Wesley Burnham Whipple (1788 - abt. 1869)

Born 30 Sep 1788 in Danvers, Essex County, MA

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Died about 22 Mar 1869 at about age 80 in Michigan, United States

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He was a native of North Danvers,WHIPPLE - Mr. Wesley Whipple, father of Prof. H. E. Whipple of Hillsdale College, died in this city, on the 22d ultimo, in the 81st year of his age. He was a native Danvers, Essex county, Mass. in which vicinity his ancestors from England settled as early as 1630. His father was a soldier in the Revolution, and was wounded at Bunker Hill. For his services in his country's cause he received a pension and a tract of land in the Territory of Maine.

The subject of this notice entered the army early in life, and during the troubleous times just preceding the war of 1812, was stationed in the neighborhood of Lake Champlain, near the northern frontier. Attracted by advantages offered to a young man by the new and  ? State of Vermont, he remained as a citizen where he had served as a soldier. He chose his future home in the beautiful Valley of the Winooski River, in the town of Williston, Noted in the history of the State from having been settled by Hon. Thomas Chittenden, Vermont's first Governor. Mr. Whipple was an ardent Republican of the Jeffersonian school, and a firm supporter of Madison's administration, in the war of 1812, and cheerfully volunteered with his neighbors to repel the invasion of Canada, in 1814. His patriotic zeal and a natural taste for military affairs, led him to continue his connection with the State forces for many years. He also received repeated proofs of the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens, by being called to fill various civil offices among them.

He professed the religion of Christ while yet a young man, and for more than fifty years was an active member of the Baptist Church. Being an accomplished singer and an impressive reader, he was depended upon as the leader of sacred music, and in times of destitution of preaching, a reader of sermons. He loved the worship of God, and was remarkably prompt in its observance, both in the Church and in his family. He gave his heart and hand to every good work and was among the first to identify himself with the Temperance and Anti-Slavery cause. In 1832 he emigrated to the State of Ohio and settled in county Geauga on the Western Reserve, where he encountered the hardships and privations of pioneer life. When the rebellion broke out the patriotic fire of his youth still glowed in his heart with  ? fervor. His prayers and best wishes were for liberty and his country. He was represented in the struggle by two sons and two grandsons. Of the former the younger fell in battle in Eastern Tennessee, and of the latter one fell at Antietam, and the other was wounded at the head of his company in a charge upon the rebel works in Southwestern Virginia.

The last three years of his life were spent on College Hill where some of his children had previously taken up their residence. In the midst of social, Intellectual, and religious privileges his sun went down in a clear western sky, betokening the eternal rest which awaited him.

Hillsdale Standard 6 Apr 1869 pg3

Obituary

1869, April 6 (death date) Printed in The Hillsdale Standard: Wesley Whipple born in 1788 died at the age of 81. He was the father to H.E. Whipple.^[1]

Sources

• United States Census, 1840 (Geauga, Ohio)
• United States Census, 1850 (Geauga, Ohio)
• United States Census, 1860 (Geauga, Ohio)
• "United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QJD5-KPYN : 9 March 2018), Wesly Whipple, 06 Sep 1808; citing p. 190, volume 025, , , , United States, NARA microfilm publication M233 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 13; FHL microfilm 350,319.

• "Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QL3S-LQBM : 16 March 2018), Wesley Whipple, 06 Apr 1869; citing , Obituary, Grand Rapids Public Library, Michigan; FHL microfilm 626,446.

1. ↑ "Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL3S-LQBM : accessed 20 July 2017), Wesley Whipple, 06 Apr 1869; citing , various offices and archives, Michigan.