Dr.
Elijah
Whitney
M.D.
Born in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Elijah Whitney
and Mindwell (Hardy) Whitney
Brother of
Azubah (Whitney) Adams, Nahum Whitney, Aseneth (Whitney) Bryant, Joel Whitney, David Whitney, Levi Whitney, Mindwell Clarinda Whitney, Orestes O. Whitney, Daniel Whitney and Dexter Osborne Whitney
Husband of
Cornelia L. (Pratt) Whitney
— married
20 Sep 1833 in Spencertown, Austerlitz, Columbia, New York, United States
Husband of
Wealthy (Bryant) Whitney
— married
9 Jan 1849 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Descendants 
Died
at age 93
in New York County, New York, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Feb 2020
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Biography
Elijah was born on November 26, 1798 in Westborough, Massachusetts. His parents were Elijah Whitney and Mindwell Hardy.[1]
Elijah studied mathematics under Dr. John Golding and he attended over seventy lectures given by Professor Silliman at Yale. He then entered Union College in New York and attended Dr. Eliphalet Nott's courses.
Upon graduating, he acquired a teaching position at the Spencertown Academy and then a year later at a academy in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.[2]
He was married twice.
- Cornelia L. Pratt (1804-1844) of Spencertown, New York, a daughter of Erastus Pratt and Lucy Goodrich. She died in Sherman, Connecticut.
- Wealthy Bryant (1812-1884) of Providence, Rhode Island.
Graduated from Union College in New York in the Class of 1828. Acquired a degree in Medicine from Syracuse Medical College c.1852.
Set up a general practice in New York City.
Chronic Diseases became his specialty.
One of the first users of electricity in the practice of medicine.
He authored medical articles on Yellow Fever and Cholera.
First president of the New York School of Medicine.
He was a co-founder of the Unnion Tabernacle Church in New York City.
Dr. Elijah Whitney passed away at the age of ninety-three on April 5, 1892 in Manhattan, New York.[3]
Sources
- ↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
- ↑ The Whitney Reseach Group
- ↑ New York, New York, Death Index, 1862-1948
- Whitney Research Group
- Whitney Genealogy; The Descendants of John Whitney of London, England
- Hastings Family Tree 1066Kid
- The Descendants of John Whitney
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