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John Thomas CHIPPS

John Thomas CHIPPS

Male 1854 - 1925  (71 years)


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  • Name John Thomas CHIPPS
    Birth 15 Mar 1854  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1860  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1880  [4] 
    farmer 
    Census 1900  Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [2] 
    Occupation 1900  [3] 
    railroad laborer 
    Death 21 Jul 1925  Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Cause: tubercular pneumonia 
    Burial EUB Church Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I140961  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 26 Jul 2026

    Father William R. CHIPPS,   b. CA 1820, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location
    Mother Sarah Anne HAMILTON,   b. CA 1821, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Apr 1868, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 47 years)
    Family ID F37278  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sara M. RIGGS,   b. Dec 1851  [5]
    Marriage CA 1878  [3] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District), enumerated on June 25, 1880:
      John Chipps, 26, farmer, cannot read/write; wife Sarah, 25; son F. F., 10; dau (original "M" entry for Male was overwritten with "F"), 4; dau Sarah, 5 months. All born in Va/WVa. John's parents born in Ohio.
      Note (1) The son listed as F. F. Chipps was Francis Faren (or Faro) Chipps, who married under the Chipps surname in 1895, but later changed his surname to Statler (or Stateler).
      Note (2) The child listed as daughter D. E. Chipps was actually a son, Dexter Elliott Chipps.
      Note (3) Daughter Sarah was more fully known as Sara Anna Chipps, but commonly went by the name Annie.

      1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District), enumerated on June 23, 1900:
      John Chips, 46, b. Mar 1854, railroad laborer, married 22 yrs; wife Sarah M, 48, b. Dec 1851, married 22 yrs, mother of 4 children (all still living); dau Annie, 20, b. Jan 1880, single; son Fenton, 17, b. Mar 1883, single, day laborer.
    Children 
    +1. Francis Faren STATLER,   b. 9 Mar 1870, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jul 1954, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
     2. Dexter Elliott CHIPPS,   b. 28 Sep 1876, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jul 1926, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)
    >3. Sara Anna "Annie" CHIPPS,   b. 15 Jan 1880, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jun 1950, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     4. Fenton Monroe CHIPPS,   b. 3 Mar 1883   d. 16 Dec 1918, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years)
    Family ID F62915  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=1953238&frame=00309.

    3. [S2140] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District).

    4. [S2148] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    5. [S1604] Death record of son.