Chipman, John M.

CHIPMAN

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 11/10/2007 at 23:29:36

John M. Chipman

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.149, Lincoln Twp.)
John M. Chipman, farmer, P.O. Walnut, born in Waukesha County, Wis., November 4, 1851, son of John B. and Maria (Chilson) Chipman, both born in Genessee County, N. Y.; he, in 1812, is still living; she died March 4, 1865, and was the mother of three children, viz., Lysander, Louisa and Carrie. Subject received a common school education, attending school for the age of six years until he was fifteen, when he commenced life as a farmer, and married in Tama County, this State, November 27, 1872, Sarah Craig, born in Westmoreland County, Penn., April 19, 1852, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Wilie) Craig, both born in Westmoreland County, Penn., he in 1808, and she in 1815. Mr. and Mrs. Chipman have three children, viz., Vernon L., Emma L. and Cora M. Subject is a Republican; has filled the offices of School Director and Assessor, and at the age of sixteen he started working on his own account, working for his father and other parties; when eighteen years of age, he moved to Tama County, Iowa, farming for himself and others; in 1875, he moved to this township (Lincoln), where he purchased eighty acres of land, afterwards adding 160 acres to it, and now has one of the finest farms in the township.