Whipple Database
Database of the Whipple One-Name Study (WONS)
Sherburne "Sherb" or "Willie" Whipple, Lieutenant Colonel
1881 - 1952 (71 years)-
Name Sherburne "Sherb" or "Willie" Whipple Suffix Lieutenant Colonel Birth 2 May 1881 Cold Spring, Putnam, New York Gender Male Death 4 Dec 1952 Biltmore Forest, Buncombe, North Carolina Burial United States Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, Orange, New York Person ID I26049 Whipple Descendants Last Modified 23 Jul 2022
Father Charles William Whipple, Lieutenant Colonel, b. 28 Sep 1846, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire d. 18 Oct 1916, Summit, Union, New Jersey (Age 70 years) Mother Josephine Katherine Jones, b. 2 Jul 1855, Plattsburgh, Clinton, New York d. 26 Dec 1937, New York City, New York (Age 82 years) Marriage 3 Apr 1877 Family ID F7979 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Caroline Richards, b. 29 Jul 1885, Manhattan, New York City, New York d. 14 Jul 1983, Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina (Age 97 years) Marriage 23 Sep 1908 Spokane, Spokane, Washington Children + 1. Sherburne "Sim" Whipple, Jr., Brigadier Generial, b. 9 Oct 1909, Post of Zamboanga, Mindanao Philippine Islands d. 26 Sep 1998, Hilton Head Island, Beaufort, South Carolina (Age 88 years) 2. John Richards "Jack" Whipple, b. 19 Nov 1913, Watertown, Jefferson, New York d. 29 Jan 1947, Ashville, Buncombe, North Carolina (Age 33 years) + 3. Sarah "Sallie" Bailey Whipple, b. 13 Oct 1915, Madison Barracks, Sackets Harbor, Jefferson, New York d. 13 Feb 1980, Apopka, Orange, Florida (Age 64 years) Family ID F13455 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - !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: Third generation West Pointer, U.S. Military Academy 1904. Adjutant General, USMA 1926-1931; OTAG 1938-1942; retired 1944. --G. Lang
!SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 29 Jan 2005. Cites U.S. Veterans Cemeteries, 1800-2004. Corrects birth date; adds death date.
!SOURCE: Email from Anne Billeter (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 23 Jul 2022. Cites North Carolina Death Certificate for Sherburne Whipple, Ancestry.com (death); Find a Grave web site memorial 121825166 (burial); Washington, U.S., Marriage Records, 1854-2013, Ancestry.com (marriage).
- !SOURCE: The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, vol. 17 (New York: James T. White, 1927), p. 244-245.