Nobles County MN Archives Biographies.....Sipes, Charles W. 1837 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com October 23, 2006, 1:45 am Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908) CHARLES W. SIPES lives in Bloom township, where he owns the north half of section 30. He is of Holland and Scotch descent on his father's side and of English descent on his mother's. It was his paternal grandparents who came to the United States and founded the American branch of the Sipes family. His mother's parents emigrated from England. James Sipes, our subject's father, was born in Bedford county, Pa., in the year 1800, and died in February, 1888. Nancy (Smith) Sipes was the name of his mother. She was born in Bedford county, Pa., in 1808 and died in 1886. To these parents Charles Sipes was born in Bedford county, Pa., Dec. 26, 1837. In his native county young Sipes lived until he was seventeen years of age. He secured a common school education there and was farm raised. After becoming old enough to work he was hired out to a farmer. Leaving home at the age of seventeen he went to Delaware county, Ohio, and after working on a farm there one year, he went to Carroll-county, 111. There he worked out as a farm hand a year and a half, and then in the spring of 1856 he went to St. Anthony Falls, where the city of St. Paul now stands. in an unsuccessful endeavor to find work. The future capital of Minnesota was then a little village only one-half as large as Wilmont is today, and Minneapolis did not have a place .on the map. From Minnesota Mr. Sipes went to Tama county, Iowa, arriving there March 20, 1856, purchased a small farm there and engaged in farming until the spring of 1880. It was during his residence in Iowa that Mr. Sipes, in September, 1862, enlisted at Toledo, Iowa, in company F, of the 28th Iowa infantry. He served a three years' enlistment, taking part in the Vicksburg campaign under Grant, the Red River campaign under Banks, the campaign in the Shenandoah valley under Sheridan, and in the operations around Savannah. In the latter city he was mustered out on Aug. 14, 1865. In the spring of 1880 Mr. Sipes moved to Sac county, Iowa, and engaged in farming till 1892. That year he came to Nobles county and located on the south half of section 20, Larkin township, where he farmed until 1901. That year he sold out and bought his present Bloom township farm. Mr. Sipes is a Mason, holding a membership in Roman Eagle lodge No. 175 (Adrian). In Tama county, Iowa, in March, 1858, Mr. Sipes was married to Mary Cronk. She died in 1888. One child was born to them— James Henry, now of Luverne. Mr. Sipes was married the second time on Christmas day, 1893, at Shaylor, Iowa, to Jane Kyle, a native of Canada. To them have been born William R. and Caroline M. (twins), born Nov. 25, 1894. Additional Comments: Extracted from: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NOBLES COUNTY MINNESOTA BY ARTHUR P. ROSE NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA PUBLISHERS 1908 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mn/nobles/bios/sipes144gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mnfiles/ File size: 3.4 Kb