Dr. Charles E. Lippincott and Miss Emily Webster Chandler were, by Prof. Jonathan Baldwin Turner, of Jacksonville, pronounced man and wife, on Christmas, Dec. 25, 1851. She was Dr. Chandler's second daughter, born on Panther Creek, March 13, 1834. (Note: Quincy IL newspaper obit has her DOB 13 March 1833.]
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She was a refined, cultured lady, of gentle, amiable disposition, possessing in very marked degree the graces and virtues of the true Christian. Her beautiful character and simple domestic life commanded the respect and admiration of all who knew her. With due regard to her social obligations, devotion to her husband, family and church, and her many acts of charity and benevolence, filled the sphere of her sorrowful existence. Having followed to the grave her three children, husband, father, mother and a brother, and borne with patient resignation for years, the burden of her grief, she died at the Quincy, IL, Soldier's Home, on the 21st of May, 1895, having attained the age of 61 years, 2 months and 8 days. In Oak Ridge her remains repose beside her loved ones who had preceded her to final rest.
The children of General and Mrs. Lippincott were Linus C. Lippincott, Winthrop G. Lippincott, and Thomas Lippincott.
HISTORICAL SKETCHES Virginia, Ill., J. N. Gridley, 1907
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Died, at the hospital of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, in Quincy, May 21, 1895, Mrs. Emily Chandler Lippincott, widow of Gen. Charles E. Lippincott, aged 62 years.
Mrs. Lippincott was the daughter of Dr. Chandler, of Chandlersville, Ill. Her husband, Gen. Lippincott, was a Federal officer and was auditor of state from 1869 to 1876. Soon after the establishment of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home in Quincy, Gen. Lippincott was appointed superintendent, and remained so until his death in a runaway in 1887, five months after he became superintendent. His wife was then appointed matron of the home and remained such to the time of her death, which was caused by pneumonia. She was greatly beloved by all the veterans.
Her remains will arrive here today on the Wabash and the funeral will occur from the First Congregational church. She will be buried at Oak Ridge, beside her husband and two children. A body guard of old soldiers will escort the remains to this city.
IL State Register, Springfield, IL, 5-22-1895
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She was a refined, cultured lady, of gentle, amiable disposition, possessing in very marked degree the graces and virtues of the true Christian. Her beautiful character and simple domestic life commanded the respect and admiration of all who knew her. With due regard to her social obligations, devotion to her husband, family and church, and her many acts of charity and benevolence, filled the sphere of her sorrowful existence. Having followed to the grave her three children, husband, father, mother and a brother, and borne with patient resignation for years, the burden of her grief, she died at the Quincy, IL, Soldier's Home, on the 21st of May, 1895, having attained the age of 61 years, 2 months and 8 days. In Oak Ridge her remains repose beside her loved ones who had preceded her to final rest.
The children of General and Mrs. Lippincott were Linus C. Lippincott, Winthrop G. Lippincott, and Thomas Lippincott.
HISTORICAL SKETCHES Virginia, Ill., J. N. Gridley, 1907
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Died, at the hospital of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, in Quincy, May 21, 1895, Mrs. Emily Chandler Lippincott, widow of Gen. Charles E. Lippincott, aged 62 years.
Mrs. Lippincott was the daughter of Dr. Chandler, of Chandlersville, Ill. Her husband, Gen. Lippincott, was a Federal officer and was auditor of state from 1869 to 1876. Soon after the establishment of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home in Quincy, Gen. Lippincott was appointed superintendent, and remained so until his death in a runaway in 1887, five months after he became superintendent. His wife was then appointed matron of the home and remained such to the time of her death, which was caused by pneumonia. She was greatly beloved by all the veterans.
Her remains will arrive here today on the Wabash and the funeral will occur from the First Congregational church. She will be buried at Oak Ridge, beside her husband and two children. A body guard of old soldiers will escort the remains to this city.
IL State Register, Springfield, IL, 5-22-1895
Dr. Charles E. Lippincott and Miss Emily Webster Chandler were, by Prof. Jonathan Baldwin Turner, of Jacksonville, pronounced man and wife, on Christmas, Dec. 25, 1851. She was Dr. Chandler's second daughter, born on Panther Creek, March 13, 1834. (Note: Quincy IL newspaper obit has her DOB 13 March 1833.]
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She was a refined, cultured lady, of gentle, amiable disposition, possessing in very marked degree the graces and virtues of the true Christian. Her beautiful character and simple domestic life commanded the respect and admiration of all who knew her. With due regard to her social obligations, devotion to her husband, family and church, and her many acts of charity and benevolence, filled the sphere of her sorrowful existence. Having followed to the grave her three children, husband, father, mother and a brother, and borne with patient resignation for years, the burden of her grief, she died at the Quincy, IL, Soldier's Home, on the 21st of May, 1895, having attained the age of 61 years, 2 months and 8 days. In Oak Ridge her remains repose beside her loved ones who had preceded her to final rest.
The children of General and Mrs. Lippincott were Linus C. Lippincott, Winthrop G. Lippincott, and Thomas Lippincott.
HISTORICAL SKETCHES Virginia, Ill., J. N. Gridley, 1907
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Died, at the hospital of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, in Quincy, May 21, 1895, Mrs. Emily Chandler Lippincott, widow of Gen. Charles E. Lippincott, aged 62 years.
Mrs. Lippincott was the daughter of Dr. Chandler, of Chandlersville, Ill. Her husband, Gen. Lippincott, was a Federal officer and was auditor of state from 1869 to 1876. Soon after the establishment of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home in Quincy, Gen. Lippincott was appointed superintendent, and remained so until his death in a runaway in 1887, five months after he became superintendent. His wife was then appointed matron of the home and remained such to the time of her death, which was caused by pneumonia. She was greatly beloved by all the veterans.
Her remains will arrive here today on the Wabash and the funeral will occur from the First Congregational church. She will be buried at Oak Ridge, beside her husband and two children. A body guard of old soldiers will escort the remains to this city.
IL State Register, Springfield, IL, 5-22-1895
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She was a refined, cultured lady, of gentle, amiable disposition, possessing in very marked degree the graces and virtues of the true Christian. Her beautiful character and simple domestic life commanded the respect and admiration of all who knew her. With due regard to her social obligations, devotion to her husband, family and church, and her many acts of charity and benevolence, filled the sphere of her sorrowful existence. Having followed to the grave her three children, husband, father, mother and a brother, and borne with patient resignation for years, the burden of her grief, she died at the Quincy, IL, Soldier's Home, on the 21st of May, 1895, having attained the age of 61 years, 2 months and 8 days. In Oak Ridge her remains repose beside her loved ones who had preceded her to final rest.
The children of General and Mrs. Lippincott were Linus C. Lippincott, Winthrop G. Lippincott, and Thomas Lippincott.
HISTORICAL SKETCHES Virginia, Ill., J. N. Gridley, 1907
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Died, at the hospital of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, in Quincy, May 21, 1895, Mrs. Emily Chandler Lippincott, widow of Gen. Charles E. Lippincott, aged 62 years.
Mrs. Lippincott was the daughter of Dr. Chandler, of Chandlersville, Ill. Her husband, Gen. Lippincott, was a Federal officer and was auditor of state from 1869 to 1876. Soon after the establishment of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home in Quincy, Gen. Lippincott was appointed superintendent, and remained so until his death in a runaway in 1887, five months after he became superintendent. His wife was then appointed matron of the home and remained such to the time of her death, which was caused by pneumonia. She was greatly beloved by all the veterans.
Her remains will arrive here today on the Wabash and the funeral will occur from the First Congregational church. She will be buried at Oak Ridge, beside her husband and two children. A body guard of old soldiers will escort the remains to this city.
IL State Register, Springfield, IL, 5-22-1895
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