Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Daughter of Henry Whitney
and Abigail (Tuller) Whitney
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 82
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Jul 2021
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Biography
Abby married Walter Brown, and had two kids who died in infancy.
She helped Walter write a book called Mitylene: A Tale of New England and the Tropics, and wrote one herself called Can She Atone?
A picture of Abby can be found on page 296 of Frederick Clifton Pierce's book on the descendants of John Whitney.
Sources
- Pierce, Frederick Clifton. Whitney. The descendants of John Whitney, who came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635 Chicago, The author, press of W. B. Conkey co., 1895. Page 296.
- Gravestone picture. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98178116/abby-brown. Accessed July 30, 2021.
- Year: 1880; Census Place: La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin; Roll: 1432; Page: 571A; Enumeration District: 058
See Also
- Brown, Walter and Abby. Mitylene: A Tale of New England and the Tropics. Chicago : Donohue and Henneberry, 1879.
- Brown, Abby Whitney. Can She Atone? Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1880.
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