 1835 - 1874 (39 years) Has 90 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.
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| Name |
Cynthia Jane Whipple |
| Birth |
14 Jun 1835 |
Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York, United States  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
31 Aug 1855 |
EHOUS |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWVS-44V |
| Death |
5 Nov 1874 |
Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States |
| Burial |
Farmington City Cemetery, Davis, Utah, United States |
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| Person ID |
I152071 |
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| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Henry Willard Whipple, b. 5 Jan 1812, Dummerston, Windham, Vermont, United States d. 11 Mar 1889 (Age 77 years) |
| Mother |
Betsey Barrows, b. Abt 1813, Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York, United States |
| Marriage |
Abt 1830 |
Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York, United States |
| Family ID |
F38963 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Henry William Bigler, b. 28 Aug 1815, Shinnston, Harrison, Virginia, United States d. 24 Nov 1900, St. George, Washington, Utah, United States (Age 85 years) |
| Marriage |
18 Nov 1855 |
Provo, Utah, Utah, United States |
| Children |
| + | 1. Elizabeth Jane Bigler, b. 4 Oct 1856, Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States d. 24 Dec 1926, Connor Creek, Cassia, Idaho, United States (Age 70 years) |
| | 2. Charles William Bigler, b. 30 Jul 1859, Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States d. 9 Feb 1922, Elba, Cassia, Idaho, United States (Age 62 years) |
| > | 3. Henry Eugene Bigler, b. 27 Aug 1862, Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States d. 1 Nov 1927, Declo, Cassia, Idaho, United States (Age 65 years) |
| + | 4. Jacob Edwin Bigler, b. 24 Aug 1865, Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States d. 15 Feb 1921, Elba, Cassia, Idaho, United States (Age 55 years) |
| | 5. Emily Elvira Bigler, b. 23 Mar 1869, Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States d. 5 Aug 1869, Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States (Age 0 years) |
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| Family ID |
F38971 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
6 Mar 2025 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 14 Jun 1835 - Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 31 Aug 1855 - EHOUS |
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 | Marriage - 18 Nov 1855 - Provo, Utah, Utah, United States |
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 | Death - 5 Nov 1874 - Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States |
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 | Burial - - Farmington City Cemetery, Davis, Utah, United States |
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| Notes |
- Cynthia Jane Whipple was born June 14, 1835 at Jamestown, Chautauqua, N e w York. Her parents were Willard Whipple and Elizabeth Barrows of Vermo nt . She had two brothers and two sisters, Orrison, Charles, Rosetta, an d El vira.
By the time Cynthia Jane was 15 she was married to a man by the name o f J oseph Dikeman and had a baby boy named Henry Willard Dikeman, born a t Bra dford, McKeen, Pennsylvania June 7, 1950. Not a lot is known abou t her fi rst husband, but it was thought that he was thought to be abusiv e. At som e time she evidently left him and went back to live with her pa rents, wh o were also in Pennsylvania at the time .
It would seem that on November 10, 1852 she arrived on a ship to Califor n ia, via the Panama Canal. Very little is know about this trip, but sh e wa s presumably counted as part of her mother's children on the Winifre d Sco tts boat register.
It was while living in Santa Cruz, California with her parents that th e m issionaries baptized Jane (as she was called most of the time) and he r mo ther into the Mormon Church.
They were baptized by Elder William McBride on October 2, 1854 at Sant a C lara, California.
In August 1854, Henry William Bigler had returned from a mission in th e H awaiian Islands to San Francisco and was advised by Parley P. Pratt t o st ay in northern California until Spring, when a Mormon company woul d leav e for Salt Lake.
Bigler had been a veteran of the Mormon Battalion and was working at Sut t er's Mill when gold was discovered. He had worked for Sutter until Jun e 1 848 when he started for Salt Lake City by way of the Salt Lake Cutoff . Bi gler and others arrived in Salt Lake 28 September 1848. Bigler was s ent b ack to California on a "gold" mission in the fall of 1849. He was c alle d to serve a mission in the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Islands in late 185 0 an d returned to San Francisco in 1854 .
In 1855 he returned to San Francisco, where he was told that William McB r ide was leading a party of Mormons to Salt Lake City by way of San Bern ad ino. The party left on April 23, 1855. It was a sweet journey for Henr y B igler and Jane Whipple - not only a homecoming, he had not seen is fa the r for nine years, but also a courtship. The object of his attention w as o f course his future bride. In Bigler's diary he writes the wagon tra in ro lled out on 30 April 1855 with Captain McBride in front and in hi s wago n Sister Jane Whipple holding a banner with these words, "Latter D ay Sain ts." This is the only mention of her at this time in his diar y - but late r he carefully penned. "I married Cynthia Jane Whipple on th e 18th of Nov ember 1855 at brother Edson Whipple's house in Provo." Edso n Whipple wa s Jane's uncle. Henry was almost forty years old by now an d Jane was clos e to twenty.
The young couple then moved to Farmington, where Henry's father and fami l y were living. He had not seen them for nine years. So, the family wa s ov erjoyed to welcome Henry and his new bride and young five year old a dopte d son. They lived with his father, Jacob, and his family for a fe w month s and then settled into their own home. Henry's father gave the m a cal na med "Lil" for a wedding present. They lived close to his fathe r and othe r members of the Bigler family. There were about 68 families l iving in th e Farmington area at this time. They were farmers and very po or at this t ime and he records in his diary that Jane's parents sent he r some money f rom California and later a wagon loaded with food and supp lies and more m oney. He also said how grateful they were .
In May of 1856 Henry and Jane went to the Endowment House and were seal e d and in October she gave birth to her first daughter, a baby girl whi c h they named Elizabeth Jane Bigler. The baby weighed a healthy 9 poun d s 8 ounces. By now her half brother Willard was seven years old. In Feb ru ary 1857 they had their baby girl blessed and given a name. Just abou t th ree weeks later, while driving to Salt Lake, Henry met Brigham Youn g an d was told that he was going to be called on another mission to th e Sandw ich (Hawaiian) Islands.
With bitter-sweet feelings he used his priesthood authority to dedicat e a nd bless his little family in the care of the Lord. In his diary he s tate s that as he was leaving little Willard caught him and said "Pa, ho w lon g will you be gone, whagt if you die and I never see you again?" H e say s he told him to be good and pray and help his mother. He left wit h a pra yer in his heart that his family and others would help his littl e family.
Some time in 1857-1858, when Johnson's army was heading for Utah, Jane ' s father came in the winter and moved her and the little family close r t o Provo, where she stayed with her folks until he (Henry) could retur n ho me in October 1858. Jane had been able to return home the summer bef ore h e returned and was overjoyed to see him .
They settled down once more to a family life of farming and of servic e i n the Church. Henry and Jane continued to have children. In 1859 thei r so n Charles William was born, and in 1862 another son Henry Eugene wa s born . Then three years later in 1865 Jacob Edward was born. These wer e all he althy children, but in December of 1867 a little stillborn boy w as born . Then, later, on the 23 of April 1869 a baby girl was born and t hey name d her Emeline Elvira. She died when she was three months old .
During the 1870s life went on and the family was growing up. They were s t ill farming and doing church work. Henry was asked to write of his expe ri ences as a convert and missionary for an article in the Juvenile Instr uct or and a historian from California wanted him to copy his journals ab ou t finding gold at Sutter's Mill. While he was doing this Jane was bus y ta king care of the family and the winter of 1874-1874 she developed a n incu rable cough that grew steadily worse. She suffered greatly durin g the spr ing and the summer having great pain in her side. Although sh e was take n to the best doctor at Farmington, it was clear that nothin g could be do ne for her and she was dying. Jane died on November 5, 187 4 just thirtee n days before their 19th wedding anniversary. She was 39 y ears old, leavi ng behind her husband and children, Willard who was now 2 4, Elizabeth Jan e 18 and living in Idaho, Charles 15, Eugene 9 and Jaco b 7. She was burie d beside her baby daughter Emeline Elvira in the Farmi ngton Cemetary .
This story comes from research compiled by Edna Mae Wickel (Cahoon) Ja n e and Henry's great granddaughter. It was typed as is from the record s no w in the possession of Amanda Wickel, a third great granddaughter.
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