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Ida Whipple Benham

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20: 194: 122:. The house was built in 1866 for Rev. William H. Randall. It was a Greek Revival style. Randall was the grandson of Jedediah Randall, a wealthy Mystic merchant, and the son of William Pitt Randall, partner in a whaling firm and founder of the Reliance Machine Co. 73:, Enoch Whipple, Timothy Whipple, Jeduthun Whipple, Julia Crouch Culver and Emeline Crouch, daughters of Zachariah Crouch, Jonathan Whipple Jr., and his daughter Content Whipple Waley. 183: 187: 69:, and she held a monthly peace meeting in her own home in Mystic. She was the vice-president of the Connecticut Peace Society, founded by Jonathan Whipple, 293: 158:
A woman of the century; fourteen hundred-seventy biographical sketches accompanied by portraits of leading American women in all walks of life
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At an early age Ida Whipple Benham began to write verses. At the age of thirteen years she taught a country school.
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Willard, Frances Elizabeth, 1839-1898; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905 (1893).
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She was made familiar with the reforms advocated by the Quakers, such as
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She died on May 21, 1903, and is buried at Ledyard Union Cemetery,
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
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In 1900 one of her poems, "I Wait For Thee," was set to music by
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Ida Whipple married on April 14, 1869, Elijah Bailey Benham, of
30:(January 8, 1849 - May 21, 1903) was a peace advocate. 230: 228: 61:, and a member of the executive committee of the 257:"Fish Family in the Mystic, Connecticut Area" 118:From 1886 to 1903 she lived at 7 Elm Street, 8: 182:: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( 186:) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( 150: 148: 146: 144: 142: 138: 38:Ida Whipple was born in a farmhouse in 175: 7: 161:. Buffalo, N.Y., Moulton. p.  14: 96:and other prominent periodicals. 294:People from Ledyard, Connecticut 236:"Ida Whipple Benham (1849-1903)" 192: 1: 76:She contributed poems to the 310: 212:"Whipple Family History" 16:American peace advocate 59:American Peace Society 24: 93:St. Nicholas Magazine 87:The Youth's Companion 63:Universal Peace Union 22: 127:Ledyard, Connecticut 78:New York Independent 40:Ledyard, Connecticut 120:Mystic, Connecticut 113:Groton, Connecticut 67:Mystic, Connecticut 55:Temperance movement 28:Ida Whipple Benham 25: 23:Ida Whipple Benham 301: 268: 267: 265: 263: 253: 247: 246: 244: 242: 232: 223: 222: 220: 218: 208: 202: 196: 195: 191: 181: 173: 171: 169: 152: 71:Zerah C. Whipple 309: 308: 304: 303: 302: 300: 299: 298: 274: 273: 272: 271: 261: 259: 255: 254: 250: 240: 238: 234: 233: 226: 216: 214: 210: 209: 205: 193: 174: 167: 165: 154: 153: 140: 135: 109: 82:Chicago Advance 48: 36: 17: 12: 11: 5: 307: 305: 297: 296: 291: 286: 276: 275: 270: 269: 248: 224: 203: 137: 136: 134: 131: 108: 105: 47: 44: 35: 32: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 306: 295: 292: 290: 287: 285: 282: 281: 279: 258: 252: 249: 237: 231: 229: 225: 213: 207: 204: 200: 199:public domain 189: 185: 179: 164: 160: 159: 151: 149: 147: 145: 143: 139: 132: 130: 128: 123: 121: 116: 114: 107:Personal life 106: 104: 102: 97: 95: 94: 89: 88: 83: 79: 74: 72: 68: 64: 60: 56: 51: 45: 43: 41: 33: 31: 29: 21: 262:20 September 260:. Retrieved 251: 241:20 September 239:. Retrieved 217:20 September 215:. Retrieved 206: 166:. Retrieved 157: 124: 117: 110: 101:C. B. Hawley 98: 91: 85: 81: 77: 75: 52: 49: 37: 27: 26: 289:1903 deaths 284:1849 births 278:Categories 133:References 34:Early life 178:cite book 168:8 August 80:, the 46:Career 264:2017 243:2017 219:2017 188:link 184:link 170:2017 280:: 227:^ 180:}} 176:{{ 163:74 141:^ 129:. 115:. 103:. 90:, 84:, 266:. 245:. 221:. 201:. 190:) 172:.

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Ledyard, Connecticut
Temperance movement
American Peace Society
Universal Peace Union
Mystic, Connecticut
Zerah C. Whipple
The Youth's Companion
St. Nicholas Magazine
C. B. Hawley
Groton, Connecticut
Mystic, Connecticut
Ledyard, Connecticut





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