Margaret Elizabeth Whipple was born in April 1848, in Ohio, United States as the daughter of Abijah Whipple. She married Francis Marion Butrick on 9 May 1864, in Cass, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Calhoun, Iowa, United States in 1910 and Jackson Township, Calhoun, Iowa, United States in 1920. She died after 1920.
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Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
English: perhaps a nickname from an unrecorded diminutive of Middle English w(h)ippe ‘scourge, whip’, possibly contained in Middle English whippel-tre, a type of dogwood or cornus. For possible applications as a nickname see Whipp . Alternatively, perhaps from an unrecorded diminutive of the Middle English personal name Wippe (see Whipp ).
History: Matthew Whipple came from England to Ipswich, MA, c. 1638. His descendent William Whipple (1730–85) born in Kittery, ME, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. A John Whipple was one of the first settlers in Providence, RI.
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