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07.25.09

PAUL FARNUM, EMINENT BUSINESS MAN OF GRAFTON, MASS.

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Paul Farnum (1788-1859) married (1) Sally Wadsworth and (2) Mrs. Mary D. Tiffany.  He had a son and daughter with Sally and a son with Mary.  During the embargo prior to the War of 1812, he partnered with his father and built a large woolen mill which became The Grafton Manufacturing Co.  He moved to Boston in 1825 and entered in a commission business with Daniel Kimball.  In 1844, he engaged in a similar business in Philadelphia before retiring to Beverly, N.J. where he built and endowed the Farnum School, a preparatory school which eventually was transferred to the state.  Paul was an eighth generation member of the Matthew Whipple family.  The rest of the details are in my book 15 Generations of Whipples.   Click on Buy Now to order through Pay Pal or save on shipping and handling by sending a check directly to Blaine Whipple.

07.25.09

HARVEY WHIPPLE OF WHIPPLEVILLE, FRANKLIN CO., N.Y

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Harvey Whipple (1798-1872) was born in Cornish, N.H. and died in Malone, N.Y.  He was married three times.  He moved to Whippleville in 1819 which was then a wilderness with scarcely a pathway leading from Malone village.  He farmed and ran a milling business until 1868 when he moved to Malone.  At one time he owned most of Whippleville.  He became a Deacon of the Baptist church in 1845, serving until his death.  He had two sons, George and Harvey and was an eighth generation member of the Matthew Whipple family.  The rest of the details are in my book 15 Generations of Whipples.   Click on Buy Now to order through Pay Pal or save on shipping and handling by sending a check directly to Blaine Whipple.

07.25.09

COL. NATHANIEL WHEELER & HULDA WHIPPLE OF CROYDON, NH

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Col. Nathaniel Wheeler (1781-1864) married Hulda Whipple in Croydon, N.H. in 1807.  He operated one of the largest dairies in the Croydon area and was active in military and political affairs.  He was the first man in town to volunteer for the War of 1812 and served as State Representative and Selectman.  They had five sons and a daughter.  Hulda was an eighth generation member of the Matthew Whipple family.  The rest of the details are in my book 15 Generations of Whipples.   Click on Buy Now to order through Pay Pal or save on shipping and handling by sending a check directly to Blaine Whipple.
07.25.09

ABIGAIL BROWN PEPPER, DESCENDANT OF WM BREWSTER, PILGRIM RELIGIOUS LEADER

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Abigail Brown Pepper (1787-1823), daughter of Joseph Pepper who was a Lt. in the Revolutionary War was born in Eastham, Mass. and married David Whipple of Hardwick, Mass.  Her son, Amiel was interested in genealogy and is said to have researched the Whipple, Pepper, and Sherburne families.  She had 3 daughters and a son with David and he had two more daughters and a son with his second wife Deborah Phinney. The first Pepper in New England was Abigail’s great great grandfather Robert Pepper who settled in Roxbury, Mass. where he was married in March 1642.  David was an eighth generation member of the Matthew Whipple family.  The rest of the details are in my book 15 Generations of Whipples.   Click on Buy Now to order through Pay Pal or save on shipping and handling by sending a check directly to Blaine Whipple.

07.25.09

OLIVER MAYHEW WHIPPLE, LOWELL MA ENTREPRENEUR

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Oliver Mayhew Whipple (1794-1872) was born in Weathersfield, Vt. and died in Lowell, Mass. He married 3 times, Sophronia Hale, Juilia Ann (Hodgman) Wentworth, and Sarah Kinsman and had 7 children with Sophronia and 1 with Sarah.  He walked from his parent’s Vermont farm at age 21 with $15 and a bundle of clothes to the Boston area.  He wound up owing textile, saw, and grist mills and a gun powder plant.  He acquired land along the Concord river where he constructed the Wamesit Canal.  In addition to the domestic market, he sold gunpowder  to Europe, South America, and the Far East.  He served in a variety of local offices in Lowell and represented the city in the State Legislature for four terms.  In 1857, he published A Brief Genealogy of the Whipple Family.  Oliver was an 8th generation member of the Matthew Whipple family.  The rest of the details are found in my book 15 Generations of Whipples.  Check on Buy Now to order through PayPal or send your check directly to Blaine Whipple to avoid shipping and handling charges.

07.25.09

CHANDLER WHIPPLE, ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY

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Chandler Whipple (1823-1901) was born in Allegany Co. N.Y. and died in Paw Paw, Mich. He married twice, Mary A. Hopkins and Almira Schofield, both in Paw Paw.  Chandler farmed, operated a sawmill and brickyard, and was active politically.  He was an ardent Unionist and took part in the founding of the Republican Party “under the Oaks” at Jackson, Mich. in 1854.  He was a Van Buren Co. delegate at the Republican Convention in 1884 in Chicago which nominated James G. Blaine for President.  Chandler and Mary had a son and daughter and he had 2 sons and 2 daughters with Almira.  Chandler was an 8th generation member of the Matthew Whipple family.  The rest of the details are found in my book 15 Generations of Whipples.  Check on Buy Now to order through PayPal or send your check directly to Blaine Whipple to avoid shipping and handling charges.

07.25.09

WARNER WRIGHT WHIPPLE & PHEBE BROWN. OHIO & ILLINOIS

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Warner Wright Whipple (1804-1875), born in Putnam, Ohio and died in LaSalle. Ill. married Phebe Brown in Muskingum Co., Ohio 5 June 1832.  His wedding gift to Phebe was a Bible.  Before leaving Ohio, Warner was widely known in the anti-slavery cause and for participating in the Underground Railroad.  His first Illinois far was 80 acres which cost $7 an acre.  He broke the prairie sod with a breaking plow and a team of oxen.  Warner and Phebe are buried in Oakwood Cemetery.  They had 5 children, one who died as an infant.  Warner was an 8th generation member of the Matthew Whipple family.  The rest of the details are found in my book 15 Generations of Whipples.  Check on Buy Now to order through PayPal or send your check directly to Blaine Whipple to avoid shipping and handling charges.

07.25.09

ITHAMAR WHIPPLE & LYDIA BILLS. WAR OF 1812

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Ithamar Whipple (1780-1868), born in Rutland Co., Vt. and died in Mosiertown, Penn. married Lydia Bills of Washington Co., N.Y 25 March 1802.  They settled in Dryden, N.Y. in 1806 and he served in War of 1812 as an Ensign of a Company of Light Infantry in the Regt of Infantry commanded by Lt. Col. Henry Bloom. His commission was signed by Governor Daniel D. Tompkins 4 Feb. 1812.  They had 13 children.  Ithamar was an 8th generation member of the Matthew Whipple family.  The rest of the details are found in my book 15 Generations of Whipples.  Check on Buy Now to order through PayPal or send your check directly to Blaine Whipple to avoid shipping and handling charges.

07.25.09

NATHAN WHIPPLE & LAURA MILLER, VT & OHIO

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Nathan Whipple was born in Whipple Hollow near Rutland, Vt. 21 April 1794 and died 3 Dec. 1863 in Saybrook, Ohio.  He married Laura Mixer in Ohio in abt. 1817.  Nathan moved from Rutland Co. to Licking Co., Ohio in the fall of 1813 along with his older brother Enoch and younger brother Abraham.  In 1817 he moved his family to Madison, Geauga County.  In his last will and testament, signed in June 1863,  he bequeathed all his real and personal property to Laura.  A codicil signed 26 Nov. named his son Horatio sole executor.  They had 2 sons and 2 daughters.  Nathan was an 8th generation member of the Matthew Whipple family.  The rest of the details are found in my book 15 Generations of Whipples.  Check on Buy Now to order through PayPal or send your check directly to Blaine Whipple to avoid shipping and handling charges.

07.25.09

EDWIN PERCY WHIPPLE, MID 19TH CENTURY AUTHOR, LECTURER, LITERARY CRITIC

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Edwin Percy Whipple (1819-1886) married Charlotte B. Hasings in 1847.  He was an author and lecturer in Boston whose literary criticism was notable.  It was said that Whipple was surpassed only Edgar Allen Poe and James Russell Lowell as an informed, judicious, and comprehensive critic.  (Whipple and Lowell were distant cousins through their 6th great grandfather, Matthew Whipple of Bocking, England.)   After joining Boston’s Mercantile Library Assn. and the Attic Nights Club, he began writing essays of  literary criticism for the Boston Times and became a popular lecturer on the Lyceum Circuit from Maine to Ohio appearing an estimated 1,000 times.  He became the literary critic of the Boston Globe in 1872. He is a 9th generation member of the Matthew Whipple family.  They had a son and a daughter. The rest of the details are found in my book 15 Generations of Whipples.  Check on Buy Now to order through PayPal or send your check directly to Blaine Whipple to avoid shipping and handling charges.