Neil Whipple recently submitted a note about the second wife of Bishop Henry Benjamin Whipple (the first Episcopal Bishop of Minnesota). See his page on the Whipple One-Name Study site.
A great deal of information has been published about her relationship with Rose Cleveland, sister of U.S. President Grover Cleveland:
Web Site
For starters, check out the article published on MNopedia, an online encyclopedia dedicated to Minnesota history… https://www.mnopedia.org/person/whipple-evangeline-marrs-simpson-1857-1930
Book
Precious and Adored – The Love Letters of Rose Cleveland and Evangeline Simpson Whipple, 1890–1918. Edited by Lizzie Ehrenhalt and Tilly Laskey, foreword by Lillian Faderman. Published by theMinnesota Historical Society Press (May 1, 2019)
- https://shop.mnhs.org/products/precious-and-adored
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-book-chronicles-first-lady-rose-clevelands-love-affair-evangeline-simpson-whipple-180972472/
Chronology of Her Life
| 1857 | Evangeline Marrs is born on January 15 to Dana and Jane Marrs in Wayland, Massachusetts. |
| 1882 | On June 1, Evangeline marries Michael Simpson in Wayland. |
| 1884 | Michael Simpson dies. |
| 1889 | Evangeline meets and begins a romantic relationship with Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, a sister of former president Grover Cleveland. |
| 1890 | Evangeline meets Bishop Henry Whipple. |
| 1896 | On October 22, Evangeline marries Bishop Whipple at St Bartholomew’s Church in New York, New York. |
| 1896 | In October, Evangeline moves to Bishop Whipple’s home in Faribault, Minnesota. |
| 1901 | Bishop Whipple dies on September 16. |
| 1910 | On July 20, Evangeline and Rose leave America aboard the Cunard Line’s SS Saxonia and move to Bagni di Lucca, Italy. |
| 1918 | Evangeline raises humanitarian aid to bring World War I refugees to Bagni di Lucca and fight the Spanish Influenza pandemic. |
| 1918 | Rose dies in Bagni di Lucca of the Spanish influenza on November 22. |
| 1930 | Evangeline dies in London on September 1. Her will leaves millions to Minnesota churches, schools, American Indian programs, and individuals. |