James Carr Whipp

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James Carr Whipp was a master stonemason and proprietor of the Jacksonville Marble Works in Jacksonville, Oregon. A native of England, he arrived in Portland in the mid 1870s and carved stones on several buildings including the Oregonian Building (demolished), the Portland Hotel and the Tillamook Light House. In 1883, he moved to Southern Oregon to work on the Jackson County Courthouse at Jacksonville. - AsNotedIn

Notable Position Organization From To
Soldier 1st Cavalry Regiment, US Army 1873

Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1876/00/00 1st Dragoons are stationed at Fort Walla Walla, 1876-1884. Home Fort Walla Walla Historic District Walla Walla
1881/01/21 Tillamook Rock Lighthouse is first lit on January 21, 1881. Built by the US Army Corps of Engineers under the leadership of George Lewis Gillespie, the construction lasted more than 500 days and cost of $125,000. Stonemason Tillamook Rock Lighthouse Ecola State Park
1886/07/17 J C and Florentine Whipp's infant daughter, Caroline "Carrie" passes away. J C carved the "French Cradle" marker for her grave in the Jacksonville Cemetery, Jacksonville, Oregon. Artisan, Father Jacksonville Oregon
1887/00/00 Work by local carvers R M Shely, Frank M Wait and James Carr Whipp, proprietor of the Jacksonville Marble Works (stone dated 1887 marks the location of a grave moved from an earlier burial ground) have several stones here. Artisan Medford IOOF Cemetery Medford
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