John TIPSWORD (Abt 1803-)

Frances CARLYLE (Abt 1806-)

Machac BANNING (-)

Griffin TIPSWORD (1831-)

Elizabeth BANNING (Abt 1838-)

Merida TIPSWORD (1859-1946)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Catherine YOUNGER Charles TIPSWORD Susan TIPSWORD George A. TIPSWORD Joseph F. TIPSWORD Arthur TIPSWORD James TIPSWORD Samuel TIPSWORD 2. Lula Merida TIPSWORD 2 3 4 5 Born: 18 Feb 1859, , Effingham, Illinois, USA Marriage (1): Catherine YOUNGER on 4 Jul 1887 in Effingham, Effingham, Illinois, USA 1 Marriage (2): Lula about 1905 in , , Illinois, USA Died: 26 Mar 1946, , Effingham, Illinois, USA Buried: After 26 Mar 1946, Beecher City, Effingham, Illinois, USA, Tipsword Cemetery    Other names for Merida were James Meredith TIPSWORD and Merida TYPSWORD.   Noted events in his life were: • Census: Census, 1860, Freemanton, Effingham, Illinois, USA. 6 James M. Tipsword, 1, born IL. • Census: Census, 1870, Moccasin, Effingham, Illinois, USA. 7 James M. Tipsword, 11, born IL. • Census: Census, 1880, Moccasin, Effingham, Illinois, USA. 8 Meredith Tipsword (son), 21, born IL (parents born IL), laborer. • Census: Census, 1900, Moccasin, Effingham, Illinois, USA. 9 Meredith Tipsword (head), 41 (Feb 1859), married 13 yrs, born IL (parents born IL), farmer. • Census: Census, 1910, Okaw Twp, Shelby, Illinois, USA. 10 Merida Tipsword (head), 50, married (2nd) 5 yrs, born IL (parents born IL), farmer. Merida married Catherine YOUNGER, daughter of John Fredrick YOUNGER and Susan GRIFFIN, on 4 Jul 1887 in Effingham, Effingham, Illinois, USA.1 (Catherine YOUNGER was born on 16 Apr 1864 in , Shelby, Illinois, USA, died on 28 Apr 1904 in , Effingham, Illinois, USA and was buried in Beecher City, Effingham, Illinois, USA, Tipsword Cemetery.) Merida next married Lula about 1905 in , , Illinois, USA. (Lula was born about 1870 in , , Illinois, USA.)

1 Illinois, Effingham County Clerk (copy in possession of compiler), Merida Tipsword & Katie Catherine Younger marriage license #2134, Bk. 1, Pg. 149.

2 William Henry Perrin, History of Effingham County, Illinois, 1883 (copy in possession of compiler), Griffin Tipsword biographical sketch, pg. 235-236.

3 William Henry Perrin, History of Effingham County, Illinois, 1883 (Evansville, Indiana : Unigraphic, 1972
), Griffin Tipsword biographical sketch, pg. 235-236.

4 Peggy Pulliam, Griffin Tipsword Story: The First Whie Settler in Effingham County, Illinois, Compiled and Published by Effingham County Bicentennial Commission, 1975.

5 Peggy Pulliam, Griffin Tipsword Story: The First White Settler in Effingham County, Illinois (Effingham, Illinois: Effingham County Bicentennial Commission, 1975
), Compiled and Published by Effingham County Bicentennial Commission, 1975.

6 Illinois, Effingham, Freemanton, 1860 U.S. Census, Griffin Tipsword household #971/967, pg. 1080.

7 Illinois, Effingham, Moccasin Twp, 1870 U.S. Census, Griffin Tipsword household #25/25, pg. 478.

8 Illinois, Effingham, Moccasin Twp, 1880 U.S. Census, Griffin Tipsword household #13, pg. 298b.

9 Illinois, Effingham, Moccasin Twp, 1900 U.S. Census, Meredith Tipsword household #170/172, pg. 234.

10 Illinois, Shelby, Okaw Twp, 1910 U.S. Census, Merida Tipsword household #202/202, pg. 74.