Tipton-Hamilton County IN Archives Biographies.....Fippen, James M. 1852 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com April 9, 2007, 12:47 am Author: Charles Blanchard, Editor (1883) JAMES M. FIPPEN is a native of Hamilton County, Ind., where he was born on the 19th of March, 1852; he grew to manhood in his native county, and acquired such an education as the common schools afforded. In the month of March, 1878, he commenced the study of law in the office of the Hon. Dan Waugh; he was admitted to practice his profession at the bar of the Tipton Circuit Court in May, 1879; he at once opened a law office in the Overman Block, where he is still to be found. Since his admission to the bar, he was for a short time in partnership with Mr. John P. Kemp, but the partnership was dissolved in about one year. Mr. Fippen was married, April 11, 1882, to Miss Olive E. Bunch, eldest daughter of Hon. L. T. Bunch, Clerk of the Tipton Circuit Court; he is a young man of fine social qualities and popular proclivities; he is politically a Democrat, and has been once elected City Clerk of Tipton; he has recently completed an abstract of the titles of all the lands in Tipton County, and intends to unite the abstract business with his legal practice. Additional Comments: Extracted from: COUNTIES OF HOWARD AND TIPTON, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL. ILLUSTRATED. CHARLES BLANCHARD. EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. 1883. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/tipton/bios/fippen901gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/infiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb