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Database of the Whipple One-Name Study (WONS)
Henry Benjamin Whipple, Bishop

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Name Henry Benjamin Whipple Suffix Bishop Birth 15 Feb 1822 Adams, Jefferson, New York Gender Male Death 16 Sep 1901 Faribault, Rice, Minnesota Burial Cathedral of our Merciful Savior Columbarium, Faribault, Rice, Minnesota Person ID I8170 Whipple Descendants | Dorchester MA/Providence RI Descendants Last Modified 14 Dec 2024
Father John Hall Whipple, b. 22 Sep 1795, Albany, Albany, New York d. 15 Dec 1859, Adams, Jefferson, New York
(Age 64 years)
Mother Elizabeth Wager, b. 21 Dec 1798, Westernville, Oneida, New York d. 21 Mar 1870, Blairstown, Benton, Iowa
(Age 71 years)
Marriage 25 Sep 1820 Westernville, New York Family ID F4687 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Cornelia Ward "Nell" Wright, b. 10 Nov 1816, Adams, Jefferson, New York d. 16 Jul 1890, Faribault, Rice, Minnesota
(Age 73 years)
Marriage 5 Oct 1842 , , New York Children + 1. Sarah Elizabeth Whipple, b. 2 Aug 1843, Adams, Jefferson, New York d. 10 Feb 1918, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(Age 74 years)
+ 2. Cornelia Ward Whipple, b. 26 Aug 1845, Adams, Jefferson, New York d. 21 May 1884, Faribault, Rice, Minnesota
(Age 38 years)
+ 3. Jane Whiting "Jennie" Whipple, b. 10 Mar 1847, Adams, Jefferson, New York d. 10 Oct 1932, St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota
(Age 85 years)
+ 4. Charles Henry Whipple, General, b. 12 Jun 1849, Adams, Jefferson, New York d. 6 Nov 1932, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
(Age 83 years)
+ 5. Frances Ransom Whipple, b. 5 Jun 1852, Rome, Oneida, New York d. 2 Aug 1940, Lakewood, Cuyahoga, Ohio
(Age 88 years)
6. John Hall Whipple, b. 16 Mar 1857, Rome, Oneida, New York d. 6 Aug 1878, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky
(Age 21 years)
Family ID F4685 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Evangeline Elizabeth Thurston Marrs, b. 15 Jan 1853, Canton, Norfolk, Massachusetts d. 1 Sep 1930, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, Greater London, England
(Age 77 years)
Marriage 22 Oct 1896 Family ID F4686 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map Birth - 15 Feb 1822 - Adams, Jefferson, New York Marriage - 5 Oct 1842 - , , New York Death - 16 Sep 1901 - Faribault, Rice, Minnesota = Link to Google Earth
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Photos Bishop Henry Benjamin Whipple (1822-1901)
Elected first Episcopal Bishop of Minnesota in 1859, at the age of 37.
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Notes - !BIRTH: The Episcopate in America / by William Stevens Perry. -- Subscription ed. -- New York : Christian Literature Co., 1895, p. 145.
!RELIGION: Elected first Episcopal Bishop of Minnesota in 1859, at the age of 37. (Missionary Conquest : The Gospel and Native American Cultural Genocide / George E. Tinker. -- (Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c1993), p. 95)
!NAME: Referred to as "Straight Tongue" by the Indians for his honesty and outspokenness. -- Tinker, p. 96.
!DEATH: Email from Joanne Lahr-Kreischer to the Whipple Web Site, 13 Aug 1997.
!SOURCE: Find a Grave web site memorial 7236351, cited 14 Dec 2024.
- !BIRTH: The Episcopate in America / by William Stevens Perry. -- Subscription ed. -- New York : Christian Literature Co., 1895, p. 145.