Edmund Lawrence Whippo (1861 - 1945)

Born 23 Jul 1861 in Indiana, United States

Husband of Luella (Teas) Whippo — married 5 Dec 1881 in Wayne County, Indiana, United States

Died 5 Apr 1945 at age 83 in Ochiltree County, Texas, United States

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Edmund Lawrence Whippo BIRTH 23 Jul 1861, Indiana, USA DEATH 5 Apr 1945 (aged 83), Ochiltree County, Texas, USA BURIAL Ochiltree Cemetery, Perryton, Ochiltree County, Texas, USA ^[1] MEMORIAL ID 57134644

P a r e n t s : Charles Henry Whippo 1830–1890 and Matilda Ermina Preston Whippo 1834–1930 ^[2]

S p o u s e s

1. Luella Teas Whippo 1863–1933, married 5 Dec 1881, Wayne, Indiana, USA ^[3][4]

2. Hattie Lou Stroope, married 1 Aug 1937, Amarillo, TX, USA.

In the 1880 United States Federal Census, [Whippo, Edmund Lawrence] Edward L. Whippo is reported to be Age 19, Birth Date: Abt 1861. His Birthplace is Indiana and his Home in 1880 is New Garden, Wayne, Indiana, USA. He is a Single white male Son to the Head of House. His Father's Name is Charles H. Whippo, Birthplace: New York. His Mother's Name is Matilda Whippo, Birthplace: Ohio. He is living at home and attending school. Household Members, Age, and Relationship are Charles H. Whippo 50 Self (Head), Matilda Whippo 45 Wife, Louis Whippo 23 Daughter, Corrie Whippo 21 Daughter, Edward L. Whippo 19 Son, Mary Whippo 16 Daughter, James Whippo 10 Son, and Pauline Whippo 2 Daughter.^[5]

In the 1900 United States Federal Census, [Whippo, Edmund Lawrence] Edmund L Whippo is reported to be Age 38, Birth Date: Jul 1861. His Birthplace is Indiana, USA and his Home in 1900 is a Rented House in Justice Precinct 4, Ochiltree, Texas. He is a Married white male Head of House. His Spouse's Name is Luella T Whippo. Their Marriage Year is 1882 and they have been married for 18 years. His Father's Birthplace: New York, USA. His Mother's Birthplace: Ohio, USA. His Occupation is Farmer. He speaks English and can read and write. Household Members, Age, and Relationship are Edmund L Whippo 38 Head, Luella T Whippo 37 Wife, Mattie T Whippo 16 Daughter, Mararia T Whippo 14 Daughter, Carrie E Whippo 11 Daughter, Charles E Whippo 8 Son, Spencer E Whippo 3 Son, and Lora E Heater 26 Boarder.^[6]

In the 1910 United States Federal Census, [Whippo, Edmund Lawrence] E L Whippo is reported to be Age 48, Birth Date: abt 1862. His Birthplace is Indiana and his Home in 1910 is a Farm in Justice Precinct 2, Ochiltree, Texas, USA. He is a Married white male Head of House. His Spouse's Name is Luella T Whippo. His Father's Birthplace: New York. His Mother's Birthplace: Ohio. His Native Tongue is English and he is able to read and write. His Occupation is Farmer; Industry: Stock. He is working on his Own Account. He owns his home/farm which is mortgaged. His number of Years Married: 28. Household Members, Age, and Relationship are E L Whippo 48 Head, Luella T Whippo 47 Wife, Mattie T Whippo 26 Daughter, Carrie Whippo 21 Daughter, Charles E Whippo 18 Son, Spencer P Whippo 13 Son, Dorothea Whippo 8 Daughter, and Luzena Teas 84 Mother-in-law.^[7]

In the 1920 United States Federal Census, [Whippo, Edmund Lawrence] Edmund L Whippo is reported to be Age 58, Birth Year: abt 1862. His Birthplace is Indiana and his Home in 1920 is a Farm in Justice Precinct 2, Ochiltree, Texas. He is a Married white male Head of House. His Spouse's Name is Luella Whippo. His Father's Birthplace: New York. His Mother's Birthplace: Ohio. He speaks English and is able to read and write. His Occupation is Farmer; Industry: General Farm. He is an Employer. He owns his home/farm which is mortgaged. Household Members, Age, and Relationship are Edmund L Whippo 58 Head, Luella Whippo 56 Wife, Dorthy L Whippo 18 Daughter, and Oltec Wilson 21 Laborer.^[8]

C h i l d r e n ^[9]

1. Mattie T Whippo McMillen 1884–1972

2. Maria Theresa Whippo Thurman 1886–1976

3. Carrie Esther Whippo Correll 1888–1981

4. Charles Edmund Whippo 1891–1960

5. Spencer Preston Whippo 1897–1976

6. Dorothea Luella Whippo Wilson 1901–1980

In the 1930 United States Federal Census, [Whippo, Edmund Lawrence] Edmond L Whippo is reported to be Age 69, Birth Year: abt 1861. He is a Married white male Head of House. His Birthplace is Indiana and his Home in 1930 is a Farm in Precinct 2, Ochiltree, Texas, USA. He owns his home/farm. He does not own a Radio Set. His Age at First Marriage: 20. He speaks English and is Able to Read and Write. His Father's Birthplace: New York. His Mother's Birthplace: Ohio. His Occupation: Retired Farmer; Industry: Stock Farm. He is Working on own account. Household Members, Age, and Relationship are Edmond L Whippo 69 Head, Luella T Whippo 67 Wife, Matilda P Whippo 96 Mother, Mark A Bochring 35 Lodger, and Nell E Bochring 35 Servant.^[10]

1 9 3 3 : Death of wife, Luella (Pike) Teas 1863–1933, 4 Apr 1933 • Ochiltree County, Texas, United States of America

In the 1940 United States Federal Census, [Whippo, Edmund Lawrence] Edmond L Whippo, Respondent, is reported to be Age 78, Estimated Birth Year abt 1862. He is a Married white male Head of House. His Birthplace is Indiana and his Home in 1940 is a Farm in Ochiltree, Texas. His Residence in 1935: Ochiltree, Texas. His Occupation is Farmer. He owns his home/farm which is Valued at $1,500. His Highest Grade Completed is High School, 4th year. Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 10. He is Working on his own account. Weeks Worked in 1939: 40. Income: 0. Household Members, Age, and Relationship are Edmond L Whippo 78 Head, and Hattie Whippo 57 Wife.^[11]

D E A T H : 5 Apr 1945 (aged 83), Ochiltree County, Texas, USA. Burial in Ochiltree Cemetery, Perryton, Ochiltree County, Texas, USA ^[12][13][14]

OBITUARY OF E. L. WHIPPO ^[15]

E. L. WHIPPO on of the few remaining early pioneers of Ochiltree County, died Thursday afternoon at the Perryton Hospital after an illness of several weeks. Funeral Services were held Sunday afternoon from the First Christian Church with Rev. Ward H. N. Gregg, pastor, officiating, assisted by Rev. H. L. Thurston, pastor of the First Methodist Church. Burial was in the family plot at the Ochiltree Cemetery.

A male quartet composed of Roy Hoghland, Rufus Bolerjack, Robert Lawrence and Omar Truax sang one number; Mr. Truax gave a vocal solo. Mrs. Louis Jaxquot was at the piano.

Pallbearers were grandsons of Mr. WHIPPO; they were Charles WHIPPO, Jr., Robert Thurman, Leland WILSON, Max CLARK, Alfred PITTMAN, Jay OXFORD, John STROOPE and Rex CLARK. Honorary pallbearers were J. B. CARTWRIGHT, Sr., W. B. DENNISON, George JACKSON, George DIETRICH, H. C. BRILLHART, Freeman GARRETT, Carl ELLIS, Jack ALLEN, Woods KING, Horace GLASGOW, George SEITZ, M. M. CUDD, Henry CUTTER, Dee EUBANKS and Claude BROWN.

Edmund L. WHIPPO was born near Terra Haute, Indiana, 1861. When a small boy hos parents moved to a farm near Fountain City, Indiana.

He attended school in the little red school house in District No. 3. Attended high school in Fountain City and finished his schooling in Dublin, Indiana. In 1881, he married Luella TEAS. Three children were born in Indiana, Robert, who died in infancy; Mattie, now Mrs. W. E. McMILLEN; and Theresa, now Mrs. E. R. THURMAN.

He and his family came to Medicine Lodge, Kansas in 1881. The family remained there while he, accompanied by Ben BATES, a brother-in-law, purchased a spring wagon and a team, started west in search for a suitable place to establish a home. They arrived in Mobeetie and were informed by W. J. TODD of the beautiful, green prairies or plains which no one owned and they came to Ochiltree County in the spring of 1887. He "Squatted" on a section of land and returned in July for his family. He and his family lived in their covered wagon until their first home was built or dug, as it was a small one-roomed dug-out.

They hauled all their water from the springs now known as Jines Springs. He and Sam BRILLHART dug the holes at the springs, making it possible for the "nesters" to dip up the water, put it in barrels and haul it home some 10 to 15 miles.

Later Mr. WHIPPO dug a well by hand, the third well in the county. It was 252 feet deep, and they were compelled to dig through 100 feet of rock, line stone and shale.

Mr. WHIPPO rendered many services to the pioneer families in capacity of family doctor. His wife always accompanied him on these trips, and administered to the suffering in her kind and comforting way.

He hauled the first cedar posts from the Canadian river; this was a very laborious task as these posts had to be carried on one's back out of the steep valleys. He sold the posts to the ranch men to obtain money to provide for his family.

Mustangs roamed the prairies, and he would run them for days at a time and finally roped, clogged and branded them with a "W" turned them free only to repeat the same procedure the following year. Later he sold these horses to the cowboys and to the people who were at that time settling up "No Man's Land." No Man's Land is now Beaver, Texas and Cimarron Counties, Oklahoma.

Carrie, now Mrs. R. T. CORRELL and Charles were born in Texas.

Word was received of the death of Mr. WHIPPOS's father so the family drove back to Indiana in a big wagon, making trip in six weeks. They remained on his mother's farm helping her for four years. Here Spencer was born in 1899. The WHIPPO family and Mr. and Mrs. C. T. JACKSON, now deceased, drove back to Texas in their covered wagons making the trip in three months. In 1901, Dorothea WHIPPO, now Mrs. A. K. WILSON, was born.

E. L. WHIPPO was one of the sturdy pioneers who helped to organize Ochiltree County. In 1890 he hauled some of the lumber from Liberal, Kansas to build the court house at Ochiltree. He taught the first school in the town of Ochiltree. He also was the county's first mail carrier as he freighted from Dodge City, Kansas, and it took 13 days to make the round trip.

Mrs. WHIPPO died April 04, 1933, and was buried in the Ochiltree Cemetery. On August 01, 1937 he married Mrs. Hattie Lou STROOPE at Amarillo.

Survivors besides his wife, include two sons, C. E. and Spencer WHIPPO; four daughters, Mrs. R. T. CORRELL, Mrs. W. E. McMILLEN, Mrs. E. R. THURMAN and Mrs. A. K. WILSON; two sisters, Mrs. L. L. TEAS, Corvallis, Washington, and Mrs. Pauline PEACOCK, Cochran, Georgia; a brother, James WHIPPO, Corvallis, Washington, twelve grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren.

(Published in The Ochiltree County Herald (Perryton, TX), Thursday, April 12, 1945.)

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57134644/edmund_lawrence-whippo: accessed March 1, 2024), memorial page for Edmund Lawrence Whippo (23 Jul 1861–5 Apr 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 57134644, citing Ochiltree Cemetery, Perryton, Ochiltree County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Sandra Sears (contributor 48174409).
2. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS17-653 : Mon Feb 05 11:44:08 UTC 2024), Entry for Edmund Lawrence Whippo and Charles Whippo, 5 April 1945.
3. ↑ Works Progress Administration; Index to Marriage Records: Indiana Works Progress Administration, 1938-1940; Series Title: Wayne County, Indiana; index to Marriage Record 1860 - 1920 Inclusive Vol W. P. A. Original Record Located: County Clerk's O; Book: C- N; Page: 258. Source Information, Ancestry.com. Indiana, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1941 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
4. ↑ Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941. Works Progress Administration; Index to Marriage Records: Indiana Works Progress Administration, 1938-1940; Series Title: Wayne County, Indiana;index to Marriage Record 1860 - 1920 Inclusive Vol W. P. A. Original Record Located: County Clerk's O; Book: C- N; Page: 258. Source Information, Ancestry.com. Indiana, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1941 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
5. ↑ United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: New Garden, Wayne, Indiana; Roll: 321; Page: 21D; Enumeration District: 054. Source Information, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
6. ↑ United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 4, Ochiltree, Texas; Roll: 1663; Page: 12; Enumeration District: 0029. Source Information, Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
7. ↑ United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 2, Ochiltree, Texas; Roll: T624_1582; Page: 10a; Enumeration District: 0186; FHL microfilm: 1375595. Source Information, Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
8. ↑ United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Justice Precinct 2, Ochiltree, Texas; Roll: T625_1835; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 189. Source Information, Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
9. ↑ United States Federal Census, 1900, 1910, and 1920. Ancestry.com United States Federal Census database online. (see above).
10. ↑ United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 2, Ochiltree, Texas; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0004; FHL microfilm: 2342116. Source Information, Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.
11. ↑ United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Ochiltree, Texas; Roll: m-t0627-04118; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 179-4. Source Information, Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.
12. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57134644/edmund_lawrence-whippo: accessed March 1, 2024), memorial page for Edmund Lawrence Whippo (23 Jul 1861–5 Apr 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 57134644, citing Ochiltree Cemetery, Perryton, Ochiltree County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Sandra Sears (contributor 48174409).
13. ↑ Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000. Source Information, Ancestry.com. Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Texas Department of Health. Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000. Austin, TX, USA: Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit.
14. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS17-653 : Mon Feb 05 11:44:08 UTC 2024), Entry for Edmund Lawrence Whippo and Charles Whippo, 5 April 1945.
15. ↑ Published in The Ochiltree County Herald (Perryton, TX), Thursday, April 12, 1945.

• "Public Member Trees", database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/151184848/person/162557189066/facts : accessed 1 March 2024), profile for Edmund Lawrence Whippo.