Son of James Tippey and Elizabeth Hill
Abraham Tippy, agriculturist, was born in 1827, in Williamson Co., Ill. His grandfather was Abraham Tippy, a native of New York, a farmer, and a soldier in the Revolutionary war until its close. He married Nancy Spellers and had 13 children, the 3d of whom was James, the father of the subject of this sketch. James was born in 1802, in Tennessee, and when a child his parents emigrated with him to Williamson Co., Ill., where he grew to manhood, receiving a common-school education, and married Elizabeth, daughter of Sterling Hill of N. C., by whom he had 7 children. Abraham, the oldest, passed his youth there as a farmer, and after serving as a soldier during the Mexican war, he returned home and married Sarah, daughter of Nathaniel Sands of Ohio, by whom he has had 5 children,--James N., Winfield S., Harvey L., Abraham A. and E. E. Mr. Tippy came to Kerton tp., in 1853, purchased 98 acres of land, and is now the owner of 148 acres of well improved land. He has been Supervisor 11 years, School Director, Justice of the Peace, etc. In politics he is a Democrat.
History of Fulton County
pub. in 1879 by C. C. Chapman
Abraham Tippy, agriculturist, was born in 1827, in Williamson Co., Ill. His grandfather was Abraham Tippy, a native of New York, a farmer, and a soldier in the Revolutionary war until its close. He married Nancy Spellers and had 13 children, the 3d of whom was James, the father of the subject of this sketch. James was born in 1802, in Tennessee, and when a child his parents emigrated with him to Williamson Co., Ill., where he grew to manhood, receiving a common-school education, and married Elizabeth, daughter of Sterling Hill of N. C., by whom he had 7 children. Abraham, the oldest, passed his youth there as a farmer, and after serving as a soldier during the Mexican war, he returned home and married Sarah, daughter of Nathaniel Sands of Ohio, by whom he has had 5 children,--James N., Winfield S., Harvey L., Abraham A. and E. E. Mr. Tippy came to Kerton tp., in 1853, purchased 98 acres of land, and is now the owner of 148 acres of well improved land. He has been Supervisor 11 years, School Director, Justice of the Peace, etc. In politics he is a Democrat.
History of Fulton County
pub. in 1879 by C. C. Chapman
Son of James Tippey and Elizabeth Hill
Abraham Tippy, agriculturist, was born in 1827, in Williamson Co., Ill. His grandfather was Abraham Tippy, a native of New York, a farmer, and a soldier in the Revolutionary war until its close. He married Nancy Spellers and had 13 children, the 3d of whom was James, the father of the subject of this sketch. James was born in 1802, in Tennessee, and when a child his parents emigrated with him to Williamson Co., Ill., where he grew to manhood, receiving a common-school education, and married Elizabeth, daughter of Sterling Hill of N. C., by whom he had 7 children. Abraham, the oldest, passed his youth there as a farmer, and after serving as a soldier during the Mexican war, he returned home and married Sarah, daughter of Nathaniel Sands of Ohio, by whom he has had 5 children,--James N., Winfield S., Harvey L., Abraham A. and E. E. Mr. Tippy came to Kerton tp., in 1853, purchased 98 acres of land, and is now the owner of 148 acres of well improved land. He has been Supervisor 11 years, School Director, Justice of the Peace, etc. In politics he is a Democrat.
History of Fulton County
pub. in 1879 by C. C. Chapman
Abraham Tippy, agriculturist, was born in 1827, in Williamson Co., Ill. His grandfather was Abraham Tippy, a native of New York, a farmer, and a soldier in the Revolutionary war until its close. He married Nancy Spellers and had 13 children, the 3d of whom was James, the father of the subject of this sketch. James was born in 1802, in Tennessee, and when a child his parents emigrated with him to Williamson Co., Ill., where he grew to manhood, receiving a common-school education, and married Elizabeth, daughter of Sterling Hill of N. C., by whom he had 7 children. Abraham, the oldest, passed his youth there as a farmer, and after serving as a soldier during the Mexican war, he returned home and married Sarah, daughter of Nathaniel Sands of Ohio, by whom he has had 5 children,--James N., Winfield S., Harvey L., Abraham A. and E. E. Mr. Tippy came to Kerton tp., in 1853, purchased 98 acres of land, and is now the owner of 148 acres of well improved land. He has been Supervisor 11 years, School Director, Justice of the Peace, etc. In politics he is a Democrat.
History of Fulton County
pub. in 1879 by C. C. Chapman
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