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Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
2. Joshua Folkmann

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• Residence: 1963, Topeka, Kansas, USA

Merrill married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1910, Camp, Polk, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1920, Colfax, Boone, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1 Jan 1925, Colfax, Boone, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1930, Jackson, Boone, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1935, Rural, Boone, Iowa
• Residence: 1940, Jackson, Boone, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1950, Jackson, Boone, Iowa, USA

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Gerald Sanford Tripp, son of John William Tripp, son of David Tripp, son of David R. Tripp, son of John Tripp, son of Job Tripp, son of Isaac Tripp, son of Job Tripp, son of Peleg Tripp, son of John Tripp the Founder.

Gerald Sanford Tripp's name is interesting. Sanford is the maiden's name of his mother Alice Myrtle Sanford Tripp. Was this name trying to tell us something? Family research indicates that the name Sanford, from Isaac Horatio Sanford, descended down from John Sanford. John Sanford came to this country in the 1630's, same as John Tripp. They both signed the Portsmouth Compact to start the new town! They knew each other! Their descendants married each other! John William Tripp married Alice Myrtle Sanford and had Gerald Sanford Tripp! Astounding! Uncle Gerald was a basketball player! First of all he looked like a basketball player, and second, I heard about his playing ability from my earliest memories. He was an inspiration to me because I was also small, like him. My coach yelled at me, "Tripp, you have got to cover him. I don't care if he is bigger than you. Out smart him, use your speed." And I remembered my Uncle Gerald! If he could do it, I could do it! I made the team although I was smaller than anyone that went out for basketball.

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Gerald married Velda Majorie Stuart on 28 Jun 1930 in Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa. Velda (daughter of Clark Frances Stuart and Josephine Eula Whitinger) was born on 30 Mar 1910 in Story City, Story, Iowa, USA; died in 2000 in Boone IA; was buried in Luther, Boone County, Iowa, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: Anns IA.
• Residence: Boone
• Residence: Boone, Iowa, USA
• Residence: USA
• Residence: 1910, Franklin, Story, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1915, Franklin, Story, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1920, Franklin, Story, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1 Jan 1925, Franklin, Story, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1930, Franklin, Story, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1935, Rural, Boone, Iowa
• Residence: Abt 1937
• Residence: 1940, Jackson, Boone, Iowa, USA
• Residence: Oct 1943
• Residence: 1950, Jackson, Boone, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1963, Iowa
• Residence: 1995-1996, Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA

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Velda Marjorie Stuart My Aunt Velda

I know how to spell charivari. I learned this name when we attended your "shivaree". I remember it as clear as if it were yesterday. What fun! everyone yelling and teasing you. Did you enjoy it as much as we did? I was eight years old. I did not know you very well, but I sure knew my Uncle Gerald! Uncle Gerald was always fun to talk to. He was always ready to listen, or tell us about whatever we wanted to know. I especially remember that he told me about farming and about laying hens. I was pretty amazed about the way you two produced eggs. Not by the case, but by the dozens of cases! Clara and I have always worked together like you two, only we were more into pigs than chickens. The very last time I talked to Uncle Gerald, he was reminiscing about farming with horses. I think he was remembering like I do sometimes! He was a very good man to the end and an inspiration for us all. My Uncle Gerald! I am sending you a booklet that is full of mememories. The booklet starts out with the story of Zacheus Lester Tripp. To me, he is the biggest hero, among many Tripp family heroes, because he is the one that saved our family from total destruction. I follow with Uncle Gerald's seventh Great Grandfather, John Tripp the Founder. Then comes Great Grandfather Peleg Tripp, sixth Great Grandfather, down the line till Gerald Sanford Tripp. These stories are excerpts from much information that Clara and I have collected over a twenty year period, doing family research. Many of the stories are about our immediate family and I am hoping that others will write about little "happenings" that we should know about and remember. With Love Herman William Tripp--Remembering----

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• TRIPP LINEAGE - 9TH GENERATION - John Tripp 1611-1678: 1600
• Residence: 1880, Rose Hill, Mahaska, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1890, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1900, Camp, Polk, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1905, Polk, Iowa, United States
• Residence: 1910, Camp, Polk, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1920, Colfax, Boone, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1 Jan 1925, Colfax, Boone, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1930, Jackson, Boone, Iowa, USA

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John William Tripp is my Grandfather.

John William Tripp is the son of David Tripp, son of David R. Tripp, son of John Tripp, son of Job Tripp, son of Isaac Tripp, son of Job Tripp, son of Peleg Tripp, son of John Tripp the Founder. John William Tripp, like his father, also barely made it. His father David Tripp died when he was only six months old. He never got to know his father, but stories handed down by his children indicate that he did know his mother, even though she left him to be raised by his Great Aunt Mahala Snelson Reynolds. Grandpa was not too happy with that arrangement, but we need to give his mother Mary Evaline Williamson Tripp the benefit of the doubt. She was married to David when she was seventeen and was a widow at Twenty-one years of ag with three children, all under 5 years of age!

Even though John William Tripp did not talk about his background, it is obvious that he knew about his father and family. His third son George's middle name is David after his father, and his second son Ernest's middle name is Ralph after his uncle Ralph that died tragically in the fatal month of May 1855, when the whole Tripp family was decimated. Part of the reason for his non discussion of his past, was his intense devotion to his own family, 5 boys and one girl!! Of special interest to me, is the fact that he named his first-born son, Joseph after Joseph P. Reynolds, his foster father. Grandpa tells the story about getting a riding horse for his 16th birthday, when he was expecting a team and wagon, but I think that Mr. Reynolds did a pretty good job raising my Grandfather, John William Tripp! John William Tripp grew up near Rose Hill, Mahaska County, Iowa, where he had many close friends as his autograph book clearly shows. His foster mother had given him the book as a present and he promptly made good use of it by getting numerous messages from his friends and classmates. One of the messages was written by his future wife Alice Myrttle Sanford! They evidently were long time friends and got serious enough to get married, after they both worked for the Hibbs family. They were married in Polk County and had all of their children near Mitchellville Iowa. Grandpa was an Elder at the local Church of Christ, where my Dad and other members of the family belonged. In 1915 the family moved to Boone County, Iowa. I am sure that the girls were all glad to see five boys move into the community, because they were all eligible a and they all did marry in that community. Dad (Joseph Raymond Tripp) married my Mom Florence Marjorie Shedd who grew up in the neighborhood. Uncle Ernie (Ernest Ralph Tripp) married Mable Ball (my Aunt Mable Ernie) one week after Dad and Mom got married; they "stood up for each other" and settled down within a couple of miles of each other, near Napier, Boone County, Iowa. Uncle George (George David Tripp) married Mabel Kitchen (my Aunt Mabel George) and promptly moved on a farm half way between his two older brothers! Uncle Gerald (Gerald Sanford Tripp) married Velda Stuart (my Aunt Velda) moved on a farm a little farther away from the other three. Uncle Harris (Harris J Tripp) married Zelma Slaughter (my Aunt Zelma) and moved to the Truro area, which is south of Des Moines. Uncle Harris welded many years for Solar Aircraft in Des Moines. Aunt Mary (Mary Alice Tripp) married Millerd Lee (my uncle Millerd) fifty yeas ago, February 27 1988. They have always farmed in Story County, and are retired in Boone, Boone County, Iowa. All the Tripps have been a close knit family which pleased Grandpa very much. In 1932 John William Tripp (I was named after him) was making hay at his place north of the Lincoln Highway in Story County. He was on the hayrack holding onto the trip rope that he used to "trip" the hay loose, once the fork full of hay entered the big hay barn door. When the hay entered the barn, he pulled on the rope as he had done many, many times before. This time--the rope broke! Grandpa fell backwards, hit the ground--broke his neck! He said "Don't touch me." A few days later, in his own home, in a hospital bed, he visited with me as if nothing had happened. When he tried to drink water from a straw he said "Herman, I hope that you never, ever need to go through something like this!" So far I never have! I am 68, My Grandpa Tripp was 59. He died the next day. I was 9 years old! Herman WILLIAM Tripp--Remembering----

John Woodford Snelson died from a fall from a load of hay in 1946. John William Tripp died from a fall from a load of hay in 1932. They were first cousins!! Herman William Tripp--Remembering----

TRIPP LINEAGE - 9TH GENERATION - John Tripp 1611-1678:
GEN9: JOHN WILLIAM TRIPP [9], (David8, David7, John6, Job5, Isaac4, Job3, Peleg2, John1)

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John married Myrtle Alice Sanford on 22 Nov 1894 in Rising Sun, Polk, Iowa. Myrtle (daughter of Isaac Horatio Sanford and Sina Jane Prine) was born on 05 Oct 1875 in Polk County, Iowa, USA; died on 23 Nov 1952 in Boone, Boone, Iowa, USA; was buried in Ontario Cemetery, Ames, Story County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1880, Lizard, Pocahontas, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1900, Camp, Polk, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1905, Polk, Iowa, United States
• Residence: 1910, Camp, Polk, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1920, Colfax, Boone, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1 Jan 1925, Colfax, Boone, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1930, Jackson, Boone, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1935, Colfax, Boone, Iowa
• Residence: 1940, Colfax, Boone, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1950, Jackson, Boone, Iowa, USA

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Alice Myrtle Sanford is my Grandmother. I remember her as a perfect Grandmother, living with us for short periods when she got older. She was always ready to listen to my sisters and I, about any problems we might have at the time, such as "WhWhy do we have to wash our feet every night before we go to bed?". She would give us the same reason that Mom and Dad gave us, but at least we had a second opinion. She kept tract of everyone in the family. Quite a chore when you remember that she had five sons, six daughter-inlaws and quite a few grandchildren and toward the end of her life, great grandchildren. She seemed to love them all equally, and had time for everyone. Grandma was devastated when Grandpa died from the fall from the hayrack, when he was making hay. She carried on however, hoovering over all of her descendants like the great Grandmother that she was. She was a widow for 21 years 5 months and 1 day. When she died, she was 77 years 1 month and 18 days of age. Our family loved her every minute of it, and we will remember her forever!! Herman William Tripp--Remembering----

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• Residence: 1910, Franklin, Story, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1920, Franklin, Story, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1 Jan 1925, Franklin, Story, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1930, Franklin, Story, Iowa, USA

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Clark married Josephine Eula Whitinger on 28 Apr 1909. Josephine (daughter of Albert Allan Whitinger and Julia Etta Nourning) was born on 26 May 1892 in Washington Twp., Story County, Iowa, USA; died on 02 Jan 1982. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1910, Franklin, Story, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1920, Franklin, Story, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1 Jan 1925, Franklin, Story, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1930, Franklin, Story, Iowa, USA

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