James Whipple

1801 - 1855  (53 years)

• Name	James Whipple
  Birth	25 Oct 1801	Weathersfield, Windsor, Vermont
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Oct 1855	Gorham, Cumberland, Maine
  Burial	North Gorham Cemetery, Gorham, Cumberland, Maine
  Person ID	I3687	Whipple Descendants
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2018

  
  

  Father	Oliver Whipple,   b. 25 Nov 1769, Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts d. 6 Sep 1863, Weathersfield, Windham, Vermont (Age 93 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth "Betsey" Hasham,   b. 27 May 1769, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts d. 13 Mar 1806, Weathersfield, Windsor, Vermont (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	26 Aug 1792
  Family ID	F2085	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emily Sanderson,   b. Abt 1806, , , Massachusetts d. 1875 (Age ~ 69 years)
  Children	+ 1. Emeline F. Whipple,   b. 21 Aug 1833, Gorham, Cumberland, Maine d. 21 Apr 1919, Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 85 years)   2. Mary Ella Whipple + 3. Sarah Maria Whipple,   b. Abt 1839, , , Maine d. 1916 (Age ~ 77 years) + 4. Charles A. Whipple,   b. Jan 1842, of, Gorham, Cumberland, Maine d. 1915, of, Gorham, Cumberland, Maine (Age ~ 72 years)
  Family ID	F2140	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 25 Oct 1801 - Weathersfield, Windsor, Vermont Death - 12 Oct 1855 - Gorham, Cumberland, Maine  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  !SOURCE: A Partial list of the Descendents of Matthew Whipple, the Elder, of Bocking, Essex County, England / Compiled from Divers Sources by Henry Burdette Whipple (High Point, North Carolina, Oct. 1965), p. 35. !SOURCE: Blaine Whipple, 15 Generations of Whipples: Descendants of Matthew Whipple of Ipswich, Massachusetts, Abt 1590-1647: An American Story (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 2007), 2:G438. !SOURCE: Email from B. Huckins to Weldon Whipple, 17 May 2009. Cites "Original handwritten town records on microfilm - Maine VR with my notes": Oliver Whipple and James Whipple killed in a powder mill explosion in Gorham Maine 10.12.1855 - this Oliver appears to be #3732 History of Gorham ME, Hugh Davis McLellan, pg 274 "Oliver M. Whipple of Lowell, Mass in 1833 purchased the plant . . . He put Lucius Whipple, his brother, in charge of the works as foreman. Powder mills have a bad habit of exploding periodically, and the Gambo mills have proved no exception to the rule . . . In the explosion which occurred on Oct 12, 1855 one wheelmill, press mill and a canal boat were destroyed. James Whipple and Oliver G. Whipple, who were respectively Oliver M. Whipple's brother and son , were killed. !SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 4 Dec 2009. Cites the 1850 Census, Windham, Cumberland, ME p. 167 M432_251 Whipple, James {3687} 48 b. VT Whipple, Emily {3697} 44 b. MA Whipple, Emeline F. {3699} 16 b. MA {abt 1834} Whipple, Sarah M. {3700} 11 b. ME {abt 1839} Whipple, Charles A. 8 b. ME !SOURCE: Email from B. Huckins to Weldon Whipple, 17 Feb 2018. Adds burial place.