William George Whipple

1834 - 1914  (79 years)

• Name	William George Whipple
  Birth	4 Aug 1834	Warehouse Point, Hartford, Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Death	1914	Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas
  Burial	19 Jul 1914	Oakland Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas
  Person ID	I49590	Whipple Descendants
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2014

  
  

  Father	William Jeffery Whipple,   b. 1809, of, Warehouse Point, Hartford, Connecticut d. 1873, prob, East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Pamela Cook Woodward,   b. 26 Oct 1811, poss, Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts d. 3 Sep 1861, Warehouse Point, Hartford, Connecticut (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	7 Nov 1833	Warehouse Point, Hartford, Connecticut
  Family ID	F23008	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Denise Smith Loomis,   b. 1836   d. 1866, , , Wisconsin (Age 30 years)
  Family ID	F23019	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Susan Dodge,   b. Abt 1852, , , Arkansas d. Prob Jun 1925, of, Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas (Age ~ 73 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1871
  Children	+ 1. Durand Whipple,   b. 1871, Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas d. 7 Feb 1936, Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F23020	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 4 Aug 1834 - Warehouse Point, Hartford, Connecticut Death - 1914 - Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas Burial - 19 Jul 1914 - Oakland Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  !SOURCE: Email from Winnifred Whipple (email hidden) to the Whipple Website, 16 Dec 2000, citing her family bible. !OCCUPATION: Lawyer, and mayor of Little Rock. --W. Whipple !RESIDENCES: "Moved to Little Rock after Civil War, and death of first wife, to practice law." --W. Whipple !SOURCE: Email from Phillip McMath (email hidden) to the Whipple Website, 12 Oct 2011. Adds burial date and place, citing cemetery records. !SOURCE: 5 Jul 1860 Census of East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, p. 5: William J. Whipple, 57, cigar manufacturer, b. CT Pamalia C. Whipple, 48, b. MA William G. Whipple, 25, b. CT Sarah B. Whipple, 24, b. CT Edward J. Whipple, 22, b. CT Mary J. Whipple, 20, b. CT Evancia Whipple, 16, female, b. CT Frederick Whipple, 7, b. CT Naomi Radcliff, 44, b. MA Charles Radcliff, 15, b. CT !SOURCE: "Descendants of Silas Olmstead," email from B. Huckins to Weldon Whipple, 24 Feb 2007. Cites/notes the following: "Graduated Wilbraham Academy, Wilbraham MA 1852, Wesleyan University Middletown CT and Albany Law School, NY, rem to Milwaukee Wisc, 1868 rem to Little Rock, appt US Dist Atty." 1870 Pulaski, AR Big Little Rock: William G 36, US District Atty 1880 census Little Rock AR: Wm G. Whipple ae 44, lawyer, b. CT, father b. ? mother b. ? Mary S. 28, wife, b AR, parents born VT Duran 8 son 1910 Pulaski, Little Rock AR: William G. Whipple 73, married twice, mar. 39 yrs., father b. CT, mother b. MA Mary D. wife 60 mar. 1, m. 39 yrs. !SOURCE: Phillip H. McMath, "History? Legend? Symbol?: The Story of David O. Dodd," The Pulaski County Historical Review, vol. 61, no. 4 (Winter 2013): 107-116. Footnote on p. 115 reads: U.S. Census of 1915. Mary Dodge married Col. William George Whipple (1834-1914) in 1870. He was originally from Connecticut; was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Wesleyan College, where he studied classics and the law; he came to Arkansas after the Civil War after brief service in the Union army, and was elected mayor of Little Rock (1887-91). He was appointed US Attorney E. District (1900-1913). Durand Whipple (1871-1936), their only child, a Little Rock lawyer, was killed in a streetcar accident on Main and 7th. During World War I he served as a JAG officer on General John Pershing's staff. All three are buried at Oakland Cemetery, Little Rock.