Henry Ethan Whipple, Professor and Reverend

1816 - 1893  (77 years)

• Name	Henry Ethan Whipple
  Suffix	Professor and Reverend
  Birth	2 Aug 1816	Williston, Chittenden, Vermont
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Oct 1893	Aboard steamer heading for Oakland, Alameda, California
  Burial	Rose Memorial Park Cemetery, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, California
  Person ID	I113568	Whipple Descendants
  Last Modified	23 Jun 2019

  
  

  Father	Wesley Burnham Whipple, Sr.,   b. 6 Oct 1793, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts d. 24 Mar 1867, Hillsdale, Hillsdale, Michigan (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Elvira Judson,   b. 29 Oct 1794, , , Vermont d. 2 Jun 1871, Hillsdale, Hillsdale, Michigan (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	1812	of, , , Vermont
  Family ID	F32711	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth "Betsey" Packard,   b. 7 Nov 1813, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts d. 23 Jan 1894, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, California (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	25 Oct 1839	Chester, Geauga, Ohio
  Children	1. Roscius E. Whipple,   b. 1841, Newbury, Geauga, Ohio   2. Hamilton H. Whipple,   b. 9 Jun 1846, Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio d. Young   3. Henry P. Whipple,   b. Abt 1847, Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio d. Young + 4. Frank Allen Whipple,   b. 25 Oct 1850, Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio d. 25 Sep 1925, , Mendocino, California (Age 74 years) + 5. James Fairchild Whipple,   b. 9 Jun 1853, Hillsdale, Hillsdale, Michigan d. 11 Feb 1941, , Mendocino, California (Age 87 years)   6. George Whipple,   b. 10 Jun 1856, Hillsdale, Hillsdale, Michigan d. Young
  Family ID	F46265	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 2 Aug 1816 - Williston, Chittenden, Vermont Marriage - 25 Oct 1839 - Chester, Geauga, Ohio Death - 9 Oct 1893 - Aboard steamer heading for Oakland, Alameda, California  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Henry Ethan Whipple, 1816-1893 Prof. and Rev. Henry E. Whipple--Hillsdale College founder.

  
  

• Notes

  !SOURCE: Email from B. Huckins to Weldon Whipple, 20 Dec 2007. Cites Winslow Memorial, David P. Holton, 1877, Appendix, page 125: Henry Ethan son of Elvira (Judson) Whipple was married by Rev AK Moulton in Chester, Geauga to Betsey Packard dau of Col John Packard of Plainfield, Hampshire, MA. Henry attended Oberlin College, Baptist preacher 1839, and returned east and then moved to Ohio from Plainfield, MA after his marriage. His first child Roscious was born 1841. Henry worked at Hillsdale College, then he took his family to California and all of his children followed except Roscius. He received land from his brother's estate in California and he took over the abandoned military post at Fort Bragg, became a teacher, then opened a store 1872, Whipple and Sons. Henry was also a journalist working for several publications and in 1890 was living in San Francisco, returning to Ft. Bragg three years later. He died aboard a steamer heading for a visit to Oakland. !SOURCE: Post by Louise Craven to the Whipple Website Facebook group, citing the article "Frank A. Whipple" in History of the State of California and Biographical Record of Coast Counties, California. An Historical Story of the State's Marvelous Growth from it's Earliest Settlement to the Present Time by Prof. J. M. Guinn, A. M., Author of A History of Los Angeles and Vicinity, History of Southern California, Secretary and Curator of the Historical Society of Southern California, Member of the American Historical Association, Washington, D.C. The Chapman Publishing Co, Chicago 1904. !SOURCE: Post to the Whipple Website Facebook group by Louise Craven, 19 Apr 2018. "Founder of Hillsdale College" !SOURCE: Email from Matt Kingsley (email hidden) to the Whipple Website, 21 Jun 2019. Cites Find a Grave website memorial 188630976. Gives death 6 Oct 1893 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California