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Charles William Whipple, Lieutenant Colonel

Charles William Whipple, Lieutenant Colonel

Male 1846 - 1916  (70 years)


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  • Name Charles William Whipple 
    Suffix Lieutenant Colonel 
    Birth 28 Sep 1846  Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening 26 Oct 1848  St. John's Church, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 18 Oct 1916  Summit, Union, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I14652  Whipple Descendants | Bocking/Ipswich MA Descendants
    Last Modified 26 Oct 2019 

    Father Amiel Weeks Whipple, Major General,   b. 21 Oct 1817, Greenwich, Hampshire, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 May 1863, Washington, D.C. Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years) 
    Mother Eleanor Mary Sherburne,   b. 31 Jan 1824, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Apr 1874, Ft. Monroe, Hampton, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years) 
    Marriage 12 Sep 1843  Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F7976  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Josephine Katherine Jones,   b. 2 Jul 1855, Plattsburgh, Clinton, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Dec 1937, New York City, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 3 Apr 1877 
    Children 
     1. Walter Jones Whipple,   b. 17 Jul 1878, Jericho, Long Island, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jun 1933, Manhattan, New York, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
    +2. William Whipple, Professor,   b. 27 Jan 1880, Cold Springs, , New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Sep 1962, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    +3. Sherburne "Sherb" or "Willie" Whipple, Lieutenant Colonel,   b. 2 May 1881, Cold Spring, Putnam, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Dec 1952, Biltmore Forest, Buncombe, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    +4. Annette Bailey Whipple,   b. 21 Aug 1883
    +5. Eleanor Sherburne Whipple,   b. 13 May 1887, New York, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1983, New York, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years)
    Family ID F7979  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 28 Sep 1846 - Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 18 Oct 1916 - Summit, Union, New Jersey Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, New York Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • !SOURCE: Letter from Joanne Lahr-Kreischer to Weldon Whipple, 13 Dec 1997.

      !SOURCE: The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, vol. 17 (New York: James T. White, 1927), p. 244-245.

      !SOURCE: Email from Gail Lang (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 12 Nov 2001.

      !MILITARY: "Second generation West Pointer, appointed by President Lincoln, USMA class of 1868. Constructed West Point Foundry. Expedition to Philippine Islands 1898. Retired 1901." --G. Lang

      !BURIAL: Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island.

      !SOURCE: 8 Jun 1880 Census of the Village of Cold Spring, Town of Phillipstown, Putnam County, New York, p. 25:
      • Whipple, Charles W., 33, Leut U.S.A., b. NH, father b. MA, mother b. NH
      • Whipple, Josephine K., 23, b. NY, parents b. NY
      • Whipple, Walter J., 1, b. NY
      • Whipple, William, 4/12, b. NY


      !SOURCE: Blaine Whipple, 15 Generations of Whipples: Descendants of Matthew Whipple of Ipswich, Massachusetts, Abt 1590-1647: An American Story (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 2007), 2:G639.

      !SOURCE: Email from Anne Billeter (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 5 Oct 2019. Adds baptism date and place.


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