William George Whipple

• BIRTH: 4 Aug 1834, Warehouse Point, Hartford, Connecticut
• DEATH: 1914, Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas
• BURIAL: 19 Jul 1914, Oakland Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas
• View descendants in the Whipple One-Name Study

• MARRIAGE: ABT 1871

1. +Durand Whipple (1871 - 7 Feb 1936)

                                                                                                 __
                                                                                                |  
                                                                           _____________________|__
                                                                          |                        
                                                     _Thomas Whipple _____|
                                                    | (1748 - 1804) m 1773|
                                                    |                     |                      __
                                                    |                     |                     |  
                                                    |                     |_____________________|__
                                                    |                                              
                            _James Jeffery Whipple _|
                           | (1785 - ....)          |
                           |                        |                                            __
                           |                        |                                           |  
                           |                        |                      _Isaac Jeffery ______|__
                           |                        |                     | (.... - 1800)          
                           |                        |_Catherine Jeffery __|
                           |                          (1749 - ....) m 1773|
                           |                                              |                      __
                           |                                              |                     |  
                           |                                              |_____________________|__
                           |                                                                       
 _William Jeffery Whipple _|
| (1809 - 1873) m 1833     |
|                          |                                                                     __
|                          |                                                                    |  
|                          |                                               _____________________|__
|                          |                                              |                        
|                          |                         _Shadrach Johnson ___|
|                          |                        |                     |
|                          |                        |                     |                      __
|                          |                        |                     |                     |  
|                          |                        |                     |_____________________|__
|                          |                        |                                              
|                          |_Sally Johnson _________|
|                                                   |
|                                                   |                                            __
|                                                   |                                           |  
|                                                   |                      _____________________|__
|                                                   |                     |                        
|                                                   |_Hannah Tooker ______|
|                                                                         |
|                                                                         |                      __
|                                                                         |                     |  
|                                                                         |_____________________|__
|                                                                                                  
|
|--William George Whipple 
|  (1834 - 1914)
|                                                                                                __
|                                                                                               |  
|                                                                          _____________________|__
|                                                                         |                        
|                                                    _____________________|
|                                                   |                     |
|                                                   |                     |                      __
|                                                   |                     |                     |  
|                                                   |                     |_____________________|__
|                                                   |                                              
|                           _Samuel Woodward _______|
|                          | (1775 - 1840)          |
|                          |                        |                                            __
|                          |                        |                                           |  
|                          |                        |                      _____________________|__
|                          |                        |                     |                        
|                          |                        |_____________________|
|                          |                                              |
|                          |                                              |                      __
|                          |                                              |                     |  
|                          |                                              |_____________________|__
|                          |                                                                       
|_Pamela Cook Woodward ____|
  (1811 - 1861) m 1833     |
                           |                                                                     __
                           |                                                                    |  
                           |                                               _____________________|__
                           |                                              |                        
                           |                         _____________________|
                           |                        |                     |
                           |                        |                     |                      __
                           |                        |                     |                     |  
                           |                        |                     |_____________________|__
                           |                        |                                              
                           |_Naomi Cook ____________|
                             (1776 - 1842)          |
                                                    |                                            __
                                                    |                                           |  
                                                    |                      _____________________|__
                                                    |                     |                        
                                                    |_____________________|
                                                                          |
                                                                          |                      __
                                                                          |                     |  
                                                                          |_____________________|__
                                                                                                   

Notes

!OCCUPATION: Lawyer, and mayor of Little Rock. --W. Whipple

!RESIDENCES: "Moved to Little Rock after Civil War, and death of first wife, to practice law." --W. Whipple

!SOURCE: Email from Phillip McMath (email hidden) to the Whipple Website, 12 Oct 2011. Adds burial date and place, citing cemetery records.

!SOURCE: 5 Jul 1860 Census of East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, p. 5:

• William J. Whipple, 57, cigar manufacturer, b. CT
• Pamalia C. Whipple, 48, b. MA
• William G. Whipple, 25, b. CT
• Sarah B. Whipple, 24, b. CT
• Edward J. Whipple, 22, b. CT
• Mary J. Whipple, 20, b. CT
• Evancia Whipple, 16, female, b. CT
• Frederick Whipple, 7, b. CT
• Naomi Radcliff, 44, b. MA
• Charles Radcliff, 15, b. CT

!SOURCE: "Descendants of Silas Olmstead," email from B. Huckins to Weldon Whipple, 24 Feb 2007. Cites/notes the following:

• "Graduated Wilbraham Academy, Wilbraham MA 1852, Wesleyan University Middletown CT and Albany Law School, NY, rem to Milwaukee Wisc, 1868 rem to Little Rock, appt US Dist Atty."
• 1870 Pulaski, AR Big Little Rock: William G 36, US District Atty
• 1880 census Little Rock AR:
  • Wm G. Whipple ae 44, lawyer, b. CT, father b. ? mother b. ?
  • Mary S. 28, wife, b AR, parents born VT
  • Duran 8 son
• 1910 Pulaski, Little Rock AR:
  • William G. Whipple 73, married twice, mar. 39 yrs., father b. CT, mother b. MA
  • Mary D. wife 60 mar. 1, m. 39 yrs.

!SOURCE: Phillip H. McMath, "History? Legend? Symbol?: The Story of David O. Dodd," The Pulaski County Historical Review, vol. 61, no. 4 (Winter 2013): 107-116. Footnote on p. 115 reads:

U.S. Census of 1915. Mary Dodge married Col. William George Whipple (1834-1914) in 1870. He was originally from Connecticut; was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Wesleyan College, where he studied classics and the law; he came to Arkansas after the Civil War after brief service in the Union army, and was elected mayor of Little Rock (1887-91). He was appointed US Attorney E. District (1900-1913). Durand Whipple (1871-1936), their only child, a Little Rock lawyer, was killed in a streetcar accident on Main and 7th. During World War I he served as a JAG officer on General John Pershing's staff. All three are buried at Oakland Cemetery, Little Rock.

RIN 49590. Quick link to this page: https://genweb.whipple.org/49590
View this person at the Whipple One-Name Study