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Benjamin L. Tripp - was born in Montcalm, Michigan on September
2, 1853.
Chester E. Tripp - born in the town of Floyd, Oneida Co., N. Y.,
Feb. 15, 1847; in 1853, his parents, E. R. and S. P. Tripp, removed
to Walworth Co., Wis., remaining several years.
Clarence H. Tripp - born in Walcott township, Minnesota on December
9, 1861.
Daniel Wesley Tripp - Daniel Wesly Tripp was born April 26, 1874
in Haliburton County, Ont. He was one of eleven children born to
Danile Tripp and Anna McMillan. Informtion from the Asquith Record.
E. W. Tripp - was born September 17th, 1850, in Erie county, New
York. His father, George Tripp, was born in 1818, and reached Hastings,
Minnesota, in 1856, coming to Chicago by rail, driving his own team
to Dunleith, thence by the steamer "Lady Franklin" to Hastings.
Edgar A. Tripp - He was born in Lee county, Illinois, December 29,
1850.
Franklin
Tripp was born in Floyd, December 27, 1831,
son of Isaac Tripp, (who married Mary Brooker in 1812), and
he was one of eleven children, seven sons and four daughters;
Henderson, Septimus, Savinah, Julia Ann, Isaac jr., William,
Marquis De Lafayette, Helen, Franklin, Jeanette and Orris B.
Isaac sr. was born in Dutchess county, December 17, 1792, a
son of William Tripp, who served as a soldier in the Revolutionary
war (and was consequently a pensioner till his death).
George
L. Tripp was born in Bridgewater, N.Y.,
February 7,1873, son of Milton and Jennie Cole Tripp, of that
town.
George W. Tripp - was born in Tioga Co., N. Y., in 1821. His father,
Elisha Tripp, was a native of Vermont, born in 1783, and early in
life removed to Albany, N. Y., where he learned the shoemaker's trade,
and continued the same there till 1818; then removed to Tioga Co.,
N. Y., where he devoted his time to farming during the summers, and
to his trade during the winters.
Hiram Tripp - born in town of Washington in 1814, has been justice
of the peace; wife Elizabeth Arnold, born in same town in 1820, married
in 1847.
Hiram C. Tripp - was born in Erie county, Now York, on the 10th
of May, 1817, and his father, Noah Tripp, being a farmer, H. C. was
reared to the same occupation. Hiram C. Tripp - was born in Erie
county, Now York, on the 10th of May, 1817, and his father, Noah
Tripp, being a farmer, H. C. was reared to the same occupation.
J.
Stephens Tripp - a lawyer and banker of Prairie du Sac, is the
son of Silas Tripp, who was the son of Benjamin Tripp and grandson
of Ezekiel Tripp, who was a noted Quaker speaker of Dutchess county,
N. Y., prior to and during the revolutionary war.
Dr. James Tripp - was born in Schenectady, N. Y., in 1795. He received
his medical education in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of
the Western District of New York at Albany, from which he graduated
about 1817. He engaged in the practice of medicine at Mobile, Ala.,
which he continued till 1819, when he returned to New York and was
married, in Laurens, Otsego Co., to Miss Rosepha Comstock, daughter
of William Comstock. He was commissioned Surgeon of the 60th N. Y.
V. I. June 11, 1822. He continued to practice medicine till 1835,
when he decided to turn farmer. Two years later, 1837, he emigrated
to Wisconsin Territory and made his home in Troy, Walworth Co. DR.
JAMES TRIPP - was born in Schenectady, N. Y., in 1795. He received
his medical education in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of
the Western District of New York at Albany, from which he graduated
about 1817. He engaged in the practice of medicine at Mobile, Ala.,
which he continued till 1819, when he returned to New York and was
married, in Laurens, Otsego Co., to Miss Rosepha Comstock, daughter
of William Comstock. He was commissioned Surgeon of the 60th N. Y.
V. I. June 11, 1822. He continued to practice medicine till 1835,
when he decided to turn farmer. Two years later, 1837, he emigrated
to Wisconsin Territory and made his home in Troy, Walworth Co.
Jonathan N. Tripp - was born Jan. 17, 1820, in the town of Windsor,
Ashtabula Co., Ohio, son of Thomas Tripp, a native of the State of
New York. Was married in Bristol, Trumbull Co., Ohio, June 12, 1844,
to Mary L. Parish, who was born Feb. 4, 1817, in Orleans Co., Vt.;
daughter of John Parish, who removed to Ohio in 1834 and died in
1845. Mr. Tripp lived in Trumbull Co., Ohio, and worked at wagon-making,
(to which trade he had been apprenticed when 17 years old) till June,
1853, then came with his family to Wisconsin JONATHAN N. TRIPP -
was born Jan. 17, 1820, in the town of Windsor, Ashtabula Co., Ohio,
son of Thomas Tripp, a native of the State of New York. Was married
in Bristol, Trumbull Co., Ohio, June 12, 1844, to Mary L. Parish,
who was born Feb. 4, 1817, in Orleans Co., Vt.; daughter of John
Parish, who removed to Ohio in 1834 and died in 1845. Mr. Tripp lived
in Trumbull Co., Ohio, and worked at wagon-making, (to which trade
he had been apprenticed when 17 years old) till June, 1853, then
came with his family to Wisconsin
John Tripp - born in Columbia county October 17, 1844, settled in
Duchess County, New York in 1876, is overseer; wife Sarah Brusie
of Columbia county, married in 1867; one son.
John B. Tripp - carpenter and joiner, is a native of Oneida Co.,
N. Y., where he was born in 1843; came to Wisconsin in 1854, and
settled in Walworth Co., where he foIlowed farming for years. John
B. Tripp - carpenter and joiner, is a native of Oneida Co., N. Y.,
where he was born in 1843; came to Wisconsin in 1854, and settled
in Walworth Co., where he foIlowed farming for years.
John J. Tripp - farmer, Sec. 36; the son of John and Hannah Tripp,
nee Robins, of Oneida Co., N. Y., born in 1826. JOHN J. TRIPP - farmer,
Sec. 36; the son of John and Hannah Tripp, nee Robins, of Oneida
Co., N. Y., born in 1826.
Julian W. Tripp p. o. Lake George, was
born in Caldwell September, 1859. He embarked in the hardware trade
in 1884, dealing in all leading articles, shelf hardware, carpenters'
and builders' wants, and farming implements. He also carries a well
assorted stock of gents' clothing; in 1884 Mr. Tripp married Miss
Marian B. Stanton, of Caldwell. Mr. Tripp's parents were Henry and
Lydia E. (Hale) Tripp. They had ten children: George H., Julian W.,
Franklin G., Mary, Mahala, Eleanor, Florence, Georgia, Simeon R.,
and Frederick.
Marvin A. Tripp Mr. Tripp was born at Butler, Bates County, Missouri, October 17,
1883, his paternal ancestors having been substantial New York State
farmers. His great- grandfather was Anthony Tripp, who was born February
5, 1762, at Providence, Rhode Island, or Killingly, Connecticut,
the state line having been changed since then and the question as
to which side of the present line he was born on being uncertain.
Anthony Tripp enlisted in the war of the Revolution in March, 1777,
and served until 1781. He again enlisted in 1812. After the War of
1812 he homesteaded two miles south of Albion, Orleans County, New
York, where he died May 7, 1846, at the age of eighty-four, and where
some of his descendents still live. He had a family of ten children,
the youngest of whom was Almeron, grandfather of Marvin A. Tripp.
Mrs. Mary A. Tripp -born in Clinton August 22, 1817, daughter of
Isaac S. and Hannah B. Haight; husband George C. Tripp, of Clinton.
Married September 1, 1836; children eight - Julia F., James S., William
M., Jacob, Martin F., Leonard I., Hiram M., and Elting B.: lost one
daughter, Helen A., who died August 10, 1875, aged thirty-six years.
Duchess County
Merritt
Tripp - comes of eastern parentage, born in Tompkins county,
New York, February 27, 1837. His parents, George and Hannah (Smith)
Tripp, were natives of eastern New York state, where they both spent
the span of their years, the former dying in 1841 and the mother
in 1880.
Nornan P. Tripp has been closely identified with agricultural interests
in Amboy township for a number of years. In young manhood he had
an interesting expenence and service as a soldier in the Spanish-American
war, and he comes of military stock. His greatgrandfather, Cyrus
Tripp, was a soldier in the War of 1812, while Mr. Tripp's grandfather
earned a patriotic record as a Union man during the Civil war.
Norman P. Tripp was born in Pike township of Fulton county, September
18, 1878, son of Henry D. and Alice M. (Forrester) Tripp. His parents
were also born in Fulton county, his father in Amboy and his mother
in Pike township. The paternal grand-parents were Norman N. and Julia
Ann (Bartlett) Tripp, the former a native of New York and the latter
of Toledo. The maternal grand-father was Patrick Forrester, a native
of Ireland, who came to this country at an early day, and was one
of the workmen who built the canal across the state to Cincinnati.
Later he acquired extensive tracts of land in Pike township of Fulton
county. The paternal grandparents were likewise early settlers and
developed a farm from the woods in Amboy township. Henry D. Tripp
after his marriage settled in Amboy township but later moved to Holgate,
Ohio, but he died in Amboy in March, 1916, and his wife on January
29, 1919. They had three children Frank, of Holgate; Norman P., and
Muriel, who is a principal in the public schools at Holgate.
Norman P. Tripp was twenty years of age when in April, 1898, he
was an enthusiastic volunteer for the service of his country during
the Spanish-American war. He was with the Sixth Ohio infantry and
served with that command in Cuba with the Army of Occupation, receiving
his honorable discharge May 26, 1899, and for several years then
after was a member of the Ohio National Guard. For three years after
his army service Mr. Tripp lived at Toledo, where he worked at his
trade as painter and also as conductor on a street car. He then returned
to Amboy township and took charge of the home farm of eighty acres.
He has lived there ever since and in 1913 bought the fann. He has
all of it in cultivation except about ten acres of timber pasture.
Mr. Tripp is a member of the Spanish War Veterans at Toledo, is
a democrat, a Catholic and a member of the Catholic Knights of Ohio.
May 5, 1903, he married Miss Catherine Rondy, who was born at Crestline,
Ohio, a daughter of Jacob and Catherine (Sutter) Rondy. Her father
was a native of Germany and her mother of Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Tripp
have five children: Alton, Alice, Paul, John and Norman.
Orris
B. Tripp was born in Floyd April 27, 1838,
son of Isaac and Mary (Brook) Tripp.
Ozro C. Tripp - was born March 21, 1859, in Los Angeles, California.
One of the earliest settlers in Riverside county, came to San Jacinto
when but two families. His parents, Samuel Volturner and Rosa (Ramsey)
Tripp, the former a native of New York, and the latter of Ohio, came
to California in 1846, having crossed the plains by pack train and
locating in Shasta county.
Roscoe C. Tripp, age 80, who lives on Sand Run in Washington Twp.,
of Jackson County near the Vinton County line, has lived in virtually
the same area his entire life. He now lives on Wellston Rt.1, but
was born a mile and a half north of his present farm on the old Tripp
family farm, now owned by Henry Veirs, on March 19, 1880, the son
of Stephen and Mary Jane Tucker Tripp. His mother was a native of
Hocking County, his father, a farmer and carpenter, was a native
of the Sand Run area, and fought in the Civil War, in several battles
in the south. Roscoe also lived in Vinton county for several years,
but in the same neighborhood as he does now.
S. G. Tripp - born in Duchess county in 1818; wife Loretta Case,
married in 1840, died in 1845; wife Eliza Ann Bowman of this town,
married in 1847; one daughter.
Samuel Volturner Tripp - He was a brick mason by trade and this
occupation was later followed in Los Angeles, where be located in
1855 and erected the first brick building of the place. Removing
to San Bernardino in 1860 be followed the same employment for nine
years, putting up the first jail of that city, which was located
where the court house now stands.
Shasta Augustus Tripp - A romantic interest centers about the name
and fortunes of the Tripp family of Riverside county, for it was
on the ranch owned by a member of the family that the scene for the
famous novel of Helen Hunt Jackson was laid, the goats mentioned
in the story belonging to the subject of this review, whose father
figured as judge Wells in the book. was born in the city of Los Angeles,
December 22, 1857.SHASTA AUGUSTUS TRIPP - A romantic interest centers
about the name and fortunes of the Tripp family of Riverside county,
for it was on the ranch owned by a member of the family that the
scene for the famous novel of Helen Hunt Jackson was laid, the goats
mentioned in the story belonging to the subject of this review, whose
father figured as judge Wells in the book. was born in the city of
Los Angeles, December 22, 1857.
Sylvester Tripp - jeweler and watchmaker, born in Schoharie county,
New York in 1837, settled in this county in 1865; wife Charity L.
Flinn, born in this county, married in 1867; children three. Ancestors
were early settlers. Sylvester Tripp - jeweler and watchmaker, born
in Schoharie county, New York in 1837, settled in this county in
1865; wife Charity L. Flinn, born in this county, married in 1867;
children three. Ancestors were early settlers.
Timothy B. Tripp - the skillful and efficient engineer at the State
Training School, is the son of Merritt and Abbie (Perkins) Tripp.
He was born on a farm in Featherstone township, Goodhue county,
Minnesota April 6, 1870.
William Benjamin Tripp - is a native son of California, his birth
having occurred in San Bernardino February 15, 1861. WILLIAM BENJAMIN
TRIPP - is a native son of California, his birth having occurred
in San Bernardino February 15, 1861.
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