Rufus Irving Whipple

1823 - 1864  (41 years)

• Name	Rufus Irving Whipple
  Birth	8 Mar 1823
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Aug 1864	Washington, D.C.
  Burial	Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington, Virginia
  Person ID	I95486	Whipple Descendants
  Last Modified	8 Mar 2015

  
  

  Father	Sylvanus Averill Whipple,   b. 8 Jan 1795, , Warren, New Hampshire d. 13 Sep 1871, , Monroe, Michigan (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Alice Dailey,   b. 22 Dec 1798, Phelps, Ontario, New York d. 7 Aug 1865, Carleton, Monroe, Michigan (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	16 Aug 1818
  Family ID	F23408	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Anne Rubert,   b. 7 Mar 1825, New York, New York, New York d. 4 Feb 1908, Carleton, Monroe, Michigan (Age 82 years)
  Children	1. Frank Royal Whipple,   b. 1852, Rolland Twp, Isabella, Michigan d. 6 Mar 1897, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan (Age 45 years)   2. Andrew H. Whipple,   b. 2 Jul 1857, Carleton, Monroe, Michigan d. 24 Feb 1922, Flat Rock, Wayne, Michigan (Age 64 years) + 3. Edward M. Whipple,   b. 28 Jun 1859, Carleton, Monroe, Michigan d. 26 Jun 1934, Carleton, Monroe, Michigan (Age 74 years)   4. Rufus Irving Whipple, II,   b. 18 Aug 1861, Carleton, Monroe, Michigan d. 19 Feb 1926, Flat Rock, Wayne, Michigan (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F40207	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 26 Aug 1864 - Washington, D.C. Burial - - Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington, Virginia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  !SOURCE: Email from Jerry O'Donnell (email hidden) to the Whipple Website, 17 and 18 Nov 2004. Jerry writes: The Loose connection I have From Sylvanus Averill Whipple and Henry Whipple is via Nan's Genealogy, Contact person Nancy Woodhead (NandWoodheemail hidden). She lists ID: I3143 Sylvanus Averill Whipple born 8 Jan 1795 in Warren Co., New Hampshire, USA Same Information as in Whipple.org. However she lists Father Enoch Whipple and Mother Mary Stevens b: 22 apr 1770 (unknown to Whipple.org) Married 16 Aug 1818 to Alice Dailey b: 22 dec 1798 in Phelps, Ontario Co., NY. Having had 10 children Mary Serena Whipple, b: 5 jul 1827 in Phelps, NY, William Dailey, b: 3 Apr 1820, Rufus Irving, b: 8 Mar, Enoch A, b: 7 Jan 1825, Elizabeth Jane, b: 2 Sep 1829, Alice Dailey, b: 7 sep 1831 in Phelps, NY, Henry Whipple, b: 20 Aug 1833, (I believe this is my gr-gr-grandfather) John, b: 4 june 1836, George Martin b: 28 May 1838 and John Henry Whipple b: 21 Oct 1841. Phelps, New York is not far from Oswego County, New York. Sylvanus was elected Deacon in Michigan in 1858. He may have been in Phelps, NY until 1857 where as Henty would have been 24 years old and his first child was born in 1855. Probably married before his parents went to Michigan. !SOURCE: Post to the Whipple Website Facebook page by Jeffrey Whipple, 29 Nov 2013. !SOURCE: Email from Jeffrey Whipple (email hidden) to the Whipple Website, 9 Mar 2014. Adds death date and place: "Rufus Irving Whipple died on May 5, 1864, at Spotsylvania, Virginia, on the first day of The Battle of The Wilderness, Civil War, from a massive hemorrhage when his leg was destroyed by cannon fire.  He was a Private in the Michigan 24th Volunteer Infantry, Company K." !SOURCE: Post by Jeffrey Whipple to the Whipple Website Facebook group, 6 Mar 2015. He writes: "Rufus Irving Whipple actually died on August 26, 1864 in Washington D.C. and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. He was wounded on May 5, 1864 at the Battle of the Wilderness, but hung on until he arrived at railroad station in D.C. where they amputated his gangrened leg and he bled to death."