| Notes |
- John Whipple was the owner of the first mercantile store in Meade, Kansas. He met Eva Dalton there and, after marrying her, they moved into a house southeast of Meade. Eva's brothers were deputy U.S. Marshals at that time, and Frank was killed while making an arrest in Arkansas.
Three weeks after the wedding, Whipple gave up his business and two months later he gave the deed to the house to Eva. He told people they were living off his horse trading and poker playing. A short time later (February, 1891), the Dalton brothers committed their first train robbery in Alila, California. The whole town felt sorry for Eva and wondered why the Dalton brothers had turned over a bad leaf. The Whipple?s house was often searched but the infamous brothers were never seen on the land. When the police questioned Whipple as to why he had so many horses in his barn, he would reply that he was doing some trading. In 1892 the Whipples mysteriously left town and were nowhere to be found when Bob and Grant Dalton, Dick Broadwell and Bill Powers were killed, in Coffeyville, while trying to rob two banks. The Whipple house was sold in November 1892 and the 95 foot tunnel, from the lower level of the house to the barn, was discovered by a stranger who wandered into it and startled the new owners of the house. It was used as a hiding and escape tunnel by the Dalton Gang while they stayed with the Whipples. The Whipples moved to Oklahoma and then Arkansas where they had two children. The old Whipple residence was purchased and turned into a tourist attraction on June 6, 1941.
-
1900 census, OK, Canadian, El Reno, ed 17, 17-A, June 18
316 Evans Ave, HH 344/360
WHIPPLE, John J, head, W, M, April 1851, 49, m 12 yrs, CT, CT, CT, butcher
WHIPPLE, Eva D, wife, W, F, Jany 1867, 33, m 12 yrs, 2 children, MO, KY, MO
WHIPPLE, Maud B, dau, Sep 1888, 11, KS, CT, MO
WHIPPLE, Glenn B, son, April 1894, 6, OK, CT, MO
-
1910 census, TX, Jefferson, Beaumont, ed 75, 15-A, April 26
574 Pearl Street, HH 185/229
WHIPPLE, Eva D., head, W, F, 43, widowed, MO, KY, MO, seamstress
HALL, Maud B, W, F, 21, widowed, KS, CT, MO, clerk, hotel
HALL, Eloise Jo, g-dau, 1-8/12, TX, TA, KS
-
|
