U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Lipscomb, Jeff (1862-1933) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Tucker County, West Virginia From the Earliest Explorations and Settlements to the Present Time. by Hu Maxwell Kingwood, W. Va.; Preston Publishing Company, 1884. Page 429 Jeff Lipscomb, son of P. Lipscomb, prosecuting attorney for Tucker County, was born October 8, 1862, at Aurora, Preston County, and is of German and English descent. He has lived in St. George for ten years. Soon after the founding of The Tucker County Pioneer, he entered that office as a devil, and remained at it through storm and calm, and rain and shine, for four years. He then went into the Clerk's office as a copyist for John J. Adams, and remained at that business, though not so steadily, for a year. He attended school at odd times all his life; he went to Fairmont with the intention of entering the normal school, but he did not like the looks of the building, and returned to St. George and went to work in the clerk's office. This was his business until January, 1884, when he entered into partnership with H. and C. H. Maxwell, and bought the Pioneer, and acted as editor and business manager until May, 1884, when he sold his interest in the paper to Hu Maxwell and retired from the business. He then entered business with Van Dusen & Co., of New York, as agent for their nurseries, and in that work has since been employed. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Tucker County, WV #7939 FULL-NAME: Jeff Lipscomb BIRTH-DATE: October 8, 1862 BIRTH-PLACE: Aurora, W.Va. DEATH-DATE: June 24, 1933 (at age 70y-8m-16d) DEATH-PLACE: Parsons, Tucker County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Eva Lipscomb) OCCUPATION: Office Work FATHER: Philetus Lipscomb (born in Virginia) MOTHER: Anna Gower (born in Md) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Heart disease INFORMANT: Herald Lipscomb (of Parsons, W.Va) BURIAL: St George, W.Va. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Tucker County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/tucker/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------