Reuben Arnold Whipple, Major

1846 - 1907  (61 years)

• Name	Reuben Arnold Whipple
  Suffix	Major
  Birth	11 Aug 1846	Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 Oct 1907	Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts
  Burial	Maple Street Cemetery, Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I9838	Whipple Descendants
  Last Modified	3 Nov 2013

  
  

  Father	George B. Whipple,   b. 18 Apr 1823, North Providence, Providence, Rhode Island d. Aft 26 Jul 1870, of, Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts (Age > 47 years)
  Mother	Sarah G. Wescott,   b. Abt 1825, of, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island d. 1887, Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts (Age ~ 62 years)
  Marriage	15 Jan 1846	, Windham, Connecticut
  Family ID	F5727	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Evelyn M. "Eva" Todd,   b. Jul 1853, , , Massachusetts d. Aft 1930, of, Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts (Age ~ 78 years)
  Marriage	21 Nov 1871	Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts
  Children	1. George E. Whipple + 2. Irene "Rena" Whipple,   b. Nov 1873, , , Massachusetts + 3. Susan Whipple,   b. 26 Oct 1876, Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts d. Aft 1930, of, Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts (Age > 55 years) + 4. Robert Lee Whipple,   b. Dec 1881, Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts d. Aft 1956, of, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts (Age ~ 76 years)
  Family ID	F5738	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 11 Aug 1846 - Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island Marriage - 21 Nov 1871 - Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts Death - 13 Oct 1907 - Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts Burial - - Maple Street Cemetery, Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  !SOURCE: Henry E. Whipple, A Brief Genealogy of the Whipple Families Who Settled in Rhode Island (Providence: A. Crawford Greene, 1873), p. 24. !SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 5 Jul 2006. Cites/notes the following: Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (235:35): "Whipple, Reuben {9838} married Nov. 21, 1871 in Adams, Berkshire, MA Eva M. Todd dau. of Evelyn and Cynthia Todd" Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 ((1:370)): "Whipple, Reuben Arnold {9838} d. 1907 in Adams, Berkshire, MA" July 25, 1860 Census, Adams, Berkshire, MA, p.311 Whipple, Geo. B. {9821} 37 b. RI Whipple, Sarah G. {9837} 35 b. RI Whipple, Reuben A. {9838} 13 b. RI Whipple, Henry F. {9839} 12 b. RI Whipple, Abby F. {9840} 11 b. RI Whipple, Emma J. {9841} 9 b. RI Whipple, Cynthia A. {9842} 7 b. MA Whipple, John W. {9845} 6 b. MA Whipple, [Hennie] {9843} 4 b. MA Whipple, Sarah 2 {9844} b. MA Paine, Arnold 28 b. RI July 26, 1870 Census, Adams, Berkshire, MA p.129 Whipple, George 47, linen manufacturer, b. RI Whipple, Sarah 44 b. RI Whipple, Reuben 23 laborer, b. RI Whipple, Henry 21 laborer, b. RI Whipple, Josephine {9841} 20 b. RI Whipple, Anna {9842} 17 b. MA Whipple, John 16 b. MA Whipple, Henriette 14 b. MA Whipple, Sarah 12 b. MA Whipple, Louise {9847} 7 b. MA Whipple, Lizzie {9848} 5 b. MA Whipple, Albert G. {9849} 10/12 b. MA June 9, 1900 Census, Adams, Berkshire, MA, p.51 Whipple, Reuben {9838} 53, U.S. Army, b. RI Aug. 1846, mar. 28 yrs., parents b. RI wife - Whipple, Evelyn 46 b. MA July 1853, mar. 28 yrs., 4/3 children, parents b. MA dau. - Whipple, Susan 23, school teacher, b. MA Oct. 1876 son - Whipple, Robert 18 b. MA Dec. 1881 son-in-law Jenks, Charles E. 31, shoe merchant, b. MA April 1869 dau. - Jenks, Irene 26 b. MA Nov. 1873 !SOURCE: Email from B. Huckins to Weldon Whipple, 8 Dec 2007. Adds exact day and place of birth, citing Regiments and Armories of Massachusetts, Charles Winslow, 1901, Pg 515 (includes image of Reuben): Major Reuben Arnold Whipple born August 11, 1846 Smithfield, RI, removed to Adams, MA with parents when he was 7 years old. Descended from Col Abram Whipple who was in the War of 1812 and later Captain of the RI National Guard (note source refers to Abram as his grandfather?) Enlisted 8th Reg in the Civil War and joined 2nd Regiment as Captain. Lost his son by disease in service at Santiago de Cuba. Commissioned Captain 26th Reg US Volunteers, Col Edmund Rice commanding. Went into business with his father at Adams, MA then became Supt of Streets, Bridges and Parks there. !SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 1 Nov 2013: "Reuben Arnold Whipple {9838} d. Oct. 13, 1907 in Adams, Berkshire, MA where he is bur. in the Maple Street Cemetery. (src: Find A Grave website)"