Jul-28-2018
Husband: David Scott Chipps
Also known as: William David Chipps 1
Born: ca 1824 in Ohio 2 (see note 1)
Resided: in Chipps Run (Nutters Fork), Doddridge Co, WV 3
Census: 1870, 1880 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1850, 1860 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 4
Father:
Mother:
Wife: Sara Catharine Russell 5,1
Also known as: Catharine Russell
Married: 1844 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA 6
Born: ca 1826 in Maryland 2 (see note 2)
Resided: at Chipps Run (Nutters Fork), Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1870, 1880 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1850, 1860 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA
Father:
Mother:
Notes
F Child 1: Sarah Ann Chipps
Born: 1844 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA 7,8
Died: Jan-24-1898 at Nutters Fork, Doddridge Co, WV 9
Census: 1870, 1880 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1863 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 8
Census: 1850, 1860 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA
Husband: John A. Smith b. Jan- -1842 d. Nov-30-1919
Married: Feb-17-1863 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 8
M Child 2: Samuel Clawson Chipps
Census name: Clawson Chipps
Born: Aug- 2-1845 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA 10,11
Died: Jan- 2-1928 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 12,11
Buried: in Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV 13,14 (see note 3)
Census: 1870 80, 1900 10 20 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 4)
Census: 1850, 1860 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 10,15
Military: Pvt, Co G, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 16,17
Wife: Elizabeth Rachel Neely b. Mar- 4-1837 d. Dec-20-1910
Married: Oct- 8-1867 7
Wife: Dora Burrows b. Dec-17-1876 d. Aug-13-1943
Married: Jul-31-1915 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 18
M Child 3: James Edward Chipps
Also known as: J. E. Chipps 11
Born: Mar-29-1853 in Virginia (now West Virginia) 19,11
Died: Jun-25-1923 11
Buried: in Alpha Cemetery, Alpha, Valley Co, ID 13
Census: 1910 in Canyon Co, ID
Census: 1900 in Boise Co, ID
Census: 1870, 1880 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 5)
Census: 1860 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA
Occupation: 1910 grocery store clerk 20
Occupation: 1900 farmer 21
Wife: Florence Virginia Jarvis b. Dec-11-1847 d. Dec-15-1941
Married: ca 1882 21
No children: 21,20
F Child 4: Mary A. Ellen Chipps
Also known as: Ellen Chipps
Born: ca 1855 19 (see note 6)
Died: Sep-30-1928 in Wood Co, WV 9
Census: 1910, 1920 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV
Census: 1880, 1900 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1870 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA
Husband: Isaiah S. Dotson b. Aug- -1858
Married: Mar-18-1879 in Doddridge Co, WV 22
M Child 5: Robert Reason Chipps
Born: Jan- -1859 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA 23 (see note 7)
Died: Dec- 4-1944 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV 24
Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 24
Census: 1900, 1910, 1930 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1870, 1880 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 23
Wife: Anna Cella E. Smith b. 1859 d. Feb-11-1946
Also known as: Ella Smith 25
Married: Dec-31-1885 in Tyler Co, WV 26
F Child 6: Nancy Chipps
Born: Nov-11-1861 in Middle Island, Doddridge Co, (W)VA 27,4
Census: 1870 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Notes
M Child 7: John Andrew Chipps
Born: ca 1864 in Doddridge Co, WV 8,4,9 (see note 8)
Died: Feb-14-1943 in Nutter Fort, Harrison Co, WV 9
Census: 1910, 1920 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1900 in Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV
Resided: 1889 in Tyler Co, WV
Resided: 1884 in Doddridge Co, WV 8
Census: 1870, 1880 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: carpenter 9
Occupation: 1920 farmer 28
Occupation: 1910 carpenter (shop) 29
Wife: Almyra A. Criss b. 1860
Married: Dec-15-1884 at Camp Mistake, Doddridge Co, WV 8
Wife: Cindona Bond b. Feb- -1859 d. Jul-10-1927
Married: Oct-10-1889 in Tyler Co, WV 26
M Child 8: Thomas Smith Chipps
Born: Oct- 7-1867 in Doddridge Co, WV 13,23
Died: Dec- 6-1950 in Doddridge Co, WV 13
Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 13
Census: 1900, 20, 30, 40 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1870, 1880 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Wife: Iva Catherine Cayton b. Apr-26-1871 d. Aug-17-1952
Also known as: Ivy Catherine Cayton 1
Married: Jul-18-1889 in Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV 6,23
Sources:
(1) Death record of son.
(2) 1850 Census, Monongalia County (W)VA.
(3) Lily Smith Corathers, History of Nutters Fork Community (1927),
http://www.wvculture.org/history/agrext/nutterfk.html.
(4) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union Twp).
(5) Marriage record of daughter.
(6) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(7) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com)
(8) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.
(9) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(10) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.
(11) Headstone.
(12) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as S. C. Chipps, white male, marital status "yes," farmer, b.
1845 in Monongalia Co, parents "not given," died Jan 2 1928 in West Union, cause of death flu and kidney comp, buried
Jan 4 1928 at Nutter Fork Cem. DR p. 30.
(13) Findagrave.com.
(14) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)
(15) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District)
(16) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service ,
Ancestry.com.
(17) 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration.
(18) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as S. C. Chipps, 69, b. Monongalia Co, res. Doddridge Co;
and Miss Dora Burrows, 38, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married July 31 1915 in West Union "at U. B. Parsonage
West Union, W.Va" by K. H. Moyer, a Minister of the Gospel. MR p. 417 :
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11795186&Type=Marriage.
(19) 1860 Census, Monongalia County, (W)VA.
(20) 1910 Census.
(21) 1900 Census.
(22) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)
(23) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District)
(24) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx)
(25) Obituary of brother.
(26) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV.
(27) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(28) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).
(29) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).
Event Notes
Note (1) Birthplace given in 1870 Census as Virginia.
Note (2) Birthplace given as Virginia in 1850 and 1870 Census, but Maryland in 1860
Census.
Note (3) Burial location given in death record as Nutter Fork, but there is a
headstone for him at Freeman-Coleman Cemtery, Crystal Lake.
Note (4) In 1870, he is reported as being unable to read or write. In 1920, location
specified as Nutters Fork Road.
Note (5) In 1880, listed as servant Jas. Chipps, 26, laborer, in the household of the
widowed Magy M. (Jarvis) Ripley, 48, and her two daughters.
Note (6) Age given at marriage would put birth date at about 1857, and 1900 Census
shows her birth date as Mar 1852, age 48. But she was age 5 in 1860 Census,
identified as Mary E. M. Chipps.
Note (7) Birth date given in death record as Jan 4 1857. But 1900 Census states Jan
1859, and age in other census records conform to the 1859 birth date.
Note (8) Birth date given as Oct 16 1863 in marriage record, but as Oct 10 1865 in
death record and Oct 1861 in the 1900 Census.
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