The illustrated LaconianHistory and industries of Laconia, of the city and its manufacturing and business interests . Whipple,who died Dec. 21, 1889, was perhapsthe most noted citizen who has everresided in Laconia. having a national i88 THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN. reputation as a brave soldier—the heroof two wars—a brilliant lawyer, and astrong character, whose like we shallnot look upon again. Colonel Whipple was born in Went-worth, N. H., Jan. 30, 1816. Hisfather was one of the noted men ofhis time. Young Whipple was educa-ted at the academies in New Hampton,Bradford, Vt., and
The illustrated LaconianHistory and industries of Laconia, of the city and its manufacturing and business interests . Whipple,who died Dec. 21, 1889, was perhapsthe most noted citizen who has everresided in Laconia. having a national i88 THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN. reputation as a brave soldier—the heroof two wars—a brilliant lawyer, and astrong character, whose like we shallnot look upon again. Colonel Whipple was born in Went-worth, N. H., Jan. 30, 1816. Hisfather was one of the noted men ofhis time. Young Whipple was educa-ted at the academies in New Hampton,Bradford, Vt., and at the Norwich uni-versity, where he developed his earlytaste for military affairs. At the age made adjutant-general on the staff ofGeneral Lewis. Returning from Mex-ico he opened an office in Laconia in1849, and was until his death one ofthe most prominent figures among thelawyers of New Hampshire. At thebreaking out of the War of the Rebel-lion he served as lieutenant-colonel ofthe First New Hampshire regiment andas colonel of the Fourth regiment, re-signing the latter March 18, he was prominent in raising the. The Late Col. Thomas J. Whipple. of seventeen he had been aide-de-campon the staff of General Cook of theNew Hampshire militia, and he organ-ized a company known as the Went-worth Phalanx, which had quite a bril-liant reputation. He read law withHon. Josiah Quincy of Rumney andSalmon Wires of Johnson, Vt., andcommenced practice in his native was one of the first to enlist in theMexican War, was taken prisoner atVera Cruz, afterwards exchanged, and famous Twelfth regiment, and waselected its colonel, but did not for years recognized asone of the trusted and foremost leadersof the Democratic party in New Hamp-shire, he filled but comparatively fewoffices. Almost any place in the giftof the party could have been his, buthe steadily refused them all. He wasassistant clerk and clerk of the houseof representatives, secretary of theconsti
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