Notes:

!SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to the Whipple Website, 25 Mar 2003. Cites Vital Records of Hinsdale, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Gives birth 8 Jun 1839.

!SOURCE: "Descendants of James Madison Whipple," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 16 Jul 2005. Cites the following:

• Vital Records of Hinsdale, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (birth)
• Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Windsor 57:280 (death)
• Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Becket 144:26 (1st marriage)
• Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Windsor 406:85 (2nd marriage)
• Census 1: June 29, 1870, Age 30, farmer, living Cheshire, Berkshire, MA w/wife Sarah 28 & daughters Ella May 5 & Sena S. 2 in father's h/h (Source: 1870 Census, Berkshire Co., MA, Cheshire, 180.)
• Census 2: June 16, 1880, Age 41, living Hinsdale, Berkshire, MA w/wife Sarah 38, daughters Mary E. 15 & Sena S. 12, & wid. father James M. 71 (Source: 1880 Census, Berkshire Co., MA, Hinsdale, 464B.)
• Census 3: June 08, 1900, Age 60, farmer, mar. 10 yrs., living Windsor, Berkshire, MA w/2nd wife Fannie A. 35 in h/h bro.in-law Clifford R. Tower (Source: 1900 Census, Windsor, Berkshire, MA, 335.)

!SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 1 Nov 2013. Cites Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910: "The birth record of James L. Whipple {77711} gives his middle name as Linus."

!SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 1 Nov 2013: "James L. Whipple {77711} and Fannie A. Tower {100377, b. Windsor, Berkshire, MA, dau. of Roswell and Elizabeth Tower} were mar. April 16, 1890 in Windsor, Berkshire, MA (src: Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, 406:85)"

!SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 1 Nov 2013: "James Linus Whipple {77711} d. June 11, 1903 in Windsor, Berkshire, MA.  He was bur. June 14, 1903 in Cheshire, Berkshire, MA. (src: Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910, 1903/57:280) (Cheshire Cemetery, Cheshire, Berkshire, MA (src: Find A Grave website)"

James married Sarah Zulina Turner on 4 May 1861 in Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of William B. Turner and Rhoda C. Remington) was born on 23 Sep 1841 in Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts; died on 21 Dec 1886 in Windsor, Berkshire, Massachusetts; was buried in Cheshire Cemetery, Cheshire, Berkshire, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Fannie A. Tower on 16 Apr 1890 in Windsor, Berkshire, Massachusetts. Fannie (daughter of Roswell Tower and Elizabeth) was born in Aug 1864 in Windsor, Berkshire, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!SOURCE: "Descendants of James Madison Whipple," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 16 Jul 2005. Cites the 1870 Census, Berkshire Co., MA, Cheshire, 180, age 5.

!SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 1 Nov 2013: "Ella May Whipple {100378} Collins b. MA Oct., 1864 d. 1953 and is bur. in the Cheshire Cemetery, Cheshire, Berkshire, MA (src: Find A Grave website)"

Notes:

!SOURCE: "Descendants of James Madison Whipple," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 16 Jul 2005. Cites the 1870 Census, Berkshire Co., MA, Cheshire, 180, age 2.

!SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 1 Nov 2013: "Sena S. Whipple {100379} b. MA Apr., 1868 d. 1957 bur. Cheshire Cemetery, Cheshire, Berkshire, MA (src: Find A Grave website)"