Obituary
The death of Mr William Wallace Whitney, at New Orleans, on the 13th of September, by the prevailing fever, was mentioned in this paper, some days ago, but the notice did not meet our eye until this morning. This is the gentleman whose claim to a very large estate, in right of his wife, the daugher of the late Daniel Clark, has attracted so large a share of public attention. Our readers will doubtless remember the publications growing out of this claim, which occupied several columns of this paper, about a year ago. Mr. Relf, an executor of the deceased Mr. Clarke, is defendant in the suit instituted by Mr. Whitney -- The deceased was in his 27th year of his age, and has left a widow and two children. He went to New Orleans to prosecute his suit, in the District Court of the United States, and was about returning to this city when the disease attacked him.
New York Marriages
Maj. Gen. E. P. Gaines Mrs. Myra Clark Whitney 2 May 1839 New York City New York
U. S. District Court. Edmund P. Gaines and his wife Myra Clark Gaines versus Richard Relf
Date: Thursday, April 30, 1840
Paper: Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA)
Page: 2
lawsuit US District Court
Edmund P Gaines and his wife Myra Clark Gaines versus Richard Relf, Beverly Chew, and others
grandchildren were: William W Whitney, Julienne Whitney, William W Christmas
although she died in New Orleans she was a resident of Brooklyn, New York
daughter in law Mrs Hatty L Hall Whitney, widow of my son William Wallace Whitney, deceased, and James Y Christmas , husband of my daughter Rhoda Whitney Christmas, deceased, and to said grandchildren
James Y Christmas of Washington DC
will executors William H Wilder and James Y Christmas.
-----------
His obituary appeared in the Bee (L'Abeille) newspaper of New Orleans on
September 16, 1837, page 2, column 5. Much of what is already cited
from the NY newspaper is also given in this obituary. However, it does
say he was born in the year 1810 in Broome County in the State of New
York and that he was the son of Gen. Joshua Whitney, of Big Hampton in
that state. It also states the deceased came to this city [New Orleans]
about 3 years ago for the purpose of prosecuting the claims of his wife,
as the legal heir of the late Daniel Clarke, to a very large estate; to
recover which a suit is now pending here, in the United States District
Court. It also states he was preparing to leave the city for the
purpose of returning to New York. The second paragraph may confirm his
burial in New Orleans and states: "and though he mingled but little in
society or the busy scenes of life, yet it may afford some consolation
to his absent friends to know, that not withstanding he sleeps among
strangers, the mildness of his disposition and suavity of manners had
won for him many friends who mourn his premature fate, and in whose
memory, he will long live."
Groom's Name: William Wallace Whitney
Groom's Birth Date:
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age:
Bride's Name: Myra Elizabeth Davis Clarke
Bride's Birth Date:
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age:
Marriage Date: 18 Sep 1832
Marriage Place: Holy Trinity Church, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware
Louisiana deaths Orleans
Name: William Wallace Whitney
Gender: M (Male)
Age: 29
Birth Year: abt 1808
Death Date: 13 Sep 1837
Date: Friday, October 6, 1837
Location: New York
Paper: Commercial Advertiser
Article type: Historical Obituary
Obituary
The death of Mr William Wallace Whitney, at New Orleans, on the 13th of September, by the prevailing fever, was mentioned in this paper, some days ago, but the notice did not meet our eye until this morning. This is the gentleman whose claim to a very large estate, in right of his wife, the daugher of the late Daniel Clark, has attracted so large a share of public attention. Our readers will doubtless remember the publications growing out of this claim, which occupied several columns of this paper, about a year ago. Mr. Relf, an executor of the deceased Mr. Clarke, is defendant in the suit instituted by Mr. Whitney -- The deceased was in his 27th year of his age, and has left a widow and two children. He went to New Orleans to prosecute his suit, in the District Court of the United States, and was about returning to this city when the disease attacked him.
New York Marriages
Maj. Gen. E. P. Gaines Mrs. Myra Clark Whitney 2 May 1839 New York City New York
U. S. District Court. Edmund P. Gaines and his wife Myra Clark Gaines versus Richard Relf
Date: Thursday, April 30, 1840
Paper: Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA)
Page: 2
lawsuit US District Court
Edmund P Gaines and his wife Myra Clark Gaines versus Richard Relf, Beverly Chew, and others
grandchildren were: William W Whitney, Julienne Whitney, William W Christmas
although she died in New Orleans she was a resident of Brooklyn, New York
daughter in law Mrs Hatty L Hall Whitney, widow of my son William Wallace Whitney, deceased, and James Y Christmas , husband of my daughter Rhoda Whitney Christmas, deceased, and to said grandchildren
James Y Christmas of Washington DC
will executors William H Wilder and James Y Christmas.
-----------
His obituary appeared in the Bee (L'Abeille) newspaper of New Orleans on
September 16, 1837, page 2, column 5. Much of what is already cited
from the NY newspaper is also given in this obituary. However, it does
say he was born in the year 1810 in Broome County in the State of New
York and that he was the son of Gen. Joshua Whitney, of Big Hampton in
that state. It also states the deceased came to this city [New Orleans]
about 3 years ago for the purpose of prosecuting the claims of his wife,
as the legal heir of the late Daniel Clarke, to a very large estate; to
recover which a suit is now pending here, in the United States District
Court. It also states he was preparing to leave the city for the
purpose of returning to New York. The second paragraph may confirm his
burial in New Orleans and states: "and though he mingled but little in
society or the busy scenes of life, yet it may afford some consolation
to his absent friends to know, that not withstanding he sleeps among
strangers, the mildness of his disposition and suavity of manners had
won for him many friends who mourn his premature fate, and in whose
memory, he will long live."
Groom's Birth Date:
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age:
Bride's Name: Myra Elizabeth Davis Clarke
Bride's Birth Date:
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age:
Marriage Date: 18 Sep 1832
Marriage Place: Holy Trinity Church, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware
Louisiana deaths Orleans
Name: William Wallace Whitney
Gender: M (Male)
Age: 29
Birth Year: abt 1808
Death Date: 13 Sep 1837
Date: Friday, October 6, 1837
Location: New York
Paper: Commercial Advertiser
Article type: Historical Obituary
Obituary
The death of Mr William Wallace Whitney, at New Orleans, on the 13th of September, by the prevailing fever, was mentioned in this paper, some days ago, but the notice did not meet our eye until this morning. This is the gentleman whose claim to a very large estate, in right of his wife, the daugher of the late Daniel Clark, has attracted so large a share of public attention. Our readers will doubtless remember the publications growing out of this claim, which occupied several columns of this paper, about a year ago. Mr. Relf, an executor of the deceased Mr. Clarke, is defendant in the suit instituted by Mr. Whitney -- The deceased was in his 27th year of his age, and has left a widow and two children. He went to New Orleans to prosecute his suit, in the District Court of the United States, and was about returning to this city when the disease attacked him.
New York Marriages
Maj. Gen. E. P. Gaines Mrs. Myra Clark Whitney 2 May 1839 New York City New York
U. S. District Court. Edmund P. Gaines and his wife Myra Clark Gaines versus Richard Relf
Date: Thursday, April 30, 1840
Paper: Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA)
Page: 2
lawsuit US District Court
Edmund P Gaines and his wife Myra Clark Gaines versus Richard Relf, Beverly Chew, and others
grandchildren were: William W Whitney, Julienne Whitney, William W Christmas
although she died in New Orleans she was a resident of Brooklyn, New York
daughter in law Mrs Hatty L Hall Whitney, widow of my son William Wallace Whitney, deceased, and James Y Christmas , husband of my daughter Rhoda Whitney Christmas, deceased, and to said grandchildren
James Y Christmas of Washington DC
will executors William H Wilder and James Y Christmas.
-----------
His obituary appeared in the Bee (L'Abeille) newspaper of New Orleans on
September 16, 1837, page 2, column 5. Much of what is already cited
from the NY newspaper is also given in this obituary. However, it does
say he was born in the year 1810 in Broome County in the State of New
York and that he was the son of Gen. Joshua Whitney, of Big Hampton in
that state. It also states the deceased came to this city [New Orleans]
about 3 years ago for the purpose of prosecuting the claims of his wife,
as the legal heir of the late Daniel Clarke, to a very large estate; to
recover which a suit is now pending here, in the United States District
Court. It also states he was preparing to leave the city for the
purpose of returning to New York. The second paragraph may confirm his
burial in New Orleans and states: "and though he mingled but little in
society or the busy scenes of life, yet it may afford some consolation
to his absent friends to know, that not withstanding he sleeps among
strangers, the mildness of his disposition and suavity of manners had
won for him many friends who mourn his premature fate, and in whose
memory, he will long live."
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