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Goodspeed's History of Greene County -- 1887L. W. Tipton, merchant, was born in Crab Orchard, Ky., June 20, 1838, the son of Jonathan and Mary (McJimpsey) Tipton, the former born in North Carolina in 1811, the son of Jonathan Tipton, a native of Carter County, Tenn.
The father, a farmer, was killed in 1864, by Confederate soldiers, in retaliation for his sons being in the Federal Army. The mother was born in Catawba County, N. C., in 1818. the daughter of William McJimpsey. She now lives in North Carolina.
Our subject was educated at Burnsville, N. C., and in 1862 joined Company D, Eighth Federal Tennessee Cavalry, but June 11, l863, he was transferred to Company A. Third United States North Carolina Mounted Infantry, as second lieutenant. He was mustered out August 7, 1865, and has since been farming a mile east of Greeneville. He has also, since 1881, been engaged in the grocery business at Greeneville. He is a Mason, and a member of the Baptist Church. He is an intelligent and successful man.
August 25, 1865, Clementine, a daughter of Eliza Headerick, became his wife, and five children have been born to them. She was born near Fall Branch in 1836.