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Stephen Brown Whipple
1820 - 1888 (67 years)-
Name Stephen Brown Whipple Birth 11 Nov 1820 Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island Gender Male Death 6 Jul 1888 Alameda, Alameda, California Burial Lone Mountain Cemetery, San Francisco, San Francisco, California Person ID I37915 Whipple Descendants Last Modified 18 Nov 2009
Father Knight Whipple, b. 1 Jan 1787, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island d. 10 Oct 1878, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 91 years) Mother Lucy Ballou, b. 19 Aug 1794, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island d. 9 Jun 1890, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 95 years) Marriage 21 Dec 1819 Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island Family ID F18394 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Sarah Jane Phillips, b. of, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut d. 26 Apr 1867, of, San Mateo, San Mateo, California Marriage 3 Jul 1850 Children 1. Sarah Maria Whipple, b. 25 May 1851, San Francisco, San Francisco, California d. 23 May 1868, At sea (Age 16 years) 2. May or Mary Helen Whipple, b. Mar 1853, San Francisco, San Francisco, California d. Nov 1880, San Francisco, San Francisco, California (Age ~ 27 years) 3. Josephine Ballou Whipple, b. 24 Nov 1857, San Francisco, San Francisco, California + 4. Stephen Knight Whipple, Sr., b. 12 Nov 1859, San Mateo, San Mateo, California + 5. Albert Billings Whipple, b. 9 Sep 1861, San Mateo, San Mateo, California d. 21 Nov 1955, San Francisco, San Francisco, California (Age 94 years) 6. Henrietta Ballou Whipple, b. 12 Nov 1863, San Mateo, San Mateo, California Family ID F18395 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map Birth - 11 Nov 1820 - Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island Death - 6 Jul 1888 - Alameda, Alameda, California Burial - - Lone Mountain Cemetery, San Francisco, San Francisco, California = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - !SOURCE: Adin Ballou, An Elaborate History and Genealogy of the Ballous in America ([Providence?]: Ariel and Latimer W. Ballou, c1888), p. 570, 1165.
!RESIDENCES: "Emigrated to California early in 1849. Resided in San Mateo, California. Moved to San Francisco following the death of his wife in 1867." --A. Ballou, p. 1165.
!SOURCE: James N. Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850. Vol. 3. Cumberland, Part V. (Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Pub Co., 1892), p. 133.
!SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to the Whipple Website, 1 Jun 2003. Cites the San Francisco Call Newspaper Vital Records for 1869-1895. "Whipple, Stephen Brown died in 1887, age 67."
!SOURCE: Copy of obituary of Stephen B. Whipple, a member of the Society of California Pioneers, recieved in email from Alan Gerard Whipple (email hidden) to the Whipple Website, 30 Nov 2006. The obituary reads:In Memoriam
Stephen B. Whipple
A Member
of the
Society of California PioneersIn Memorian: Biographical Sketch of Stephen Brown Whipple
The Committee appointed to draft a suitable memorial on the death of our late fellow member, Stephen B. Whipple, most respectfully submits the following report.
Stephen Brown Whipple was born in Cumberland, R.I., on the 11th of November 1820. He sailed from Boston on the "Duxberry," February 9th, 1849: arriving in San Francisco Sept. 12th, 1849, on the German Bark, "Talisman," to which he had transferred at Valparaiso.
He went East on a visit and was united in the bonds of matrimony on the 3rd of July, 1850, to Miss Sarah Jane Phillip of Stratford, Connecticut; with whom he returned to California, the land of his choice, and his future home.
Our brother Pioneer was one of the first who mined for coal in our state. He owned and operated the "Union Coal Mine" on Mt. Diablo; and also carried on, at 315 Mission St. and afterwards on Beale St., a wholesale and retail coal business for over twenty-five years.
Mr. Whipple built the river steamer, "S. M. Whipple," named after his eldest daughter, and ran the steamer on the Sacramento River for a number of years, in opposition to the steamers of the Central Pacific R. R. He was the first importer of trotting stock to our state; and it has justly been said of him that he laid the foundation of the trotting horse industry of California. He was also in the flour mill business in the early fifties. In 1860, he moved to San Mateo, and lived there in his beautiful home, later on moving to Alameda.
The subject of our memoir, who was the eldest of six children, came in a direct line from New England Puritan stock; - his father, Knight Whipple, and his mother, whose maiden name was Lucy Ballon [sic], having both been born in Cumberland, where the Ballon and Whipple families have lived, - as shown by the public records of Rhode Island,- since the year 1645.
Mr. Whipple's wife died on the 6th of April, 1867; and of the six children who had blessed their union, four survive him, two sons and two daughters. Both of his sons are life-members of the "Society of California Pioneers."
He was one of that now fast dwindling band of Pioneers, whose untiring energy, zeal and intelligent industry built up for our Nation this grand commonwealth of California, with its fertile valleys, its gold-bearing hills and its city of San Francisco, "The Queen of the Pacific".
Stephen B. Whipple died in Alameda, California, on July 6th, 1888, at the age of 67 years, 7 months and 25 days. The funeral was held from his late residence 1861 San Jose Ave. Alameda; - religious services at the house and at the grave by the Rev. Dr. Eastman; - interment, Lone Mountain Cemetery.
In addition to the foregoing brief sketch of the life of our late brother Pioneer, Stephen B. Whipple, the Committee submits the subjoined preamble and resolutions, and solicits the adoption of the same by the "Society of California Pioneers."
WHEREAS, -- In His infinite wisdom, an Omnipotent Providence has seen fit to remove from this sphere of his earthly usefullness our late fellow member, Stephen Brown Whipple, and -
WHEREAS, -- His long and honorable business career and his social virtues have endeared him to the surviving members of our Society, and commanded for him the confidence and respect of all who knew him, therefore be it -
RESOLVED, -- That in the death of Stephen B. Whipple, the "Society of California Pioneers" deplores the loss of one whose sterling traits of character, affable demeanor and kindly impulses entitle him to their affectionate esteem.
RESOLVED, -- That to the bereaved family we tender our sincere and heartfelt sympathy, and while we realize that words cannot prevent their grief or heal their sorrowing hearts in this dark hour of their affliction, still we offer them the only consolation in our power to give, and this memorial is a testimonial of our high regard for our departed brother and of our sorrow at his death.
Signed, Wm. L. Duncan (Chairman), Theodore Storm, H.H. Welch, Committee.
The foregoing obituary was read by title and unanimously adopted by a rising vote at a regular meeting of the "Society of California Pioneers," held September 4th, 1905. John S. Spear, Secretary.
- !SOURCE: Adin Ballou, An Elaborate History and Genealogy of the Ballous in America ([Providence?]: Ariel and Latimer W. Ballou, c1888), p. 570, 1165.