Marion County OR Archives Obituaries.....Tipton, Mary Winter November 8, 1930 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sheron Faynor nitwittwin@hotmail.com January 3, 2007, 7:47 am Oregon Statesman November 9,1930 Mrs.Mary Tipton The death of Mrs.Mary Winter Tipton,85,prominent pioneer of northern California,occurred Sturday morning in this city following an illness of two weeks from influenza and major complications.Te elderly woman,born in Tennessee in 1845,had been dividing her time for the past ten years with her two surviving daughters,Mrs.R.O. Snelling of Salem and Mrs.J.B.Duncan of Ashland.Until her fatal illness,her health was unusually excellent. Mrs. Tipton,born Mary Gates,was one of a family of 12 children.When five years of age,she crossed the plains with her parents in an ox train bound for Oregon.Winter came when the little group was in Shasta county,northern California,and they settled there.The Gates family was prominent in th epioneer development of Red Bluff and other citie in northern California.Mrs.Tipton's first husband,G.G.Winter,was noted in business and political circles in northern California.He died in 1891.In 1906 the widow married J.C.Tipton,who died in 1908.Of the eight children born to her,but two survive Mrs.Tipton.A large number of grandchildren and great grandchildren,the majority living in northern California,also survive. Teh body will be forwrded Sunday to red Bluff,for funeral services there on MOnday.Mr.and Mrs.Snelling will accompany the remains south File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/marion/obits/t/tipton2889gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb