Jackson County AlArchives Biographies.....Whips, E. W. October 8 1858 - living in 1893 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson alabammygrammy@aol.com May 27, 2004, 10:13 pm Author: Brant & Fuller (1893) E. W. WHIPS, real estate dealer of Bridgeport, Ala., was born in Saline county, Mo., October 8, 1858. He was educated at Montgomery college, in Montgomery county, Mo., leaving college in 1881 and engaging in mercantile business in Montgomery city, Mo. He remained in business there six years, and then came to Alabama, locating at Decatur, and engaging there in the real estate business, being a member of the Decatur Real Estate company, and remaining there until 1890, when he removed to Bridgeport, and was the first real estate dealer to locate in that place., He sold a large number of lots the first thirty days, and together with his partner made about $10,000 in that time. He then purchased 20 acres at Bridgeport, and platted it as the "Whip Addition," of which he has sold the larger portion. He is a director in the Bridgeport Investment company, is president of the Bridgeport Real Estate company, is a member of the town board, and mayor, pro tem., of the city of Bridgeport. In politics he is a democrat, is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, and of the order of Odd Fellows. He is steward of his church at Bridgeport. The father of E. W. Whips, J. N. Whips, was born in Jefferson county, Ky., and went to Missouri in 1857 locating in Saline county, and residing there until his death, in 1883. He followed farming and trading all his life. He married Elizabeth Rudy, a native of Kentucky, and to them were born five children, viz.: Cora, wife of J. W. Bingham, and after his death, of J. W. Blakeley, and afterward of T. C. Horn, now living in Vernon county, Mo.; Gertrude, wife of J. W. Lewis, of Montgomery county, Mo.; Ida, wife of J. W. Boatwright, of Vernon county, Mo.; Niran, of Victoria, Tex., and E. W. Whips. The mother of Mr. Whips died in 1882. His parents were Kentuckians, as far back as it, is possible to trace the family. Additional Comments: from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 1143-1144 Published by Brant & Fuller (1893) Madison, WI This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb