Tipton, David G.

TIPTON, GREGORY, FARMER, GEORGE, VICKERS, SCOTT, SMITH, MISKIMINS, POAGE

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Date: 10/22/2009 at 19:44:06

Tipton, David G.

Standing for upright manhood and progressive citizenship, David G. Tipton, long one of Jasper County's active agriculturists who is now leading a retired life in his cozy home in Baxter, has been an influential factor not only in the material welfare of his township, but also the moral welfare of the same. He is one of the loyal boys in blue, having fought for his country's honor in its hours of direst need in the great rebellion of the sixties. He comes of an old and highly esteemed Ohio family, the genealogy of which is traceable to an early period in the history of that commonwealth, his paternal grandfather being one of the very earliest settlers of Harrison County, Ohio, when that was a mere wilderness, the haunt of wild beasts and scarcely less wild men, and his oldest son was captured by the Indians, but effected his escape after three days of continuous travel, enduring many hardships, and finally found his way back to his people.

David G. Tipton was born in Harrison County, Ohio, August 4, 1836, the son of William Tipton, who was born, reared and died in that county, this being also the history of the subject's mother, who was known in her maidenhood as Catherine Gregory. Their family consisted of ten children, one of whom died in infancy, nine growing to manhood and womanhood, named as follows: Mrs. Mary Farmer died in Kansas; Samuel died in Pennsylvania; Mrs. Eliza George died in Ohio; David G., of this review; John is living in Quaker City, Ohio; Mrs. Ann Vickers died in Ohio; Aquilla died in Ohio after he left the army; William's residence is unknown.

David G. Tipton grew up on the old homestead in Harrison County, Ohio, and there received such education as the early schools afforded. During the last year of the Civil War he served very faithfully as a private in Company H, One Hundred and Eighty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and at the close of the war was honorably discharged. After the war he returned home to again take up the pursuit so abruptly broken by the conflict, and there he continued farming until the fall of 1867, when he came to Jasper County, Iowa, and here he has resided continuously to the present time. Here he became the owner of an excellent farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Independence Township. His wife also owns fifty-six acres of good land in this township, part of the old Scott homestead, all of their land being well improved and productive. A few years ago they transferred the cares of the farm to their son, John, and purchased a pleasant home in Baxter, where they are now spending their declining years, enjoying the fruits of a well-earned competency. There is a marked contrast in the aspects of this locality now and when they arrived here forty-four years ago in an old-fashioned covered wagon, the prairies then having been improved but very little.

Mr. Tipton's wife was known in her maidenhood as Levina Jane Scott, who was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, March 23, 1847, and there she grew to womanhood, received her education in the old-time schools and there she and Mr. Tipton were married on November 20, 1862. She was the daughter of John G. arid Isabel Jane (Smith) Scott, both natives of Ohio, the father having died in Jasper County August 7, 1905. Mrs. Scott died in Newton, Iowa, February 25, 1910. This family arrived here in the fall of 1867. The Scott family consisted of the following children: Robert Alexander, of Newton; Levina, wife of Mr. Tipton, of this review; Mrs. Frances Miskimins, born October 20, 1850, died in Independence Township, this County, on June 18, 1908.

To Mr. and Mrs. Tipton have been born four children, all but the eldest first seeing the light of day in Independence Township, this County. They are: Mrs. Isabella Poage, born in Ohio, April 26, 1864, is living in Kingsbury County, South Dakota; Alonzo, born January 14, 1869, is residing in Baxter, Iowa; Mrs. Catherine Poage, born February 14, 1872, is residing in Malaka Township, this County; John, born November 10, 1874, is successfully operating his father's farm in Independence Township.

Politically, Mr. Tipton is a Republican, and he has been school director in his district. He has been a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and he and his wife belong to the Congregational Church, at Baxter. Past and Present of Jasper County Iowa B. F. Bowden & Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1912 Page 1117.