Biographical Sketch of George W. Pippin, Pulaski County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas,
 Pulaski, Phelps & Dent Counties, Missouri, Published 1889, Goodspeed
 Publishing Company.

Transcribed by: Penny Harrell (Incog3678@aol.com)

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George w. Pippin was born in Hickory County, MO., January 28, 1856,
the son of William and Nancy J. (Tilley) Pippin, who were born in
Tennesee and Pulaski County, MO., respectively.  The father was 
taken to Alabama when young, and was reared on a plantation in that
State, coming to Pulaski County, MO., about forty years ago, and
settling on the farm on which his son, George W., now lives.  He 
served during the late war, and he and wife became the parents of
eleven children, the following being those living:  Virginia, 
George W., William J., Thomas J., Aniah, Alice, Charley, Joseph,
Bland and Lizzie.  Robert is deceased.  Mrs. Pippin died in March,
1881, and Mr. Pippin in May, 1879.  The grandfather, Hill Pippin,
was a native of Tennessee, and died in Missouri.  Grandfather
Tilley was also a Tennesseean, and became a resident of Pulaski
County, MO., before Waynesville was established.  Grandmother
Tilley is still living, and in her eighty-first year.  George W.
Pippin, whose name heads this sketch, was reared in Hickory County,
until eleven years of age, receiving a good common school education.
He began life for himself at the age of twenty-one, being engaged in
farming on the home place, and on September 17, 1882, was married to
Miss Docia Rollins, who was born and reared in Pulaski County.  Her 
parents, James M. and Sarah J. (Martin) Rollins, were born, reared
and married in Scott County, VA., and immigrated to Missouri in 1858,
settling on a farm in Pulaski County.  Mr. and Mrs. Pippin are the 
parents of three children:  Alvah, Thomas C., and Olive G.  They
reside upon a farm of 100 acres, all under cultivation, and are 
doing well financially.  He is a Democrat and a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and his wife is a member of the Missionary Baptist
Church.  Her paternal grandparents were born in Virginia, and her 
maternal grandparents in Tennessee and North Carolina, respectively.

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