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Christopher Columbus LIPSCOMB

Male 1843 - 1932  (89 years)


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  • Name Christopher Columbus LIPSCOMB 
    Born 6 Jul 1843  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [1] 
    Military From 31 Jan 1864 to 22 May 1866  [3] 
    Pvt, Co A, 6th W.Va. Cavalry, Civil War 
    Died Sep 1932  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Buried South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I61592  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2017 

    Father James F. LIPSCOMB,   b. Nov 1816, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Matilda JETT,   b. CA 1817 
    Family ID F25586  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Elizabeth WALDO,   b. 13 Jun 1843, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jun 1896  (Age 52 years)  [4] 
    Married 24 Mar 1864  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
     1. Myrtle O. LIPSCOMB,   b. 1 Dec 1864,   d. 22 May 1939  (Age 74 years)
     2. Bartlett Sherman LIPSCOMB,   b. 31 Oct 1867, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Aug 1899, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 31 years)
     3. Arthur Boyd LIPSCOMB,   b. 18 Oct 1872, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Sep 1914  (Age 41 years)
    Family ID F25587  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - Sep 1932 - Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1670] Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    3. [S2222] 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    4. [S1599] Birth record of son.

    5. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 146.
      Identified as Christopher C. Lipscomb, 21, b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of James F. & Nancy Lipscomb, occupation U.S. soldier; and Mary E. Waldo, 20, b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Bartlett & Jane Waldo. Married Mar 24 1863 by Eli M. Gaston. (Note: Husband's mother was actually Matilda Jett. Nancy Reed was his stepmother.)