Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Kipp, Henry 1847 - 
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Author: Portrait & Bio Album, 1890

HENRY KIPP owns a farm one and one-half miles from the village of DuPage, or 
Channahon, as it is called, which is supplied with good buildings and all the 
needed improvements to make it one of the most desirable in this part of the 
county. A skillful and business-like farmer and stock-raiser, our subject is 
also possessed of those characteristics that make him a trusty and capable 
civic official, and he bears an honorable part in the management of local 
public affairs. Mr. Kipp is a native of the county, born in the township of 
Troy, February 17, 1847, to A. P. and Jane (Davis) Kipp, well-known pioneers 
of this county. The maternal grandmother of our subject died in 1872, at the 
venerable age of ninety-three years. She came from Wales when she was eighteen 
years old, and settled in Kendall County in an early day. The father of our 
subject was reared in Oneida County, N. Y., and came from there to Will County 
in 1837, in the prime of active man-hood. He was accustomed to handling 
horses, and he became a stage-driver on the Frink & Walker line from Chicago 
to Peoria. He was well known, was a fine man for his business, and was noted 
as being a good judge of horses, and the company employed him to match horses 
and train them for them. In 1849 he determined to follow the gold seekers to 
California, traveling by the way of New Orleans and Mexico. He remained there 
until 1852, engaged as before, and at one time, while driving, his horses or 
mules became frightened at some Indians who came suddenly upon them, and he 
was thrown off and went under the wheel of the wagon, which, with its load, 
weighed over seven thousand pounds. He was so badly injured that he had to 
give up his employment there and return to the States, as the expenses of 
staying there were so great, the doctors charging $30 for a visit, and he had 
to pay $10 a day for board. He returned by the way of the Isthmus of Panama, 
and coming to Joliet, established a livery stable there. He returned to the 
farm in 1856, where he remained till 1858, when he came to Channahon. In 1881 
he purchased the place in which our subject now lives, and made his home with 
him until his death, December 31, 1888, at the age of seventy-four years, four 
months and sixteen days. He was twice married, the maiden name of his first 
wife, the mother of our subject, being Jane Davis, and she was of Welsh 
parentage. She died in her twenty-fifth year, nine months after the birth of 
our subject, leaving two children, the eldest being Frances J., now the wife 
of B. Schermerhorn, of Joliet. Mr. Kipp was married a second time, in 1855, to 
Mrs. E. W. Adams. He of whom we write was reared in Channahon, and received a 
substantial education in the High School of that place. He then adopted the 
profession of teaching, and was thus successfully engaged in this county for 
fourteen years, commencing in 1869, and teaching steadily each winter, while 
giving his attention to farming in the summer, and during that time he missed 
but one day from his school. The place which he now owns was willed to him by 
his father, and although he has suffered greatly from rheumatism, he has been 
prospered in his agricultural undertakings. October 24, 1871, was the date of 
Mr. Kipp's marriage with Miss Ella F. Bailey, daughter of Daniel and Susan 
(Zarley) Bailey. They were among the pioneers of the county, and the Zarleys 
were also early settlers, being a noted family here in early days. Mrs. Bailey 
was born June 2, 1820, and is still living with her husband in Channahon. Our 
subject and wife have become the parents of four daughters, namely: Alma M., 
Helen Z., Grace B. and Jane K., a little miss of nine years. Mr. Kipp is a 
frank, warm-hearted man, gifted with foresight in a large degree, and in him 
this township finds a good citizen, his fellow-townsmen a kind and obliging 
neighbor, and his family a true husband and devoted father. He is a sturdy 
Republican in his political views, always supporting his party ticket. His 
fellow-citizens, valuing his intelligence and capacity, have called him to 
office, and for two terms he has been Township Clerk, and for one term was 
Collector of the Township.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois, Containing Full Page 
Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens 
of the County; Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1890

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