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Jacob Stipe, a prominent minister and farmer of Warren County, a resident of the Fourth Civil District, is a native of Tennessee. He was born March 25, 1834, and is the son of John and Glaphrey (Bowmen) Stipe. John Stipe was born in Tennessee April 19, 1811, was of German descent, and was by occupation a farmer. Politically he was a Democrat. He was married, in 1830, to Miss Glaphrey Bowmen, a native of Sparta, White County, who was born in 1811. They were both members of the Baptist Church. He was killed by guerrillas in Arkansas in 1863. She died in 1869. Our subject was the third of eleven children. He married Miss Angeline Hawkins, a native of Illinois, whose parents moved to Pikeville, Bledsoe County, when she was quite young. In youth she secured a good education. By her marriage with Mr. Stipe she has had eight children, all of whom are living and are members of the Baptist Church. Their names are Lucy E., Glaphrey O., Mary F., James P., Sarah M., George S., Dameris N. and John M. When the subject of this sketch left his father he began to farm in Bledsoe County, and remained there until the fall of 1870, when he removed to his present location. In 1860 he began life as a minister of the gospel. In 1875 he engaged in merchandising at his home, which he continues to the present time. His lot has been one of hardship and toil, but he has made life a success, as he now owns 600 acres of land on Rocky River, and 5,000 acres in the mountains. Politically he is a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat, and he is a Mason in good standing. In his youth he secured a limited education, but since then he has been a great student, and is on the whole a self-made man. Knowing the value of education he has always sustained the cause to the extent of his ability.