Notes for: Sara Catharine Russell

David S. Chipps was the first settler on Chipps Run in the Nutters Fork communtiy of Doddridge County. The family home was located at the head of Chipps Run.
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1850 Census, Monongalia Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Aug 6 1850:
David S. Chipps, 26, occupation laboring, value of real estate $20; Catharine, 24, cannot read/write; Sarah Ann, 5; Samuel C, 3; Hannah, 75. All born in Virginia except David, born in Ohio.

1860 Census, Monongalia Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Sep 15 1860:
David Chipps, 36, b. Ohio, farmer, value of real estate (blank), value of personal estate $20; Katharine, 34, cannot read/write; Sarah A, 16, b. Va; Samuel C, 14, b. Va; James E, 8, b. Va; Mary E. M., 5, b. Va; Robert, 1.

1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 14 1870:
David Chipps, 54, farmer, value of real estate $200, value of personal estate $100; Catharine, 54; Mary E, 14; Robert R, 10; Nancy J, 8; John A, 6; Thomas, 3.

1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 25 1880:
D. S. Chipps, 59, occupation (blank); wife Catherine, 57; son R. A., 21; son John A, 17; son Thomas S, 13.