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Whitney, Eugene

author, was born Dec. 11, 1838, in Mendon, Mass. His compositions include cantatas, choruses, partsongs and songs. He died Jan. 27, 1889, in Burlington, Vt.

WHITNEY, FREDERIC AUGUSTUS, clergyman, author, was born Sept. 13, 1812, in Quincy, Mass. After doing missionary work, he was pastor at Brighton, Mass., in 1843-59, and afterward lived in that town without a pastoral charge. He published Historical Sketch of the Old Church at Quincy; and Biography of James Holton, founder of the Holton library, Brighton. He died Oct. 21, 1880, in Brighton, Mass.

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