Henry Benjamin Whipple, Bishop

1822 - 1901  (79 years)

• 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

  
  

• 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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  Bishop Henry Benjamin Whipple (1822-1901) Elected first Episcopal Bishop of Minnesota in 1859, at the age of 37.

  
  

• 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.