- ALFRED WHITFORD, Professor of mathematics, Milton College;
born in Plainfield, Otsego
- Co., N.Y., May 28, 1832; son of Samuel and Sophia C.; they
had four sons - Walter C., Hamilton D., Alfred and Herman D.
Alfred attended Brookfield Academy and De Ruyter Institute, Madison
Co., N.Y., and Alfred Academy, Allegany Co., N.Y.; graduated
at Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in the Class of '57; then
returned to Milton, where he had taught as assistant to this
brother, Prof. William WHITFORD, from 1854 to 1856. He also was
Professor of Mathematics at Alfred Academy, from 1868 to 1872.
Married, in 1857, Miss Chloe, daughter of George and Maria CURTIS,
of East Toy, N.Y. Had five children - Anna S., Albert C., William
H., Alfred E., and a baby.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 830.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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- See also biography of Prof.
Albert WHITFORD (same man).
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