Cynthia Jane Whipple (1835 - 1874): Our Family History

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1835 - 1874 (39 years)

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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	mytree
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)

Family ID F38971 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 5 May 2024

Event Map

	Birth - 14 Jun 1835 - Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York, United States
	Initiatory (LDS) - 31 Aug 1855 - EHOUS
	Marriage - 18 Nov 1855 - Provo, Utah, Utah, United States
	Death - 5 Nov 1874 - Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States
	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.