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Samuel Clawson CHIPPS

Samuel Clawson CHIPPS

Male 1845 - 1928  (82 years)


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  • Name Samuel Clawson CHIPPS
    Census 1870 80, 1900 10 20  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • In 1870, he is reported as being unable to read or write. In 1920, location specified as Nutters Fork Road.
    Birth 2 Aug 1845  Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Military Pvt, Co G, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War  [3, 4] 
    Census 1850, 1860  Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [1, 5] 
    Death 2 Jan 1928  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6] 
    Burial Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    • Burial location given in death record as Nutter Fork, but there is a headstone for him at Freeman-Coleman Cemtery, Crystal Lake.
    Person ID I60894  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 23 Mar 2013

    Father David Scott CHIPPS,   b. CA 1824, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location
    Mother Sara Catharine RUSSELL,   b. CA 1826, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F23215  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth Rachel NEELY,   b. 4 Mar 1837   d. 20 Dec 1910, Chipps Run (Nutters Fork), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [9]
    Marriage 8 Oct 1867  [10] 
    Children 
     1. John Melvin CHIPPS,   b. 1868   d. 1939 (Age 71 years)
     2. Mary C. CHIPPS,   b. Nov 1869   d. 30 Oct 1873, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 3 years)
     3. Phebe Ellen CHIPPS,   b. CA 1872   d. 12 Jul 1887 (Age ~ 15 years)
    +4. Sarah Rebecca CHIPPS,   b. CA 1873, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1912 (Age ~ 39 years)
    +5. Samuel Lloyd CHIPPS,   b. 4 Apr 1875, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Feb 1931, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
    +6. George Thomas CHIPPS,   b. 9 Oct 1877, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Feb 1910 (Age 32 years)
     7. Ida A. CHIPPS,   b. 4 Mar 1880   d. 8 Feb 1901 (Age 20 years)
    Family ID F25252  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Dora BURROWS,   b. 17 Dec 1876   d. 13 Aug 1943, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    Marriage 31 Jul 1915  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Notes 
    • Local news item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Oct 3 1918, in its entirety:
      "S. C. Chipps and wife were in town Friday and sold a nine weeks old calf to Vanscoy's meat market for the sum of $13.90."
    Family ID F38258  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Samuel C. Chipps    		Samuel C. Chipps

  • Sources 
    1. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.

    2. [S5] Headstone.

    3. [S2605] U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], (National Park Service , Ancestry.com).

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

    5. [S1998] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    6. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 30.
      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.

    7. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    8. [S2550] Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    9. [S1604] Death record of son.

    10. [S1907] One World Tree, (www.ancestry.com).

    11. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 417 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11795186&Type=Marriage.
      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.