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- !SOURCE: Grace Hildy Croft, The Benson Family: Descendants of Isaac Benson and Mary Bumpas and Allied Families, 2nd ed. (Provo, Utah, 1973), p. 651.
!SOURCE: Email from email hidden to the Whipple Website, 26 Mar 2002. Reports that Seneca's father, David, was in Oakland County, Brandon Township, Michigan in the 1845 census for that county, as well as the 1850 and 1860 censuses. In the 1870 census he is no longer listed as the head of household, but Seneca Prosser Whipple is listed as head instead.
!SOURCE: Email from Joanne Lahr-Kreischer to Weldon Whipple, 19 Apr 2003. Cites James N. Granger, "Launcelot Granger of Newbury, MA - Suffield, CT, A Genealogical History" (Hartford, Ct., 1893), p. 258-59. Excerpt reads: " Orson Granger son of John, b. 18 Jan 1808 at Phelps, NY; d. 16 Jan 1890 at Brandon, MI, m. 7 Feb 1838 to Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. B F Sheldon and Charlotte (---) of Orion, MI. She was b. 11 Feb 1818 at Lyons, NY; living at Brandon, MI. They lived at Brandon, where he was a farmer. His P.O. was Oakwood, Okland, MI. Children: Austin B b 15 Feb 1858, m. 18 Feb 1885 Susan E. daughter of Seneca P. Whipple and Alice Bishop of Ortonville, MI. He is a hardware merchant at Chesaning, Saginaw Co., MI."
!SOURCE: "Descendants of Seneca Whipple," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 14 Jan 2005. Cites the following:- Census 1: August 22, 1870, Age 36, farmer, living Brandon, Oakland, MI w/wife Alice 35 & children Alvin 13, Frank 11, Hudson 9, & Susan 7 (Source: 1870 Census, Oakland Co., MI, Brandon, 171-172.)
- Census 2: 1880, Age 46, carpenter, living Brandon, Oakland, MI w/wife Alice 45, children Alvin C. 23 (farm hand), Frank 21 (farm hand), Alanson H. 19 (farm hand), Susan 17 (teaching school), & James A. 9 (at school) (Source: 1880 Census, Oakland Co., MI, Brandon, 61C-61D.)
!SOURCE: Email from Beverly Huckins (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 19 Jan 2007. Cites Grace Hildy Croft, History and Genealogy of the Milk-Milks Family (1956). Gives more specific birth date: Oct 1833.
!SOURCE: Obituary of Alice Bishop (scanned newspaper image), sent via email by whipple44@charter.net to the Whipple Website, 31 Dec 2011.
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