WHIPP, John E., b. 1859; 1905 Bio, Gunnison County, Colorado http://files.usgwarchives.org/co/gunnison/bios/whippje.txt --------------------------------------- Donated August 2001 Transcribed by Judy Crook from the book: Progressive Men of Western Colorado Published 1905, A.W. Bowen & Co., Chicago, Ill. --------------------------------------- John E. Whipp John E. Whipp, deputy county treasurer of Gunnison county, is a native of Iowa, born in 1859. He was reared to the age of twenty-one in his native state and Kansas and received a common-school education there. In 1880, desiring to see something of the world, and also to find enlarged opportunity for the employment of his energies, he came to Colorado in company with a brother and located for a short time at Georgetown, Clear Creek county. From there he came to Gunnison and the following spring, 1881, moved to Crested Butte, where he engaged in mining for others, at the same time prospecting for himself. He followed these exciting but not always remunerative occupations until January, 1894, when he qualified and entered upon his official duties as county assessor, an office to which he had been elected in the previous fall as the candidate of the Populist party. He served in this position two years, and at the end of his term bought a newspaper called the People's Champion, which he conducted until the spring of 1898, when he went to Alaska, remaining till November of the same year prospecting through the Cooper river country. He then returned to Gunnison and soon after was appointed deputy county treasurer, a position which he is still holding and in which he is exhibiting a capacity and faithfulness to every trust that is gratifying to his friends, satisfactory to the people of the county and highly creditable to himself. He knows the county well and is loyal to its every interest. At the same time his official career has been marked by considerate regard for the rights and the feelings of every individual citizen, omitting nothing of the most exacting requirements on the one hand, and avoiding every form of oppression and discourtesy on the other. Mr. Whipp was married in August, 1891, to Miss Fannie Bray, a native of Illinois and daughter of Andrew and Celes (St. Cair) Bray, residents of Gunnison who came here to reside in the spring of 1881, and have since been among the most respected and popular citizens of the place. =================================================== Contributed for use by the USGenWeb Archive Project (http://www.usgenweb.org) and by the COGenWeb Archive Project USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.