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A. F. KIPPING, a native of Saxony, Germany, was born June 11, 1835, and is a son of Abraham and Christina Kipping. He emigrated from Germany to Carrollton, Ky., in 1849. His father was a carpenter, now deceased. His mother died in 1862. A. F. Kipping was educated in the old country, and at the age of fourteen he immigrated to the United States, and began to learn the cabinet-maker’s trade under his uncle, F. M. Geier, serving an apprenticeship of seven years. July 14, 1861, he enlisted in Thirteenth Regiment, Company I, Kentucky Union Volunteers, and was mustered out as corporal, July 14, 1862. He was wounded in the knee at the battle of Shiloh. He returned to Carrollton in 1863, where he has since been in business. He was a partner of C. N. Stringfellow for twenty-two years, but in 1884 engaged in undertaking, carpentering and contracting for himself. November 17, 1863, he married Miss Julianna Kraut, a native of Germany, and has six children, viz.: Mary Anna, John Henry, William F., Carrie G., Charles T. and Oscar G. Mr. Kipping is a Mason, a member of the I. O. O. F. and a Good Templar. He is at present coroner of the county, is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a Republican.