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Below is a family biography from the book, History of Kentucky, Edition 7 by J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin and G. C. Kniffin and published by F. A. Battey Publishing Company in 1887. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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JACOB C. CHIPMAN, M. D., is the seventh son of William and Marelia Ann (Juett) Chipman, of Grant County, Ky., and was born November 13, 1860. William Chipman was a farmer, and was born in 1818, his death occurred in June 1875. Jacob C. Chipman was reared on the home farm, was educated at the Harrisburg Academy, Owen County, and in 1879 became a student of medicine under his brother, Noah B. Chipman, in Pendleton County. In 1881 he entered the Kentucky School of Medicine at Louisville, then took a course at the hospital college, and then a final course of lectures at the Kentucky School of Medicine, graduating June 28, 1882. He then returned to his brother in Pendleton County, with whom he was associated in practice one year. He then practiced at Rutland, Harrison County, until July, 1884, when he removed to Stewartsville, Grant County, where he now resides on thirty-five acres of land adjoining the town, and has met with decided success in his profession. May 8, 1884, he married Miss Hattie Reneker, of Connersville, Harrison County. He is the father of two children: Zelmer and Otta Vane; is the postmaster of Stewartsville, and deputy county clerk. He is a Freemason and an Odd Fellow, and in religion is a Methodist.
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This family biography is one of 67 biographies included in the Grant County, Kentucky section of the book, The History of Kentucky, Edition 7 published in 1887 by F. A. Battey Publishing Company. For the complete description, click here: History of Kentucky, Edition 7
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