William Denison Whipple, Major General

1826 - 1902  (75 years)

• Name	William Denison Whipple
  Suffix	Major General
  Birth	2 Aug 1826	Nelson, Madison, New York
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Apr 1902	New York City, New York
  Burial	Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington, Virginia
  Person ID	I3555	Whipple Descendants | Bocking/Ipswich MA Descendants
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2009

  
  

  Father	Jeremiah Whipple, Lieutenant,   b. 1 Oct 1800, Cazenovia, Madison, New York d. 29 Nov 1869, Racine, Racine, Wisconsin (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Jerusha Murdock,   b. Abt 1802, , , Connecticut d. 5 Apr 1878, Washington, D.C. (Age ~ 76 years)
  Marriage	24 Jun 1823	New Lorain, Lorain, Ohio
  Family ID	F2039	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Caroline Mary Cooke,   b. 26 Jun 1834, , , Pennsylvania d. 26 Apr 1896, Evanston, Cook, Illinois (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	19 Dec 1854	New York City, New York
  Children	+ 1. Marion Denison Whipple,   b. 15 Nov 1857, Norristown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania d. 29 Nov 1943, Chicago, Cook, Illinois (Age 86 years)   2. Walter C. Whipple,   b. Abt Apr 1860, , , New Mexico d. 8 Jun 1885 (Age ~ 25 years) > 3. Herbert Sydney Whipple, Major,   b. 16 Jul 1861, Norristown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania d. 13 Jun 1923, New York City, New York (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F2041	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 2 Aug 1826 - Nelson, Madison, New York Marriage - 19 Dec 1854 - New York City, New York Death - 1 Apr 1902 - New York City, New York Burial - - Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington, Virginia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones		Gravestone of Major General William Denison Whipple, his wife Caroline Mary (Cooke) Whipple, and their son Major Herbert Sydney Whipple
  		Gravestone of Major General William Denison Whipple, 1826-1902

  
  

• Notes

  !SOURCE: A Partial list of the Descendents of Matthew Whipple, the Elder, of Bocking, Essex County, England / Compiled from Divers Sources by Henry Burdette Whipple (High Point, North Carolina, Oct. 1965), p. 23-24. From the ancestry of Major General William Denison Whipple, which appeared in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 98, 1944, p. 181. !MILITARY: Chief of Staff in the Army of Cumberland in the Civil War, and later on the staffs of Generals Sherman and Sheridan. --H.B. Whipple !SOURCE: _The National Cyclopedia of American Biography_, vol. 4 (New Nork: J.T. White, 1897), p. 339. !SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 12 Nov 2005. Cites the following: 9/5/1860 Census, Fort Defiance, Bernalillo, NM, p.189 Whipple, Lt. W. D., {3555} 33, soldier, b. NY Whipple, Caroline M. {3556} 25 b. PA Whipple Maria D., 3 b. PA {abt 1857} Whipple, Walter {74998} b. 4/12 b. NM {abt April 1860} 1880 Census, Chicago, Cook, IL p.492 Whipple, William D. {3555} 52, Gen. U.S. Army, b. NY, parents b. NY Whipple, Caroline M. {3556} 44, b. PA, parents b. MA Whipple, Marion D. 31 b. PA Whipple, Walter C. {74998} 19 b. NM Whipple, Herbert S. {3557} 18 b. PA !SOURCE: Email from Michael Whipple (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 12 Dec 2006. Cites http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Marriage/AZ/W/W.7.html. Gives marriage of Lt. William D. Whipple and Caroline M. Cooke 19 Dec 1854 in New York City.