John TIPPEN

 

Submitter: Sue Pryor (no current email address) Loyeen Pritchett

Husband: John TIPPEN
Born: 1825 Place: Anderson Dist., SC
Married:   Place: TX
Died: April 3, 1880 Place: 15 mi. s. Fairfield, TX. at that time was part of Butler
Cemetery: Tippens Cemetery Place: On "Big Man Ranch"
Father: Matthew TIPPIN
Mother: Rebecca
Other Spouses:  

Wife: Nancy (GORMAN) PUGH
Born: 1816-1818 Place: GA
Died: March 12, 1890 Place: West, McLennan Co., TX
Cemetery: Bold Springs Cemetery Place: West, McLennan Co., TX
Father:  
Mother:  
Other Spouses:  

Children:

1 Name: F Marie Carroll Anderson TIPPEN -- Adopted
Born: 1874 Place: TX
Died: 1935 Place: Davidson, NC
Cemetery:   Place: Davidson, NC
Spouse 1: Houston Johnson BROWN
Married: 1894-1900 Place: TX

2 Name: M William T. Anderson TIPPEN -- Adopted
Born: December 29, 1875 Place: TX
Died: May 25, 1958 Place: Smithville, Bastrop Co., TX
Cemetery: Oak Hill Cemetery Place: Smithville, Bastrop Co., TX
Spouse 1: Lillian G. UNKNOWN
Married: Unknown Place: TX

3 Name: F Rebecca Anderson TIPPEN -- Adopted
Born: 1878 Place: TX
Died:   Place: TX
Cemetery: Unknown Place: Granbury, Hood Co., TX
Spouse 1: Ben DERRICK
Married: unknown Place: TX

4 Name: M John Anderson TIPPEN -- Adopted
Born: May 8, 1880 Place: TX
Died: April 8, 1932 Place: West, McLennan Co., TX
Cemetery: Bold Springs Cemetery Place: West, McLennan Co., TX
Spouse 1: never married

5 Name: M John TIPPEN, Jr. *
Born: 1874 Place: Unknown
Died: 1878 Place: 15 mi s. Fairfield, TX, at that time was part of Butler
Cemetery: Tippens Cemetery Place: On "Big Man Ranch"

NOTES:
* John Tippen the father and the last child John Tippen Jr. are the only two buried in the plot.  It is surrounded by a white wrought iron fence under two oak trees about 200 yards off the road on the "Big Man Ranch" along the upper Keechi Creek

SOURCES:
The Govenor of the State of Texas gave 640 acres along the Keechi Creek to John Tippen in 1864 for which we have court records.  Other sources are numerous court documents, census and family records.  We have court records for the adoptions, along with court records where the biological mother gave the children to the Tippens.  Other submitter is Loyeen Pritchett.