John Eliphalet Whittlesey (1862 - 1929)

Born 2 Apr 1862 in Union Springs, Springport, Cayuga, New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Ariadne Corrinne (Stow) Whittlesey — married 2 Jun 1900 in New York City, New York, United States

Died 19 Jan 1929 at age 66 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States

This profile is Genealogically Defined.

Biography

The son of Austin Whittlesey and Elizabeth (Carr) Whittlesey, John was born in Union Springs in 1862.^{[citation needed]} His father was a plow modeler and inventer.^[1][2][3] In 1900, John lived in New York City, boarding with Charles Henry Stow and Emma R. (Manning) Stow and working as a machinery salesman. He married the daughter of Charles and Emma Snow, Ariadne orinne Stow) Whittlesey, marrying in New York City on June 2, 1900.^[4] They had one son together.

In 1910, residing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, John worked as the manager of a boiler company.^[5] By 1920, they lived in in Cleveland, Ohio, where John worked selling the boilers, working on his own account as the president of the company and a construction engineer.^[6]

John Whittlesey passed away in Cleveland, Ohio at the age of 67^[7][8] and is buried at Knollwood Cemetery in Mayfield Heights, Ohio.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "New York State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNJ-CFZF : 8 March 2021), John Whittlesey in household of Austin K Whittlesey, , Union Springs, Cayuga, New York, United States; citing Census, p. 27, citing multiple county Clerks; Warren and Lewis County Board of Supervisors; multiple counties in New York; Utica and East Hampton Public Libraries, New York.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M86B-NBR : 29 May 2021), John Whittlesey in entry for K Whittlesey, 1870.
3. ↑ "New York State Census, 1875," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTDW-B7V : 18 February 2021), John Whittlesey in household of A K Whittlesey, Springport, Cayuga, New York, United States; citing p. 26, line 37, State Library, Albany; FHL microfilm 853,205.
4. ↑ "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2CV-X4K1 : 22 July 2021), John E Whittlesey and Arieadna Corinne Stow, 02 Jun 1900; citing Marriage, Kings, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,562,264.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGCT-R87 : accessed 14 February 2023), John E Whittlesey, Pittsburgh Ward 14, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 462, sheet 1A, family 6, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1304; FHL microfilm 1,375,317.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDB6-G1Z : 3 February 2021), John E Whittlesey, 1920.
7. ↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6DW-XW9 : 8 March 2021), John E Whittlesey, 19 Jan 1929; citing East Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, reference fn 3114; FHL microfilm 1,991,721.
8. ↑ "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKR9-PFG : 12 November 2019), John E Whittlesey, 1929.
9. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPQ-4YX5 : 6 March 2021), John E. Whittlesey, ; Burial, Mayfield Heights, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States of America, Knollwood Cemetery. Find A Grave: Memorial #135706457