. Biographical history of Massachusetts : biographies and autobiographies of the leading men in the state. n in the public schools of hisnative town and spent his life there. He was a trustee of the publiclibrary for over twenty years, a member of the Board of Selectmenfor a number of years, and filled many other local positions of trustand honor. The Whitney Machine Company manufactures large quantitiesof leather working machines, much of their product being soldabroad. The shop is located in Winchester Center, on a part of theold mill property occupied by Mr. Whitneys father, Joel Whitney,wh
. Biographical history of Massachusetts : biographies and autobiographies of the leading men in the state. n in the public schools of hisnative town and spent his life there. He was a trustee of the publiclibrary for over twenty years, a member of the Board of Selectmenfor a number of years, and filled many other local positions of trustand honor. The Whitney Machine Company manufactures large quantitiesof leather working machines, much of their product being soldabroad. The shop is located in Winchester Center, on a part of theold mill property occupied by Mr. Whitneys father, Joel Whitney,when he founded the business in 1844. In religion, as in politics, Mr. Whitney was a Liberal. He was alife member of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, theAmerican Unitarian Association, and of the New England Histori-cal-Genealogical Society. He was one of the founders of theCalumet Club and one of its early presidents. Mr. Whitneys direct ancestors were mostly mechanics and in-ventors. From the time of John Whitneys first settlement atWatertown, in 1635, down to Arthur E. Whitney, all have lived. nr ^Ujuu,, cr C<^ja^<t ARTHUR EASTMAN WHITNEY within the limits of Middlesex County. Many other descendantsof John Whitney, not directly in line with the subject of this sketch,have been notable mechanics, such as Eli Whitney, Baxter and the Whitneys who have so developed the manu-facture of chairs in and about Gardner, Massachusetts. Mr. Whitney was married first to Alice, daughter of Jacob Sarah H. Fletcher, on November 7, 1878, by whom he had twochildren: Robert Fletcher, and Harold Treadwell Whitney died on July 15, 1901. On December 2, 1903, hemarried Alice Emma, daughter of Alfred and Emma (Lawrence)Marston, of Arlington. They had one child, Joel Marston Whit-ney. The children of both marriages, together with Mrs. Whitney,survive him. Mr. Whitney was one of the most potent influences in the up-building of the town of Winchester. He did act
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