William H. Kipp

HOLMES, KIPP, UNDERWOOD

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 10/8/2004 at 10:43:20

Wm. H. Kipp, Jackson twp., farmer, Sec. 36; P.O. Winterset; born in Oneida county, New York, in 1819, living in that county until he was eighteen, when he removed to Warren county, Illinois, where he resided until 1871; then locating in Dexter, remaining there a few months; then purchasing an improved farm of 160 acres in this county, which, by systematic labor, he greatly beautified, selling the same for $50.00 an acre, bought the land where he now resided, and has again displayed a thorough knowledge in improving and embellishing a home, his farm being a model in all respects; he is now living with his third wife, whom he married July 4, 1861; her maiden name was Ann Underwood; has six children: Mary, now Mrs. D. C. Holmes, of Des Moines, Sarah, Oscar, Jerome, William and Hattie; owns 224 acres of land in homestead and vicinity.

Taken from the book, "The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879" page 630