Benjamin Isaac Whips

b. 5 November 1818, d. 22 December 1912
  • Father: John Whipps b. circa 4 June 1780, d. 29 September 1860
  • Mother: Anne Gwinn b. circa 1796, d. 24 June 1889
  • Benjamin Isaac Whips was born on 5 November 1818 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
  • He married Catharine Elizabeth Wilson on 27 March 1842 in Perry County, Ohio.
  • Benjamin Isaac Whips and Catharine Elizabeth Wilson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Salt Lick Township, Perry County, Ohio. Other members of the household included Isabelle Whips. Also in the household are Henry (age 27) and Hester Ann (age 16) Wilson, likely brother and sister of Catharine.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
  • Benjamin Isaac Whips and Catharine Elizabeth Wilson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Salt Lick Township, Perry County, Ohio, at Straitsville PO living not far from Edward Bozman's family.. Other members of the household included Andrew Jackson Whipps, Currilla Whips, Isabelle Whips and Elizabeth Whips. Also in the household was Carmi? Oatly, age 13.
  • Benjamin Isaac Whips and Catharine Elizabeth Wilson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Salt Lick Township, Perry County, Ohio. Other members of the household included Elizabeth Whips. Also in the household was Albert Love, age 10, attending school and working on the farm.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1870 census.
  • Benjamin Isaac Whips and Catharine Elizabeth Wilson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Salt Lick Township, Perry County, Ohio. Other members of the household included Elizabeth Whips, Anne Gwinn, Isabelle Whips, Mary E. Bozman, Rosetta Bozman and Morgan Lawrence Bozman. daughter Louisa Bozman is missing from the household. Also in the household was Albert C. Love, age 18, identified as a boarder and farm laborer.
  • He was farming, according to the 1880 census.
  • Benjamin Isaac Whips and Catharine Elizabeth Wilson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Salt Lick Township, Perry County, Ohio. Other members of the household included Elizabeth Whips, Adda Osenbaugh and Isabelle Cora Osenbaugh.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1900 census.
  • Benjamin Isaac Whips became a widower at the 27 February 1906 death of his wife Catharine Elizabeth Wilson.
  • Benjamin Isaac Whips appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Salt Lick Township, Perry County, Ohio. Other members of the household included Elizabeth Whips.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1910 census.
  • Benjamin Isaac Whips died on 22 December 1912 at age 94.
  • He was interred at Whippstown Cemetery, Pleasant Township, Perry County, Ohio.
  • Last Edited: 17 Mar 2011

Family: Catharine Elizabeth Wilson b. 16 July 1824, d. 27 February 1906