My name is Debra Lynn Herps-Tipton and I am from Troy in Lincoln County, Missouri, the daughter of George Edward Herps and Nina Jane Brown. I started researching my family tree about mid-2017 so I am very new to the world of genealogy. I have found “Find a Grave” very valuable in my search for clues to my past. I love learning more about my family, where they came from and all the other interesting things I learn about them. Recently, as I have found information on a family member who does not have a memorial page, I have set one up for them or added missing information to existing pages. I want to thank those who have set up memorial pages for my ancestors and those who have helped me update or make corrections when I find additional information. I hope that the pages I set up will help future researchers in their quest to find out where they came from and who they are. I have learned so much about my heritage which has only made me want more. I wish I would have started sooner and talked with my parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles when I had the chance. There are so many people that I have a deep respect for, past and present. I feel we owe it to those who have passed to preserve their memory and honor them by telling their story. My ultimate goal is to have meaningful, accurate memorials which are as complete as possible honoring those who came before us. If any one has Information, and/or pictures of the person or head stones please feel free to add them. It will be appreciated. I do this because I believe that everyone is important and deserves to be remembered.

My lineage on my mother’s side is Watson and Brown along with all the families that are kin through marriage. They are primarily in Lincoln, Pike, Warren, Montgomery, St. Charles and St. Louis, Missouri. However, the further back I have gone I have found ancestors in Virginia, North Carolina and California. My Father came to Missouri from Kentucky and his lineage is Herps and Rice and their extended families. I will continue to create and/or update memorial pages as I obtain information. If you have any additional information I will add it. You are welcome to any of the information and/or pictures on the memorial pages I have created. My belief is that genealogy materials should be free. Having said that, please DO NOT publish any photos in works that will or could be for profit. No one should profit from someone else’s hard work!

Names in my family trees:
Maternal: Brown, Watson, Goodrich, Youngblood, Bockhorst, Bross, Teasley, Broyles, Creech, Harrell, Colbert, Barbee, Orr, Oden, Wells, Chandler, Burns, Holt, Scott, Young, Presley, Rowlett, Butler, Hardin, Harding, Livingston, Sagley, Fines

Paternal: Herps, Rice, Shoptaw, Shepherd, Stengel, Roby, Swearinger, Butler, Thompson, Beavin, Hilton, Greenwell, Robinson, Troutman, Perkins

Among my Husband’s family trees:
Maternal: Reddick, Hemby, Dowel, Scott, Carr, Gryder, Davis, Turner

Paternal: Tipton, Kirby, New, Singleton, Clayton, Crook, Divine

My name is Debra Lynn Herps-Tipton and I am from Troy in Lincoln County, Missouri, the daughter of George Edward Herps and Nina Jane Brown. I started researching my family tree about mid-2017 so I am very new to the world of genealogy. I have found “Find a Grave” very valuable in my search for clues to my past. I love learning more about my family, where they came from and all the other interesting things I learn about them. Recently, as I have found information on a family member who does not have a memorial page, I have set one up for them or added missing information to existing pages. I want to thank those who have set up memorial pages for my ancestors and those who have helped me update or make corrections when I find additional information. I hope that the pages I set up will help future researchers in their quest to find out where they came from and who they are. I have learned so much about my heritage which has only made me want more. I wish I would have started sooner and talked with my parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles when I had the chance. There are so many people that I have a deep respect for, past and present. I feel we owe it to those who have passed to preserve their memory and honor them by telling their story. My ultimate goal is to have meaningful, accurate memorials which are as complete as possible honoring those who came before us. If any one has Information, and/or pictures of the person or head stones please feel free to add them. It will be appreciated. I do this because I believe that everyone is important and deserves to be remembered.

My lineage on my mother’s side is Watson and Brown along with all the families that are kin through marriage. They are primarily in Lincoln, Pike, Warren, Montgomery, St. Charles and St. Louis, Missouri. However, the further back I have gone I have found ancestors in Virginia, North Carolina and California. My Father came to Missouri from Kentucky and his lineage is Herps and Rice and their extended families. I will continue to create and/or update memorial pages as I obtain information. If you have any additional information I will add it. You are welcome to any of the information and/or pictures on the memorial pages I have created. My belief is that genealogy materials should be free. Having said that, please DO NOT publish any photos in works that will or could be for profit. No one should profit from someone else’s hard work!

Names in my family trees:
Maternal: Brown, Watson, Goodrich, Youngblood, Bockhorst, Bross, Teasley, Broyles, Creech, Harrell, Colbert, Barbee, Orr, Oden, Wells, Chandler, Burns, Holt, Scott, Young, Presley, Rowlett, Butler, Hardin, Harding, Livingston, Sagley, Fines

Paternal: Herps, Rice, Shoptaw, Shepherd, Stengel, Roby, Swearinger, Butler, Thompson, Beavin, Hilton, Greenwell, Robinson, Troutman, Perkins

Among my Husband’s family trees:
Maternal: Reddick, Hemby, Dowel, Scott, Carr, Gryder, Davis, Turner

Paternal: Tipton, Kirby, New, Singleton, Clayton, Crook, Divine