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Early Life And The Cotton Gin Eli Whitney was born to Eli and Elizabeth Whitney, in Westborough, Massachusetts, on December 8, 1765. Elizabeth Whitney would later give birth to three more children, but complications with the birth of Eli's youngest brother, Josiah, would leave her and invalid. In 1777 Elizabeth Whitney died, leaving young Eli with a feeling of responsibility to care for his sister and two brothers which he would carry to adulthood. In 1779 the elder Eli …

…had an enlargement of the prostate gland. Even in his illness Whitney was imaginative. After much reading about his illness he sent to France and England for materials and with them made instuments that brought him immediate relief. Apparently he had made himself some sort of catheter which for a time greatly reduced his pain. Finally, on January 7, 1825 Eli Whitney passed away being one of the greatest pioneers of the Industrial Revolution in this country.