Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-09-28
|, THE LOCAL FIELD.
.,,rH or F.. A. WHITNEY

Dbh
,un,s. Of Less Than Day---
Y, successful career ms i" "r"''leboro
,r,h'nt' , vv,,,,,o,, u.,.,.,
lle yeah Ia, his Main street home Monday
tlTN , ,-.li. came with very unusual
a1Is a. .to whole community, as outside
t@ u w. ." circle II was not known that he
a AMY :, appeared to be in his usual
OIL sunday and attended services at
al ,"I cbIrch. His illness developed
'lu norning about 3 o'clock, when a
li1llEl "y was summoned. He suffered
sFy I,ho Jay but his condition was not
i.l lii.. .n serious until short time before
',,u''t.' chen he sank into a coma. The
i'l,"b hi. death is thought to have been
iS t. " disease. In the past few months
is ,r,,, H, has been i'll at different times
y 4, ' !. 'nrobable that he has suffered more
a.' bs has ever allowed his friends to
pm whitney was born in Marlboro in
N ,s2g being one of the children of
. ll, and and serepta (Hale) Whitney. His
Da i,, ' was Nathaniel Whitney, and
lll r,s,t grandfather, Capt. Nathaniel
% vas one of the first settlers of
'l, ,.Tn and a man famous in pioneer
= % ..a bunter-bears, wolves and many
\. riId animals falling beneath his aim.
Y. Nathaniel Whitney, who came in
q ,,om Shrewsbury, was himself son of
y. Nathaniel Whitney of that place.
". od home farm where Nathaniel
-t l.r tbe founder of the family, origi-
\, ,siflqd. was the the well-known place
H Marlboro South road, where Joel p.
,..,,6sd now lives. The house built by
I 1.S, Whitney and afterward occupied
M I, son Nathaniel, stood on the site of
,,,s,ant buildings. When Emery Whit
I. 7,sw M and married he went across
\ fsB TO what was formerly the old
-,,fy road where he lived and where his
i1 1is were born. The father died when
-~,o was some four or five years old. In
/, hmily were five children, of whom
S-n, NJ, of Marlboro and Harriet, the
r-rge,t of the family, now Mrs. SHINE
.,Tof Pulaski, H., are the only survivors.
4. on died at an early age, and the death
mother son. Willard N, took place in
31rIfboro few years ago.
liter attending the district schools in
b-boro and in Halifax young Whitney
,-ato Brattleboro at the age of about II
Vi, to enter the employ of the clothing
n Of Cune Il Bracket. Frank S. Brack-
,be Junior member of the firm, was
n Whitney's uncle by marriage. Mr..
T,1ay learned the tailoring and clothing
-srp,, in all its branches, becoming an
r-r cutter. After Mr.. Cune's retire
m, about 1861, Mr.. Whitney was ad-
Lifted as a partner with Mr.. Bracket. In
t4ibe business was divided, Mr.. Brack-
taking the ready made branch and Mr..
Ttney the custom department. Mr..
Sa,kett died late in 1878, and the follow
= spring Mr.. Whitney became sole pro-
Tsor Of both branches of the business,
rla the style of F. A. Whitney e Co.
4 retired in February, 1888, his success
" being David Young, his longtime
Tx, and John L. Knowlton, who still
z7y on the business.
NJ Whitney was married 80 years ago
1t February to Miss Eveline Mason, a
1ness employed by Cune & Bracket.
|Ix Whitney's father, Emery Mason, the
l3a;t resident of Putney, died in that
gn two weeks ago, and the death of her
l..her took place last January.
Nmerchant in Brattleboro ever enjoyed
i.gher reputation for integrity than F.
Whitney. His customers came to know
M bis word was as good as his bond, and
US because of this faith of the public in
in, coupled with the fact that he knew
abusiness thoroughly and was unceasing
IBIS work, that brought him success. He
MeSsed agreeable personal and socia
mites and had a kindliness of heart anC
manner which made him universally es
Hned.
The funeral will be held at the house
III, Friday, afternoon, at O'Clock, fol
Eed by service to the Centre church a
With Knights Templar honors, Mr.
Whitney being member of that fraternity
avas also an Odd Fellow, and member
THAT order will be present.