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Tipton Land Illustrated Illustrations of Land Surveys and Land Transfers Involving Noah and Jacob Tipton at Glen Savage, Allegheny Twp., Somerset Co., Pa. | ||
Maps-Where They Lived Locations in Allegheny Twp., Somerset Co., and in Bedford Co. | ||
Descendants of Jacob Tipton: Modified Register (updated Feb. 18, 2014) Almost 500 descendants! | ||
Descendancy Chart for Jacob Tipton (updated Feb. 20, 2014) Same as above but in a simpler format with less information. |
Jacob J. Tipton (1820-1903) and his wife Lucinda Coughenour (1823-1891) of Allegheny Township, Somerset County, Pa. |
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Note: The Jacob Tipton Decendancy Chart and Jacob Tipton Modified Register are no longer available for download in PDF format from this web site. View these files using the links above. | |
This chalk drawing of Jacob and Lucinda (right) was discovered several years ago in a trunk in the attic of the home of the late Lee and Lorene (Powell) Hoppert at Mt. Zion in Allegheny Twp., Somerset Co., Pa. Lorene ia a great-grandaughter of Jacob and Lucinda Tipton. The drawing was made by an unknown artist working for the Chicago Portrait Company. It was probably drawn in the early 1900s from earlier photograph(s) of Jacob and Lucinda. Thanks to Lee and Lorene's children, Charlene Norris, Donna Hoppert, and Lynn Hoppert, for graciously giving the drawing to this web site manager. |
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Jacob and His Ancestors Jacob Tipton was born 9 Oct 1820 in Allegheny Township, Somerset County, Pa., the eldest son of Noah and Elizabeth (Wagaman) Tipton. He married Lucinda Coughenour in 1844 and they went to housekeeping in "the house at the old place" (the Tipton family homestead in Allegheny Township). About 1850 they moved "down where the buildings now stand", along Shaffers Run south of Glen Savage. The 1876 Beers Atlas of Somerset County shows Jacob at this location, which is where the well and barn foundation in the photos below are located. Lucinda died in 1891 and Jacob spent his final years living with his daughter and son-in-law Annie and George Lafferty. Jacob died in 1903, having lived his entire life in Allegheny Township. Jacob's father Noah Tipton was born in the year 1800, probably in Maryland. He married Elizabeth Wagaman in the year 1819, first living in Allegheny Township (probably on the old homestead), then residing for awhile in Bedford County, his farm being across the county line only a few miles from Glen Savage. Here they were neighbors of Elizabeth's parents, Philip and Mary (Greisher) Wagaman. In 1864, Noah and Elizabeth moved to Illinois, following daughters Jemima and Elizabeth and their families. Noah died there around 1870 and Elizabeth followed sometime after 1880. Noah's father (Jacob's grandfather) was William Tipton. His full name could have been William Noah Tipton or Noah William Tipton; whether either of these is correct has yet to be determined. William first appears as head of a household in Allegheny Township in the 1810 U.S. Federal Census. He is in the 1814 list of (married) taxable inhabitants in Allegheny Township, and shows up again in that place in the 1820 Census. On the 1818 Whiteside Map of Somerset County, William's location is shown to be on the opposite side (west side) of Shaffer's Run from the place where Jacob would later live. His location on this map shows that the Tipton homestead ("the old place") must have been on the wooded hillside that is called Tipton's Woods by the present-day local residents. The tract of land at the center of Tipton woods remained in the Tipton family until it was sold recently (about 2000). When and where William was born and died, and the name of his wife and parents, remain a mystery. Undoubtedly he came from Maryland, probably Anne Arundel County, where many Tiptons in the U.S. can trace their ancestry back to the infamous Jonathan Tipton II (1699-1779). DNA testing has proven that the descendants of William Tipton of Allegheny Township are related to Jonathan, although the connection is unknown. |
Jacob Tipton's obituary as it appeared in the Bedford (Pa.) Gazette on February 06, 1903. Children: Noah C. Tipton Elizabeth (Tipton) Brown James Tipton Anna R. (Tipton) Lafferty Emma Jeanette "Nettie" (Tipton) Lafferty Mary Ellen (Tipton) Cook Not mentioned: John Wesley Tipton Four children predeceased Jacob. |
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History of the Tipton Clan by Noah Tipton |
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History of the Tipton Family Tree by Noah Tipton and James M. Cook |
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In preparation of the 1947 Tipton family reunion, James M. Cook made some changes and additions to his uncle Noah Tipton's
History of the Tipton Clan (above) for presentation to the gathering at the reunion. James was the only child of Rachel (Tipton)
Cook, daughter of Jacob Tipton. Rachel died a few months after James was born, and James was raised by grandparents Jacob and Lucinda Tipton.
Click on the thumbnails below to view individual pages of the History of the Tipton Family Tree.
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The Tipton Family Reunions |
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Following the Great World War (World War I), families were drawn together in a time of peace and prosperity to celebrate the safe return of family members who served in the war and survived, and to remember those who went away and didn't come home. There was a sense of family unity which swept the nation and many family reunions had their beginnings at this time. And so it was for the Tiptons of Somerset County. In 1921, the first annual reunion was held for the descendants of Jacob and Lucinda Tipton at the Mt. Olivet Lutheran Church (Shaffer Church) near Glen Savage in Allegheny Township, Somerset County, Pa. Subsequent annual reunions were held at the Mt. Olivet Church with a few exceptions: the 3rd reunion was held in Hyndman, Bedford County, and the 8th reunion convened in the Landis Grove near Berlin, Somerset County. The last of this series of reunions with a surviving record was the 22nd annual reunion held in 1942. World War II may have caused the annual reunions to cease at that time.
History repeated itself, as the peace that followed the end of WWII spawned a resurgence
of family reunions. Again the Tipton clan was drawn together and the custom of having an annual Tipton Reunion
was resurrrected in 1947, this time for the descendants of John Wesley and Emma Jane (Reitz) Tipton (John
was a son of Jacob and Lucinda Tipton). These reunions were held on the John Tipton farm
(now the McQuade Farm) on Pine Valley Road in Allegheny Township.
This author remembers attending his first Tipton Reunion at this place in the mid-1950s.
In 1970, the annual reunion was moved to the Berlin Community Grove on Beulah Road north of Berlin,
where they continue to be held every year, usually on the second Saturday in July.
Click on the thumbnails below to view individual pages of the records of the first 11 reunions, 1921 thru 1931.
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1st Reunion, p.1 | 1st Reunion, p.2 | 1st Reunion, p.3 | 2nd Reunion | 3rd Reunion, p.1 | 3rd Reunion, p.2 |
4th Reunion, p.1 | 4th Reunion, p.2 | 4th Reunion, p.3 | 4th Reunion, p.4 | 4th Reunion, p.5 | 4th Reunion, p.6 |
5th Reunion | 6th Reunion, p.1 | 6th Reunion, p.2 | 7th Reunion | 8th Reunion, p.1 | 8th Reunion, p.2 |
8th Reunion, p.3 | 9th Reunion, p.1 | 9th Reunion, p.2 | 10th Reunion | 11th Reunion | |
(Photo courtesy of Donna Hoppert) |
Children of Jacob and Lucinda Tipton This photo of five children of Jacob and Lucinda Tipton was probably taken around 1920. Please help identify the people in this photo. One son's identity is known... John Wesley Tipton is in the center. Other children who could be in the photo are Noac C. Tipton (probably far left) and James Tipton (probably 2nd from right). Possibilities for the two women are Elizabeth (Tipton) Brown, Mary Ellen (Tipton) Cook, Anna R. (Tipton) Lafferty, and Emma Janette (Tipton) Lafferty. If you can help put names to faces, please send a message to this web site manager. |
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John Wesley and Emma Jane Tipton:
50th Wedding Anniversary (1928) |
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(Anniversary photos above right courtesy of Donna Hoppert) |
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Children of John Wesley and Emma Jane (Reitz) Tipton
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Back row Freeman Reitz Tipton George M. Tipton James Wesley Tipton Front row Elizabeth June (Tipton) Bowman May L. (Tipton) Stuck Binnie R. (Tipton) McQuade Mary Lucinda (Tipton) Heffley Missing from photo Clarence William Tipton Two sons, Freddie and Rufus, died in infancy. (Thanks to Cousin Larry Tipton for helping to match names to faces in this photo, March 2012.) |
Freeman was not a head taller than his brothers - he was standing on something. Photo from early 1950s. |
Family of Emma Jane (Reitz) Tipton
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Rebecca (Reitz) Coughenour, Rose (Reitz) McVicker, Wesley Reitz, Ella (Reitz) Stutzman, Bertha (Reitz) Miller John Reitz, Emma (Reitz) Tipton, Mary (Keefer) Reitz |
Photograph circa 1888 |
Links to Find A Grave Memorials (www.findagrave.com) Descendants and spouses of descendants of Jacob and Lucinda Tipton |
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The list of links to Find-A-Grave memorials has become too large to manage and has been removed from this page. Find-A-Grave memorial numbers are included in individual biographies in the Jacob Tipton Modified Register. |
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Clayton's father was a son of James C. Lafferty and Emma Jannette "Nettie" Tipton. Nettie was a daughter of Jacob and Lucinda Tipton. |
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Leland L. Tipton and Ruth Cutchall were married 21 Jan 1947 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Ruth was born 12 Apr 1927 in Meeker, Oklahoma, and died 01 Sep 2001 in Berlin. Leland and Ruth had no children. Leland was the last "Tipton" descendant of Jacob and Lucinda Tipton known to be living in Somerset County, Pa. |