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Below is a family biography included in The History of Adams County, Illinois published by Murray, Williamson & Phelps in 1879.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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TIPTON, S. H., blacksmith; P.O. Keokuk Junction; was born in Shenandoah county, Va., Jan. 3, 1830; came to this county in the fall of 1837; married Amanda Young. She was born in Schuyler county, Ill., March 15, 1837. They have had six children, five living: Charles, Frank, Annie, Nellie, Eva, and Fannie. Eva died July 31, 1875. His father, John Tipton, emigrated from Virginia, when he was eight years old, to Hancock county, and moved into a log cabin, 16x16, with six in family; came through with two teams, and was thirty-one days in making the trip; crossed the Alleghany Mountains; through Ohio and Indiana; camped out and did their own cooking; located on the wild prairie; broke land and raised crops, and hauled wheat to Quincy and sold it for twenty-five cents; also sold pork as low as $1.25 per 100 lbs. net. There was plenty of game, such as deer, wolves and turkeys. His father was at Carthage the day before Joseph Smith, the Mormon, was killed. Mr. Tipton came here when everything was in its wild state, and has seen the development of the country, and can well be called one of its early pioneers.

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This family biography is one of 1444 biographies included in The History of Adams County, Illinois published by Murray, Williamson & Phelps in 1879.  View the complete description here: The History of Adams County, Illinois

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