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Reuben Arnold Whipple (Major)

BIRTH: 11 Aug 1846, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island
DEATH: 13 Oct 1907, Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts
BURIAL: Maple Street Cemetery, Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts
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TITLE: Major

Father: George B. Whipple (18 Apr 1823 - AFT 26 Jul 1870)
Mother: Sarah G. Wescott (ABT 1825 - 1887)

Family 1: Evelyn M. "Eva" Todd (Jul 1853 - AFT 1930)

MARRIAGE: 21 Nov 1871, Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts

George E. Whipple (____ - ____)
+Irene "Rena" Whipple (Nov 1873 - ____)
+Susan Whipple (26 Oct 1876 - AFT 1930)
+Robert Lee Whipple (Dec 1881 - AFT 1956)

                                                                                            _Benjamin Whipple _________+
                                                                                           | (1688 - 1788) m 1722      
                                                                      _Ephraim Whipple ____|_Sarah Bernon _____________
                                                                     | (1729 - 1800) m 1760  (1700 - 1732)             
                                             _Emor Whipple __________|
                                            | (1773 - 1849) m 1796   |
                                            |                        |                      _Jeriah or Josiah Hawkins _
                                            |                        |                     | (1714 - 1751) m 1735      
                                            |                        |_Mary Hawkins _______|_Amey Olney _______________
                                            |                          (1741 - 1820) m 1760  (1716 - ....)             
                       _Ephraim Whipple ____|
                      | (1800 - 1875) m 1822|
                      |                     |                                               _Joseph Brown _____________+
                      |                     |                                              | (1701 - 1778) m 1737      
                      |                     |                         _Andrew Brown _______|_Abigail Whittemore _______
                      |                     |                        | (1750 - 1832) m 1773  (1711 - 1784)             
                      |                     |_Abigail "Nabby" Brown _|
                      |                       (1773 - 1838) m 1796   |
                      |                                              |                      _Richard Knight ___________+
                      |                                              |                     | (1712 - 1776)             
                      |                                              |_Dorcas Knight ______|_Mary Waterman ____________
                      |                                                (1750 - 1791) m 1773  (1731 - 1788)             
 _George B. Whipple __|
| (1823 - 1870) m 1846|
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|                     |                                               _John Farnum ________|_Abigail Sanford __________
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|                     |_Susan Farnum _______|
|                       (1803 - 1882) m 1822|
|                                           |                                               _Stephen Angell ___________+
|                                           |                                              | (1702 - 1772) m 1728      
|                                           |                         _James Angell _______|_Martha Olney _____________
|                                           |                        | (1736 - 1817) m 1760  (1707 - 1793)             
|                                           |_Ruth Angell ___________|
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|                                                                    |                      _Nathaniel Day ____________
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|                                                                    |_Amey Day ___________|_Ruth Philmore ____________
|                                                                      (1743 - 1823) m 1760  (1712 - ....)             
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|--Reuben Arnold Whipple 
|  (1846 - 1907)
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|_Sarah G. Wescott ___|
  (1825 - 1887) m 1846|
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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 WhippleY{9838} d. Oct. 13, 1907 in Adams, Berkshire, MA where he is bur. in the Maple Street Cemetery. (src: Find A Grave website)"

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