Latimer Whipple Ballou

1812 - 1900  (88 years)

• Name	Latimer Whipple Ballou
  Birth	1 Mar 1812	Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 May 1900	Woonsocket, Providence, Rhode Island
  Burial	Oak Hill Cemetery, Rathbun Street, Woonsocket, Providence, Rhode Island
  Person ID	I76029	Whipple Descendants
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2009

  
  

  Father	Levi Ballou, Jr.,   b. 29 Aug 1782, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island d. 4 Jun 1836 (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Hephzibah "Hepsa" Metcalf,   b. 5 Jun 1779   d. 20 Nov 1860 (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	10 May 1804
  Family ID	F9898	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Ann Hunnewell,   b. 5 Oct 1818, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 24 Jun 1879, Woonsocket, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	20 Oct 1836
  Children	+ 1. Henry Latimer Ballou,   b. 14 Oct 1841, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 22 May 1889, Woonsocket, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 47 years)
  Family ID	F32834	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1 Mar 1812 - Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island Death - 9 May 1900 - Woonsocket, Providence, Rhode Island Burial - - Oak Hill Cemetery, Rathbun Street, Woonsocket, Providence, Rhode Island  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  !SOURCE: "Descendants of Sarah Whipple," email from N. Combs to the Whipple Website, 23 Feb 2003. !SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 28 Jul 2004. Cites the following entry in Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume I BALLOU, Latimer Whipple, representative, was born in Cumberland, R.I., March 1, 1812; son of Levi and Hepsa (Metcalf) Ballou; grandson of Levi {37909} and Comfort (Thompson) Ballou, and a descendant of Mathurin Bellews, Providence, R.I., 1646. He learned the printing business at the University Press, Cambridge, Mass., and helped to establish the Cambridge Press in 1835, where he remained until 1842, when he engaged in mercantile pursuits at Woonsocket, R.I. He was cashier of the Woonsocket Falls bank and treasurer of the Woonsocket institute for savings, 1850-'99. He was presidential elector in 1860; a delegate to the Republican national convention in 1872, and a Republican representative from the 2d Rhode Island district in the 44th, 45th and 46th congresses, 1875-'81. He was treasurer and president of Dean academy, Franklin, Mass. He died May 9, 1900. !SOURCE: Email from Charles Whipple (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 10 Aug 2005. Adds place of death, quoting the following: BALLOU, Latimer Whipple, a Representative from Rhode Island; born in Cumberland, R.I., March 1, 1812; attended the public schools and the local academies in his native town; moved to Cambridge, Mass., in 1828 and learned the art of printing at the University Press; was instrumental in establishing the Cambridge Press in 1835 and continued in the printing business until 1842, when he moved to Woonsocket, R.I.; engaged in banking in 1850; was active in the organization of the Republican Party in 1856; delegate to the Republican National Convention at Philadelphia in 1872; elected as a Republican to the Forty-fourth, Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1881); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1880; engaged in his former business pursuits until his death in Woonsocket, Providence County, R.I., May 9, 1900; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery.