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, William H. (1829-1918) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 431 William H. Lipscomb is of English and German descent, born 1829 in Preston County, and married in 1857, to Hannah B., daughter of George E. Adams. Children: Peter W., William F., Arthur G., Archibald J., George K., Alice E., Sarah E., and Amy May. William H. Lipscomb and Thomas F. Hebb are the two best lumbermen and raftsmen on the river. They have made it their business for a number of years. Lipscomb has been logging for 25 years, but has farmed some in the meantime. Some years he rafted to the railroad at Rowlesburg over a million feet. He came to St. George in 1884, living in property bought from H. C. Rosenberger. In the war he had many narrow escapes, although he was not a regular soldier, being a militiaman. He was shot at by a whole regiment, because he had reported some of their thievery; was an associate in the county court, and has been a member of the board of education two terms; is still following his occupation of lumbering on the river. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Tucker County, WV #10372 FULL-NAME: William H. Lipscomb BIRTH-PLACE: Tucker Co., W.Va. DEATH-DATE: September 21, 1918 (at 92 years of age) DEATH-PLACE: St. George, St. George District, Tucker County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widower OCCUPATION: Lumberman CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Chronic Nephritis BURIAL: Limestone Chapel There's a double-tombstone in Limestone Cemetery, Saint George, Tuckery County, West Virginia Wm. H. Lipscomb (June 29, 1828 -- Sep. 22, 1918) Hannah B. Lipscomb (Mar. 27, 1835 -- Nov. 27, 1912) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------