Ashland New Hampshire, Whipple House Museum
Written by Doris Smith Tatham 1987 for the Grafton County Historic and Genealogy Society
Doris Smith Tatham Founding Historian
Obadiah Smith was a trader and storekeeper in New Hampton. His small store or trading post was in the field opposite the Lucian Schofield Home on Dana Hill. His parents lived at "Treasure Valley" (Wendleboe's). The family Cemetery is in the field near their home.
Obadiah made two or three trips, annually to Portsmouth or Exeter to trade or sell goods and brought back supplies for the settlers in this area. He had a small house above the Alphonu Guyotte house on Dana Hill. Both house and store burned.
He had a store near "The Hole in the Wall" on Ashland's Main Street. In 1836 he started building the lovely brick house now the museum.
One of his daughters married James Briggs who had the first Woolen Mill here. Mr. Smith helped them through financial difficulties and soon had problems of his own. The Whipple House was a Duplex house completed about 1837. His daughter married George Hoyt local contractor and Real Estate Broker. His granddaughter Francis, married Dr. Whipple, who died at an early age. Hence the name "Whipple."
Ashley H. Platt, great granddaughter of Obadiah Smith married Charles Gavin Platt. The Platt family lived in the house many years. Their daughters were Frances(town librarian), Elizabeth Fletcher(deceased), and Dorothy Kelley,of Plymouth.
Ashley's brother,George Hoyt Whipple, became a doctor, following in his father's profession. He practiced in California and . Finally at Syracuse (N.Y.) University,he specialized and won the Nobel Prize for the treatment of Pernicious Anemia.
In 19 , Dr. Whipple gave the family homestead to the Town of Ashland for a Museum. The former family apartment is rented to help defray expenses.
The Platt family have been very supportive. The museum is open from July 4th, to Labor Day.
Obadiah Smith, whose ancestors built the lovely house on Ox Bow Road, New Hampton known as Treasure Valley, now the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wendlebo, was a trader and had a store opposite the L.Schofield farm in the early 1800's.
He made trips to Portsmouth or Dover Several times yearly, taking local produce (cornmeal,maple syrup,knitted goods,wheat, etc.) to be sold and returning with flour,sugar,tea,tobacco,cloth,etc. to sell.
His store burned before 1820, and he opened a small trading post in a building in back of John's Lunch Room. He dealt in Real Estate as well and became very successful.
In 1837, he built the brick house, now the museum. It is a duplex house with many unusual features. A huge tub or vat was in the side yard with hollow wooden pipes bringing the water from a spring on Highland Street.
Obadiah died in 18 . His daughter Mrs. George Hoyt owned the house later. Mr. Hoyt was a business man and a Brick Mason. The Hoyts' daughter daughter Francis married the popular young, Dr. Ashley Cooper Whipple.
Dr. Whipple was greatly overwhelmed in an Epidemic of Diptheria and died in his thirties. The Whipple family continued to live here. The daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Whipple Ashley Cooper Whipple married Charles Gavin Platt, formerly of England. Their three daughters Frances, Elizabeth, and Dorothy were born here.
Dr. George Hoyt Whipple, son of Dr. Ashley C. Whipple was born in 1878. A Graduate of Yale,John Hopkins and the University of Vienna, he specialized in pathology and went to Panama to study about tropical diseases.
Dr. Whipple married Katherine Waring and they had two children.
He received many notable awards as well as establishing the University of Ruehister Medical School. There is a George Hoyt Whipple Auditorium, Strong Memorial Hospital.
He was awarded the nobel prize in 1934, jointly with Dr. George, Minot and Dr. William P. Murphy for recognition of liver therapy in anemia .
He resigned as dean in 1953, after 32 years of distinguished service. Dr. Whipple donated his boyhood home to the Town of Ashland for a Museum.
e-mail from Pat ? - note 7/10/2007 (un-documented)
Just read the brief introduction of George Hoyt Whipple House Museum, and would like to point out that Dr. Whipple was appointed Professor of Pathology and Dean of the School of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Rochester in 1921 shortly after becoming the Dean of medical school at the University of California, San Francisco in 1920 and 1921. I don’t know if he ever practiced in Syracuse.
Thanks to the Ashland Historical Society and the Ruell family, Joseph, Mary and David Ruell, this building stands sound today.
Ashland New Hampshire, Whipple House Museum
Photograph Robert B. Hicks 4/29/2000
rbhicks.geo@yahoo.com
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Obadiah Smith was a trader and storekeeper in New Hampton. His small store or trading post was in the field opposite the Lucian Schofield Home on Dana Hill. His parents lived at "Treasure Valley" (Wendleboe's). The family Cemetery is in the field near their home.
Obadiah made two or three trips, annually to Portsmouth or Exeter to trade or sell goods and brought back supplies for the settlers in this area. He had a small house above the Alphonu Guyotte house on Dana Hill. Both house and store burned.
He had a store near "The Hole in the Wall" on Ashland's Main Street. In 1836 he started building the lovely brick house now the museum.
One of his daughters married James Briggs who had the first Woolen Mill here. Mr. Smith helped them through financial difficulties and soon had problems of his own. The Whipple House was a Duplex house completed about 1837. His daughter married George Hoyt local contractor and Real Estate Broker. His granddaughter Francis, married Dr. Whipple, who died at an early age. Hence the name "Whipple."
Ashley H. Platt, great granddaughter of Obadiah Smith married Charles Gavin Platt. The Platt family lived in the house many years. Their daughters were Frances(town librarian), Elizabeth Fletcher(deceased), and Dorothy Kelley,of Plymouth. Ashley's brother,George Hoyt Whipple, became a doctor, following in his father's profession. He practiced in California and . Finally at Syracuse (N.Y.) University,he specialized and won the Nobel Prize for the treatment of Pernicious Anemia.
In 19 , Dr. Whipple gave the family homestead to the Town of Ashland for a Museum. The former family apartment is rented to help defray expenses.
The Platt family have been very supportive. The museum is open from July 4th, to Labor Day.
Obadiah Smith, whose ancestors built the lovely house on Ox Bow Road, New Hampton known as Treasure Valley, now the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wendlebo, was a trader and had a store opposite the L.Schofield farm in the early 1800's.
He made trips to Portsmouth or Dover Several times yearly, taking local produce (cornmeal,maple syrup,knitted goods,wheat, etc.) to be sold and returning with flour,sugar,tea,tobacco,cloth,etc. to sell.
His store burned before 1820, and he opened a small trading post in a building in back of John's Lunch Room. He dealt in Real Estate as well and became very successful.
In 1837, he built the brick house, now the museum. It is a duplex house with many unusual features. A huge tub or vat was in the side yard with hollow wooden pipes bringing the water from a spring on Highland Street.
Obadiah died in 18 . His daughter Mrs. George Hoyt owned the house later. Mr. Hoyt was a business man and a Brick Mason. The Hoyts' daughter daughter Francis married the popular young, Dr. Ashley Cooper Whipple.
Dr. Whipple was greatly overwhelmed in an Epidemic of Diptheria and died in his thirties. The Whipple family continued to live here. The daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Whipple Ashley Cooper Whipple married Charles Gavin Platt, formerly of England. Their three daughters Frances, Elizabeth, and Dorothy were born here.
Dr. George Hoyt Whipple, son of Dr. Ashley C. Whipple was born in 1878. A Graduate of Yale,John Hopkins and the University of Vienna, he specialized in pathology and went to Panama to study about tropical diseases.
Dr. Whipple married Katherine Waring and they had two children.
He received many notable awards as well as establishing the University of Ruehister Medical School. There is a George Hoyt Whipple Auditorium, Strong Memorial Hospital.
He was awarded the nobel prize in 1934, jointly with Dr. George, Minot and Dr. William P. Murphy for recognition of liver therapy in anemia .
He resigned as dean in 1953, after 32 years of distinguished service. Dr. Whipple donated his boyhood home to the Town of Ashland for a Museum.
e-mail from Pat ? - note 7/10/2007 (un-documented) Just read the brief introduction of George Hoyt Whipple House Museum, and would like to point out that Dr. Whipple was appointed Professor of Pathology and Dean of the School of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Rochester in 1921 shortly after becoming the Dean of medical school at the University of California, San Francisco in 1920 and 1921. I don’t know if he ever practiced in Syracuse.
Thanks to the Ashland Historical Society and the Ruell family, Joseph, Mary and David Ruell, this building stands sound today.
Ashland New Hampshire, Whipple House Museum
Photograph Robert B. Hicks 4/29/2000
rbhicks.geo@yahoo.com
Welcome to Ashland New Hampshire .
Return to the main page
Ashland New Hampshire
Photograph Robert B. Hicks 4/29/2000
Welcome to Ashland New Hampshire .
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Ashland New Hampshire