THE FAMILY AGAIN IN 1916 



The six children shown with their parents in Fig. 21 and again in Fig. 22, are shown in this 

 third photograph also in the same position. Forty years have elapsed since the first picture was 

 taken. The "children" are now heads of families of their own, and the elder Mr. and Mrs. Fippin 

 have 22 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren. (Fig. 23.) 



PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING SAME FAMILY FROM 

 YOUTH TO MATURITY 



The three accompanying photo- 

 graphs are of the Fippin family. They 

 are presented because of the rather un- 

 usual fact that they were taken twenty 

 years apart — forty years between the 

 first and last picture — with all the 

 members of the family present in the 

 same position in each picture. They are 

 an interesting illustration of the unfold- 

 ment of personality over a span of forty 

 years. James Fippin, (1) the head of the 

 family, has lived for sixty years, just 

 west of Columbus, Ohio, where he was 

 a farmer. He was born in Belmont 

 County, Ohio, January 31, 1833, and 

 married Mary Shank (2) at Nashville, 

 Ohio, March 16, 1854. After a few 

 years at Nashville and a short residence 

 in Indiana, they settled at what became 

 with the opening of the Civil War, 

 Camp Chase, and there the four 

 younger of their six children were born. 



John (3), the oldest son, (see num- 

 bers in the first picture) was a farmer 



for most of his life. Ambrose J. (4) 

 was a farmer and carpenter. Mary^ 

 Ann (5) married Frank P. Sperry, a 

 seedsman; James E. (6) has been an 

 accountant and banker; and Samuel 

 (7) is an accountant, while Charles (8) 

 is a mechanic. All now have families 

 and reside in or near Columbus. 

 There are 22 grandchildren and 25 

 great grandchildren. 



The family has been unusually vigor- 

 ous. Barring a period of severe rheu- 

 matism in his young manhood, both 

 James Fippin and his wife have always 

 been well. The latter died in October 

 1921 at the age of 87. The only other 

 break in the family was that of Am- 

 brose J. in 1919. Up to 1917 there had 

 not been a natural death of any mem- 

 ber of the family covering three genera- 

 tions. There were two accidental deaths. 



James Fippin seems to be of English 

 stock. His wife was a "Pennsylvania 

 German." 



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