Whitney Family Papers

The “Whitney Family Papers” collection is a large compilation of letters and correspondence centered on Grove D. Whitney. Grove is the son of Alvin and Betsey Whitney, and the husband/first cousin of Rebecca Brown Hadley, with whom he had five children. He is the brother Edwin J, Delia B, Mary K, and Amelia Whitney. Most of the Whitney Family lived in either Pavilion or Covington NY, where as other members of the family lived in Hadley MI. Grove served in the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War, during which he sustained injuries that landed him in hospitals in Alexandria VA. He is also the longest living Civil War veteran, having lived until 1932.