Biographical Sketch of J. W. Rippee, Wright County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, 
Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri" The Goodspeed Publishing
Company, 1889.
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J. W. Rippee, druggist at Cedar Gap, Wright County, Mo., was born in
Webster County, Mo., in 1850, the son of John and Catherine (Newton)
Rippee, and grandson of William Rippee, who died when John Rippee was
small, and hence no account of him.  John Rippee was born in Kentucky
in 1822, and grew to manhood in Indiana.  He came to Missouri in 1837,
locating in what is now Webster County, but then Pulaski, and is one
of the pioneer men of the place.  He is still alive; was married in
Pulaski County, and is still a resident of Webster.  His wife, Miss
Catherine Newton, was born in Indiana in 1833, and by her marriage 
became the mother of ten children, eight now living, and J. W. Rippee
being the eldest in order of birth.  He was reared in Webster County,
on a farm, and remained on the same until June 19, 1888, when he was 
united in marriage to Miss Melissa Potter, of Douglas County, Mo., 
born in 1869, and the daughter of William Potter, one of the early
settlers.  Mrs. Rippee received a common school education, and is a 
refined and much esteemed lady.  Mr. Rippee embarked in the drug busi-
ness in May, 1887, and owns a half interest in the establishment.  He
also owns forty acres of land in Barry County, Mo.  In politics, he 
is a Republican.
 
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