 1862 - 1877 (14 years) Has 86 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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| Name |
Heber Whipple |
| Birth |
26 Mar 1862 |
Provo, Utah, Utah, United States  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
19 Mar 1877 |
Provo, Utah, Utah, United States |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
6 Jan 1920 |
MANTI |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWVM-CS1 |
| Burial |
Provo, Utah, Utah, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I50423 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Edson Whipple, b. 5 Feb 1805, Dummerston, Windham, Vermont, United States d. 11 May 1894, Colonia Juárez, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México (Age 89 years) |
| Mother |
Amelia Maria Fellows, b. 13 May 1838, Plymouth, Wayne, Michigan, United States d. 4 Jul 1890, Colonia Juárez, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México (Age 52 years) |
| Marriage |
6 Sep 1854 |
Provo, Utah, Utah, United States |
| Family ID |
F13723 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- The story of the death of Edson Whipple's son, Heber, who died 19 Ma r c h 1 877 in Provo written by a friend named Albert Jones of Provo.:
The love and devotion of his large plural family in the early days i s e m p hasized when one of his children contracted the dread disease, sm all- po x. A consultation was held between his first wife, Mary Ann, an d Edson , i n regard to the case. The Child was not one of Mary Ann’s no r of h e r sist ers, but a well-grown boy of his third wife, Amelia, name d Heber . The dis cussion concluded with Mary Ann’s argument, as if in fo rebodi n g of her de ath, that if anything happened, she could be spare d bette r th an Edson; th erefore she would go in and nurse the boy, an d she did . Th e boy died an d so did she. The case produced quite an exc itement a t th e time. The stre et was fenced off by order of the City Co uncil; fir es we re built near th e premises, and the two victims of th e dread disea se wer e burned in the d arkness of the night. The coffin s were wrapped i n cloth s dipped in tar; n o funeral service, no sympath etic accompanimen t of fri ends, but in the de ad hour of the night, Edso n consigned to th e flames t he remains of his lo ved ones.
Edson Whipple’s journal was 62 pages long (found in the BYU Archiv e s M S 6 91). Edson lost every member of his family in Winter Quarters–h i s m othe r, his wife, his Child. There was so much sickness there. He n ar ro wly e scaped death himself.
He was called on a mission to the east in 1848. After filling this mi s s i on, Edson returned to Salt Lake City. On 7 November 1850 he marrie d t h e t wo sisters Mary Ann and Harriet Yeager. He had brought them acr os s th e pl ains with him from Philadelphia, where he had made their acq uai ntanc e. E dson’s first wife (Lavinia Goss) had died before he came t o Sa lt La ke Cit y. He married four other wives and had families by al l of th em. H e ha d a total of 33 children.
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