Yesterday's Architect · 1804–1876
William Whipper
Born in Drumore Township, Lancaster County, he ran the Smith & Whipper yards and railcars in Columbia, Pennsylvania, co-founded the American Moral Reform Society, and used the firm's cars and payroll to move freedom seekers north.
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People
- business partner of · 1849William C. Goodridgeworked the same rail corridor "in league with Smith and Whipper"BEJ profile · cites Underground Railroad historical marker
- business partner of · 1850sGeorge DeBaptistebought the steamboat T. Whitney togetherBEJ profile · cites Wikipedia
- joined a delegation with · 1866Frederick Douglassto President Andrew Johnson on Black suffrageBEJ profile · cites Wikipedia
- documented by · 1872William StillThe Underground Railroad records Whipper's own accountBEJ profile · cites William Still, 1872
- nephew and adopted sonJames Whipper PurnellBEJ profile · cites Susquehanna National Heritage Area
- business partner ofStephen SmithSmith & Whipper; also connected by Whipper's 1836 marriage to Harriet SmithBEJ profile · cites PHMC
Institutions and enterprises
- co-founded · 1835American Moral Reform SocietyBEJ profile · cites Wikipedia
- partner in · 1836Smith & Whipperjoined the business; ran the Columbia yards from 1842BEJ profile · cites PHMC
Places
- born in · 1804Lancaster County, PennsylvaniaDrumore TownshipBEJ profile · cites Wikipedia
- worked in · 1835–1860sColumbia, Pennsylvanialived at the end of the Columbia–Wrightsville BridgeBEJ profile · cites Columbia Historic Preservation Society
- held property in · 1853Dresden, Ontariowarehouse and holdings built with Stephen SmithBEJ profile · cites Susquehanna National Heritage Area
- died in · 1876PhiladelphiaBEJ profile · cites Wikipedia
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