Evangeline Marrs—2nd Wife of Bishop Henry Benjamin Whipple

Neil Whipple recently submitted a note about the second wife of Bishop Henry Benjamin Whipple (the first Episcopal Bishop of Minnesota). See his page on the Whipple One-Name Study site.

A great deal of information has been published about her relationship with Rose Cleveland, sister of U.S. President Grover Cleveland:

Web Site

For starters, check out the article published on MNopedia, an online encyclopedia dedicated to Minnesota history… https://www.mnopedia.org/person/whipple-evangeline-marrs-simpson-1857-1930 

Book

Precious and Adored – The Love Letters of Rose Cleveland and Evangeline Simpson Whipple, 1890–1918. Edited by Lizzie Ehrenhalt and Tilly Laskey, foreword by Lillian Faderman. Published by theMinnesota Historical Society Press (May 1, 2019)

Chronology of Her Life

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