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             Husband: Samuel Clawson Chipps    
         Census name: Clawson Chipps 
                Born: Aug- 2-1845          in Monongalia Co, (W)VA  1,2
                Died: Jan- 2-1928          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  3,2
              Buried:                      in Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV  4,5 (see note 1)
              Census: 1870 80, 1900 10 20  in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV   (see note 2)
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Monongalia Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  1,6
            Military:                      Pvt, Co G, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War  7,8
              Father: David Scott Chipps   (1824 -     ) 
              Mother: Sara Catharine Russell   (1826 -     ) 
Other spouse 1
                Wife: Dora Burrows     
             Married: Jul-31-1915          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  9
                Born: Dec-17-1876           10,11,12 (see note 3)
                Died: Aug-13-1943          in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV  13
              Buried:                      in Mt. Union Cemetery, Straight Fork, Doddridge Co, WV  10,14
              Census: 1940                 in Chipps Run (Nutters Fork), Doddridge Co, WV  15
              Census: 1930                 in Camp Mistake, Doddridge Co, WV  16
              Census: 1920                 at Nutters Fork, Doddridge Co, WV  17
             Resided: 1915                 in Doddridge Co, WV  12
              Mother: Mary Burrows   (1852 - 1942) 

Sources:
(1) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. 
(2) Headstone. 
(3) 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. 
(4) Findagrave.com. 
(5) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) 
(6) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) 
(7) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service , 
Ancestry.com. 
(8) 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. 
(9) 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. 
(10) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(11) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. 
(12) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(13) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(14) Obituary. 
(15) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) 
(16) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). 
(17) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). 

Event Notes
Note (1) Burial location given in death record as Nutter Fork, but there is a
headstone for him at Freeman-Coleman Cemtery, Crystal Lake.
Note (2) In 1870, he is reported as being unable to read or write.  In 1920, location
specified as Nutters Fork Road.
Note (3) Birthplace given in marriage record as Harrison County, but in death record
as Harrisville, Ritchie County.







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