Seneca Prosser Whipple

1833 - 1898  (~ 64 years)

• Name	Seneca Prosser Whipple
  Birth	Oct 1833	, , New York
  Gender	Male
  Death	1898	poss, Brandon, Oakland, Michigan
  Burial	Whipple Plot, Ortonville Cemetery, Ortonville, Oakland, Michigan
  Person ID	I44590	Whipple Descendants
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2012

  
  

  Father	David Whipple,   b. Jun 1801, Cambridge, Washington, New York d. 29 Mar 1863, Ortonville, Oakland, Michigan (Age ~ 61 years)
  Mother	Sophia Matilda Prosser,   b. Abt 15 Dec 1809   d. 15 Aug 1837, prob, Sweden, Monroe, New York (Age ~ 27 years)
  Marriage	3 Mar 1828
  Family ID	F9289	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice Bishop,   b. 7 Apr 1835, , Devonshire, England d. 15 Dec 1915, Brandon, Oakland, Michigan (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	1 Jan 1856	of, Ortonville, Oakland, Michigan
  Children	1. Alvin Whipple,   b. Abt 1857, , , Michigan d. Aft 15 Dec 1915, of, Chesaning, Saginaw, Michigan (Age ~ 58 years) + 2. Frank Prosser Whipple,   b. 23 Oct 1858, Brandon, Oakland, Michigan d. 5 Jul 1936, , Genesee, Michigan (Age 77 years)   3. Alanson Hudson "Hudson" Whipple,   b. Abt 1861, , , Michigan d. 10 Sep 1941, poss, Fenton, Genesee, Michigan (Age ~ 80 years) + 4. Susan E. "Susie" Whipple,   b. Jan 1863, Brandon, Oakland, Michigan d. Aft 15 Dec 1915, of, Ortonville, Oakland, Michigan (Age ~ 52 years)   5. Oscar Whipple   d. 1867 + 6. James Albert Whipple,   b. 23 Feb 1871, Ortonville, Oakland, Michigan d. 5 Mar 1943, Lansing, Ingham, Michigan (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F21002	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Oct 1833 - , , New York Marriage - 1 Jan 1856 - of, Ortonville, Oakland, Michigan Death - 1898 - poss, Brandon, Oakland, Michigan Burial - - Whipple Plot, Ortonville Cemetery, Ortonville, Oakland, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones

  Gravestone of Seneca Prosser Whipple, 1833-1898 Plot: Whipple Plot

  
  

• Notes

  !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.