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ried, Oct. 2, 1S23, David Chester Whittlesey, son of David and Abigail
(Judson) VViiittlesey, and brother of Frances P. Whittlesey, wife of
William C. Cogswell [5811. He was born March 29, 1803, in New
Preston, Conn. They resided in Washington, Conn. Mrs. Whittlesey
died April 13, 1880. Mr. Whittlesey died Oct. 13, 1883.
THEIR CHILDREN WERE :
David E., b. Sept. 18, 1S24. He died in childhood, April i, 1826.
Martha J'omc'roy, b. Aug. 11, 1827; m. July 2, 1855, Orlando Brown, M. D.
John Eliplialct, b. May 22, 1S30.
Frederic, b. Sept. 25, 1833; m. Nov. 6, 1S61, KMaria Gilltert ; m. Sept. 21. 1881, -Mary
C. Su'ift.
Faiiiiy Ponicroy, b. Oct. 14, 1S35 ; m. Oct. 13, 1864, William .V. Fc/t.
D.wiD Chester AVhittle^ey was Justice of tlie Peace, County Commissioner, and in
1832 and 1S33 a member of the General Assembly of Connecticut. His character, and tliu
res|)ect in which he was held, are reflected in the following extract of an obituary whicli
ajipeared Xov. 8, 1S83, in The CcingregatimNalist, of Boston, Mass.:
DAVID C. WHITTLESEY.
" On the morning of Oct. 13, David Chester Whittlesey, of Washington, Conn., was called
to rest, aged eighty years. For many years Mr. Whittlesey has been one of the prominent
men in Litchfield County, and his death deserves more than a pa.ssing notice. In the e.irthly
career of this venerable man there are no materials for an exciting biography. liut there is
the power of a single, earnest, considerate life. . It is a life that speaks to us by its sincerity
and truthfulness. His strict honesty and accurate knowledge of men and affairs gave him ;i
wide and favorable acquaintance in the State. As a student of men and business, he had.
perha|)s, few superiors. He was known as a man without guile. Anythmg like compromiM.-
with wrong, shrewd and unmanly tricks, instead of straightforward methods of accomplishing
certain ends, were abhorrent to all the delicate sensibilities of his moral and spiritual being.
" His religious views were the result of much thought and careful inquiry. Whatever wa-
good in him in spirit and act was the outcome of principle, not impulse. A deep, genuine,
abiding principle controlled him. In all the relations of life he was faithful. He has left the
record of an earnest Christian, a tender and loving husband and father, a faithful friend, a
sympathizmg and obliging neighbor. His memory lingers with precious fragrance in the hearts
of the pco])le with whom he lived, and esjiecially in the hearts of his kindred. While he
abode in the flesh he strove to walk with God, and now, ' he is not, for God took him.' .'sui.li
a life is of great value to every church and community where it is lived, and such a death, in
which there is no fear, is another demon.stration, both of the valni: of religion, and of its ctii
cacy in that hour which must soon come to us all."
Dr. OrliiiiJo Ihmuii married Murtlia P. Il'/i/tft.s.j, and settled in Wrentham, Mass. Ikwas
apjjointed Assistant Surgeon of Twenty-ninth Massachusetts Regiment Volunteers in
the Union Army, and transferred to the Freednien's I5ineau. .-^fter the war he settled in tin.
practice of his profession in Washington, Conn., where, in 1SS3, he resided.
/,i//ii /:. Wliiillcst-y. in 18S3, was a merch.ant and i)ostmaster in lluiiston, Tux.
l-t\;Uri, Wliitfliscy and H'illiiiiii X. F,ll were merchants in \c» llritain, Conn.