William Jay Whipple

• BIRTH: 12 Jan 1837, Troy, Rensselaer, New York
• DEATH: 5 Feb 1918, Winona, Winona, Minnesota
• BURIAL: Woodlawn Cemetery, Winona, Winona, Minnesota
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• MARRIAGE: 27 Sep 1866, River Falls, Pierce, Wisconsin

1.  Gracie Whipple (30 Jul 1867 - 26 Feb 1874)
2. +Arthur Jay Whipple (4 Jun 1869 - 30 Dec 1938)
3. +Mary Whipple (Jul 1871 - AFT 1930)
4.  Susan Whipple (16 Feb 1874 - 9 Jun 1911)

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Notes

• J M Whipple, age 31, male, Physician, b. NY
• Mary Whipple, age 30, female, b. Conn.
• Jay Hayne[s], age 14, male, b. NY
• Mary Hayne[s], age 12, female, b. NY
• Samuel Hayne[s], age 9, male, b. NY
• Valentine Whipple, age 6, male, b. Iowa
• Francis Whipple, age 7/12, male, Wis.
• [18 additional boarders (unrelated?) listed]

!SOURCE: 28 July 1860 U.S. Federal Census of Prescott Ward 2, Pierce County, Wisconsin, dwelling 987, family 980; cited 1 Dec 2025:

• James Whipple, 41, Physician, b. New York
• Mary Whipple, 43, b. Connecticut
• Samuel Whipple, 19, Post Office Clerk, b. Massachusetts
• Valentine Whipple, 15, b. Iowa
• Frank Whipple, 12, b. Wisconsin
• Ellen Whipple, 7, b. Wisconsin
• Dean Whipple, 4, b. Wisconsin
• Eliza Logan, 16, Servant Girl, b. Ireland
• W J Whipple, 23, Editor of Democrat, b. New York

!SOURCE: Find a Grave web site memorial 124122665, cited 30 Nov 2025:

The following information was provided by Find A Grave Contributor: Suzanne Blanchard (48789275) but I have not confirmed any of it.....

William Jay, Mary Elizabeth, and Samuel Woodward are not Dr. Whipple's biological children. Their father, William Babbitt Haynes, son of the Reverend Lemuel Haynes, was killed in a shipwreck in 1839 when Mary Case was pregnant with Samuel, who is named after his uncle, William's twin Samuel Woodbridge Haynes.

Mary remarried to Dr. Whipple and he adopted the children as his own.

!SOURCE: Email from David Barth (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 1st half of 1997.

!NAME: Originally William Jay Haynes. His father William Haynes died in 1840, and his mother married Dr. Whipple when William Jay was two years old. William Jay Haynes took his step-father's surname.

!SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 31 Jan 2020. Cites Find a Grave website memorial 168076285..

!RESIDENCES: Troy, N.Y.; Ottumwa, Iowa (1847); Oshkosh, Wisc.? (1848); Galena, Ill.; Prescott, Wisc.; Portland, Oregon and California (1962-65); LaCrosse, Wisc. (1865); Winona, Minn. (1869-85); Norfolk, Virginia (1893); Chicago; Winona, Minn.

!DEATH: Probably in Winona, Minn.

!SOURCE: "Descendants of William Jay Whipple," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 26 Jun 2004. Cites the following censuses:

1. June 09, 1870, Age 32, editor & publisher, living ward 1 Winona, Winona, MN w/wife Cornelia 27, dau. Gracie 2 & son Arthur J. b. 6/1869 (Source: 1870 Census, Winona, Winona, MN, 172.)
2. June 15, 1880, Age 43, editor, living 1st ward Winona, Winona, MN w/wife Cornelia F. 38, children Arthur J. 13, Mary 8, & Susan 6 (Source: 1880 Census, Winona, Winona, MN, 230B.)
3. June 04, 1900, Age 61, journalist, marr. 34 yrs., 4/3 children, living 1st ward Winona, Winona, MN w/wife Cornelia F. 58 & dau. Susan 26 (Source: 1900 Census, Winona, Winona, MN, 205.)
4. April 20, 1910, Age 71, living Winona, Winona, MN w/wife Cornelia 68 (Source: 1910 Census, Winona, Winona, MN, 153.)

!SOURCE: Email from Michael Whipple (email hidden) to the Whipple Website, 12 Dec 2006. Cites Woodlawn Cemetery, Winona Co., MN, W Surnames (http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usge nweb/mn/winona/cemetery/winona/woodlawn/woodlaww.txt):

WHIPPLE, CORNELIA FOSTER 02-22-1842 TO 01-12-1926
WHIPPLE, WILLIAM JAY 01-12-1839 TO 02-05-1918
WHIPPLE, GRACIE 07-30-1867 TO 02-26-1874

!SOURCE: Email from Anne Billeter to Weldon Whipple, 7 May 2009. Confirms death place and adds exact marriage date and place, citing Ahlgren, Dorothy Eaton and Mary Cotter Beeler. "A History of Prescott, Wisconsin." c. 1996. Pages 586-587 provide information about Dr. James M. Whipple and his descendants. It lists the children of his son William Jay Whipple, including "________ m. William Jacobs."

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