Nobles County MN Archives Biographies.....Tripp, Harry R. 1871 - ************************************************ 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 24, 2006, 11:10 pm Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908) HARRY R. TRIPP is register of deeds of Nobles county, and resides at the county seat, his home having been at Round Lake prior to his election. He was born at Liscomb, Marshall county, Iowa, May 12, 1871. His father, David Tripp, a native of New York, died August 14, 1889. His mother, Emily R. (Mayo) Tripp, also a native of New York, is still living, her home being at Round Lake. Harry spent his boyhood days in the town of his birth, attending the public schools of Liscomb until 15 years of age. On August 2, 1886, he came to Nobles county for the first time, remained here only until Sept. 22, of the same year, then went back to his old home and almost immediately left for Chicago. There he remained nearly three years, most of the time working for his father in the drayage business and in a grocery store. During six months of the time he was in Chicago he attended a private school of telegraphy. He came to Nobles county to live in August, 1889, locating at Round Lake. There, under his brother, E. A. Tripp, he finished learning telegraphy, and until 1892 was employed in the Round Lake depot. In August, 1892, he accepted a position as station agent and telegraph operator on the B. C. R. & N. at Harris, Iowa. In January, 1893, he was transferred to the station at West Bend, Iowa, which he resigned the next month on account of ill health. Mr. Tripp then returned to Round Lake, where he was engaged in the hay business until July 29, 1897, when he met with an accident that resulted in the loss of one of his limbs. As soon as he was able (in the fall of 1897) he took employment as bookkeeper for H. C. Moeller, then engaged in the lumber, grain and coal business at Hound Lake. He was with Mr. Moeller until January, 1900. During the summer of that year he engaged in farming, and the next winter clerked in the general merchandise store of Grant & Johnson at Round Lake. From the spring of 1902 till the fall of 1903 he was engaged in farming and other occupations. He then took charge of E. A. Tripp's stock farm in the village of Round Lake, which he conducted one year. He began work in September, 1904, in the general merchandise store of Chas. Nienaber, Round Lake, which position he held two years. Harry Tripp was nominated by primary election, in September, 1906, on the republican ticket for the office of register of deeds, and was elected at the general election the following November. Besides the office he now holds he has been assessor of Round Lake village and Indian Lake township for several years. His marriage to Miss Lillie Erskine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Erskine, pioneer settlers of Nobles county, occurred Janaury [sic] 5, 1893. Miss Erskine was born in Indian Lake township. To Mr. and Mrs. Tripp have been born four daughters and one son —Gladys, Joy, Marjorie, Erma and Hugh Marvel, all of whom are living. Mr. Tripp is a member of the Odd Fellows and A. O. U. W. lodges of Worthington. 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/tripp182gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mnfiles/ File size: 3.7 Kb