Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity; . 29,1887. He married, October 20, 1834, Sarah Jane Halli-day, who died December 31, 1891. Their childrenwere: I. Helen L., born May 29, 1836, died atWhitinsville, May 9, 1885; married, November 30,1863, George L. Gibbs. 2. Edward, see William Halliday, see forward. 4. Lewis Fred-eric, born January 20, 1844, died September 29,1904: graduate of Yale, 1864; assistant paymasterUnited States navy, 1864-65; dry goods commissionmerchan
Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity; . 29,1887. He married, October 20, 1834, Sarah Jane Halli-day, who died December 31, 1891. Their childrenwere: I. Helen L., born May 29, 1836, died atWhitinsville, May 9, 1885; married, November 30,1863, George L. Gibbs. 2. Edward, see William Halliday, see forward. 4. Lewis Fred-eric, born January 20, 1844, died September 29,1904: graduate of Yale, 1864; assistant paymasterUnited States navy, 1864-65; dry goods commissionmerchant. New York city; left widow and twochildren: Louise and Gladys Morgan, (Mrs. ThomasE.) Peters. 5. Arthur Fletcher, see forward. (VI) James Fletcher Whitin, son of ColonelPaul Whitni (5), was born in Northbridge, Massa-chusetts, December 21, 1814. His education was re-ceived in the public schools there and at the acad-emics at Uxbridge, Leicester, Monson and Am-herst, Massachusetts. On the completion of hisschooling he went into the counting room of & Sons and in a short tiine was placed incharge of that department, and remained until the. PRCDRRiCK IN WORCESTER COUNTY 55 firm was dissolved January I, 1864, liaving been amember of the firm alter 1S47. In the partition ofthe business among the brothers he had the mill atNorth Uxbridge, known as tlie Uxbridge CottonMill, which the tlrm bought in 1849. In 1866 heand his brother, Charles P. Whitin, built the cottonmill at Linwood. He manufactured cotton withgreat success the remainder of his life. He was astanch Republican in politics, and a man of highcharacter and large influence. He died March 2,1902. He married, July 23, 1842, Patience HowardSaunders, of Grafton, Massachusetts. Their chil-dren: I. George Milnor, born June 1, 1849, died atWhitinsvillc, January 24, 1S83, superintendent cot-ton mills at North several years. Hemarried, March, 1871, Julia F. Wesson and hadFrederick Birney, born 1873; select
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