Born in Williamstown, Orange County, Vermont, United States
Daughter of Elijah Whitney Jr.
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
John Taylor Rood
— married
16 Oct 1827 in Williamstown, Vermont
[children unknown]
Died
at age 74
in Bethel, Windsor County, Vermont, United States
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Biography
Mahala Whitney was born on 20 March 1800 in Williamstown, Vermont, recorded as the daughter of Elijah Whitney, Jr., and Hannah Whitney.[1]
John T. Rood of Williamstown, Vermont, married Mahala Whitney in Williamstown, Vermont, on 16 October 1827. The marriage officiant was pastor Joel Davis.[2]
The 1850 U.S. Census recorded John T. Rood, a farmer, and Mahala Rood, both age 50, in Roxbury, Washington County, Vermont. Others in the household were Lemuel Rood, 18, a laborer; Lucinda Rood, 14; and Charles Rood, 9. All were born in Vermont.[3]
Mahala (Whitney) Rood died at age 75 in Bethel, Vermont, on 4 March 1875. The death record indicates that she was born in Williamstown to parents Elijah and Hannah Whitney, and she was married at the time of her death. Death was attributed to general debility.[4]
Sources
- ↑ Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008. (From microfilmed records. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013.) Births W to 1871, page 10939.
- ↑ Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008. (From microfilmed records. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013.) Marriages R to 1871, page 8093 and Marriages W to 1871, page 11242.
- ↑ United States 1850 Census. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Original index: United States Census, 1850. FamilySearch, 2014.) Enumeration sheet for Roxbury, Washington County, Vermont., NARA Roll 928 (Vt., V.9), page 184.
- ↑ Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008. (From microfilmed records. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013.) Deaths R to 1871, page 7436
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