Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Kipp, George 1897
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Ionia Weekly Standard, 17 Dec 1897

The late George Kipp was born in Wittenburg, Germany, Feb. 11, 1831.  He landed 
in New York, Sept. 18, 1854.  After stopping there for a short time, he started 
for Ionia, coming by rail as far as Detroit, and walking the remainder of the 
way, as there was then no railroad between Detroit and Ionia.  He arrived in 
Ionia Dec. 25, 1856, and remained there two years; then went to Salem, 
Washtenaw county, and was employed on a farm until the beginning of the late 
war.

He enlisted at Ann Arbor, and went out with Co. F, 20th Michigan infantry.  He 
served from the beginning until the end.  At the close of the war he was 
married at Ann Arbor, Mich., and came directly to Ionia, and purchased the farm 
on which he lived until his death, with the exception of three years of which 
time he was a resident of this city.  He contracted rheumatism during his 
hardships while serving his country, which never left him.  For six weeks 
previous to his death he had been a constant, patient sufferer.  During this 
time he desired to become a Christian and place himself in the hands of the 
Lord, which he did, and made the Evangelical church the one of his choice.  He 
was conscious until the last, and passed away to join his Maker without a 
struggle.

He has always been a kind and generous neighbor, a hard working and industrious 
man, and in his relation as husband and father, he was always found loving and 
true.  He leaves a wife and three daughters:  Mrs. Jennie Blackmore, of this 
city; Mrs. Priscilla Snobble, of Berlin; Miss Essie at home; and two brothers: 
Michael, of this city, and John, of Carson City; besides other more distant 
relatives and friends to mourn his untimely loss.  His interment was at Oak 
Hill cemetery.


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