Harrison WHITNEY

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• Census: 1900, Living in Waterbury, New Haven Co., Connecticut

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Besides dwelling in Poundridge and Lewisboro, they have lived in Norwalk and Wolcottville, Conn. one year each; and in 1867, settled in Waterbury, Conn., where they resided in Nov. 1874. He was then a member of the firm of J.F. Rusco & Co., 3 Hotchkiss Block, Waterbury. He enlisted at Wolcottville, 4 Aug. 1862, in Co. C, 19th reg., Conn. Vol. Infantry, afterward the 2d Conn. Heavy Artillery; and was discharged 26 May 1865, at Mower Hospital, Philadelphia, Penn., having been promoted to the grade of corporal, and taken part in the battles of North Anna, Tolopotomy Creek, and Cold harbor, 1 June 1864, where he was permanently disable by a gunshot wound in the left elbow.

Harrison married Hannah Marie HOYT on 4 Jul 1853 in Pound Ridge, Westchester Co., New York. Hannah (daughter of Linus HOYT and Lydia Ann WEEKS) was born on 15 Jun 1831 in Pound Ridge, Westchester Co., New York; died in 1904 in Waterbury, New Haven Co., Connecticut; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]