JESSE J. TIPPEY
Jesse J. Tippey, son of Henderson and Vashti Tippey, was born in Grant county, Indiana, February 24, 1847. His father died in October, 1872, and his mother in May, 1863. Jesse was educated in the public schools, and afterwards attended select school, and finally, Wabash College. He was married in his native county, November 13, 1872, to Elizabeth Westfall, daughter of James and Angeline Westfall. She was born in the same county, December 12, 1852. Mr. Tippey first visited Cass county in the fall of 1877, and again in January, 1880, at which time he purchased of A. O. Rogers his present farm, which contained eighty acres, located on section 15, Bear Grove township. Mr. and Mrs. Tippey have four children---Macauley E., born in September, 1873; Angie Alminta, born in May, 1875; Nellie J., born in October, 1877; and Frank H., born in September, 1882. Mr. Tippey was elected township clerk in 1872.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pp. 727.
