This memorial is a CENOTAPH. A cenotaph is a memorial for a person buried elsewhere.
See Gravesite Details below.
MORDACIA / MORDECAI TIPTON
NOTE the spelling on the stone is MORDACIA TIPTON.
(We received a suggested edit in June of 2021 for a correction to the spelling of Mordacia Tipton to Mordecai Tipton by Al Francis #47570263 that we wish to honor as that is probably how his name was originally spelled. The way Mordacia/Mordecai's name is spelled in one source mentioned below and as a Biblical name is Mordecai. Spelling was not important in the United States at the time Mordacia/Mordecai was living which may have led to variant spellings. Both spellings are now listed in the first name space to honor him and the relatives that put up his cenataph on their family member's stone. His memorial will come up when searched with either spelling.)
We found information on Mordecai Tipton (1724-1795) in DESCENDANTS OF EDWARD TIPTON, a working file by Mary Lou Cook, updated 23 December 2017. She shares this file to help Tipton descendants with their research. The stone at this gravesite closely matches Mary Lou Cook's research. There is a little difference in the spelling of Mordacia/Mordecai.
Edward, Jonathan, William, MORDACIA, and William Sr. Tipton are listed in the same order on this stone with the same dates or close to the dates as Mary Lou Cook has listed in her working file:
Edward, the father, had Jonathan;
Jonathan had William;
William had MORDECAI; and
MORDECAI had William Tipton, Sr.
See Gravesite Details below.
MORDACIA / MORDECAI TIPTON
NOTE the spelling on the stone is MORDACIA TIPTON.
(We received a suggested edit in June of 2021 for a correction to the spelling of Mordacia Tipton to Mordecai Tipton by Al Francis #47570263 that we wish to honor as that is probably how his name was originally spelled. The way Mordacia/Mordecai's name is spelled in one source mentioned below and as a Biblical name is Mordecai. Spelling was not important in the United States at the time Mordacia/Mordecai was living which may have led to variant spellings. Both spellings are now listed in the first name space to honor him and the relatives that put up his cenataph on their family member's stone. His memorial will come up when searched with either spelling.)
We found information on Mordecai Tipton (1724-1795) in DESCENDANTS OF EDWARD TIPTON, a working file by Mary Lou Cook, updated 23 December 2017. She shares this file to help Tipton descendants with their research. The stone at this gravesite closely matches Mary Lou Cook's research. There is a little difference in the spelling of Mordacia/Mordecai.
Edward, Jonathan, William, MORDACIA, and William Sr. Tipton are listed in the same order on this stone with the same dates or close to the dates as Mary Lou Cook has listed in her working file:
Edward, the father, had Jonathan;
Jonathan had William;
William had MORDECAI; and
MORDECAI had William Tipton, Sr.
This memorial is a CENOTAPH. A cenotaph is a memorial for a person buried elsewhere.
See Gravesite Details below.
MORDACIA / MORDECAI TIPTON
NOTE the spelling on the stone is MORDACIA TIPTON.
(We received a suggested edit in June of 2021 for a correction to the spelling of Mordacia Tipton to Mordecai Tipton by Al Francis #47570263 that we wish to honor as that is probably how his name was originally spelled. The way Mordacia/Mordecai's name is spelled in one source mentioned below and as a Biblical name is Mordecai. Spelling was not important in the United States at the time Mordacia/Mordecai was living which may have led to variant spellings. Both spellings are now listed in the first name space to honor him and the relatives that put up his cenataph on their family member's stone. His memorial will come up when searched with either spelling.)
We found information on Mordecai Tipton (1724-1795) in DESCENDANTS OF EDWARD TIPTON, a working file by Mary Lou Cook, updated 23 December 2017. She shares this file to help Tipton descendants with their research. The stone at this gravesite closely matches Mary Lou Cook's research. There is a little difference in the spelling of Mordacia/Mordecai.
Edward, Jonathan, William, MORDACIA, and William Sr. Tipton are listed in the same order on this stone with the same dates or close to the dates as Mary Lou Cook has listed in her working file:
Edward, the father, had Jonathan;
Jonathan had William;
William had MORDECAI; and
MORDECAI had William Tipton, Sr.
See Gravesite Details below.
MORDACIA / MORDECAI TIPTON
NOTE the spelling on the stone is MORDACIA TIPTON.
(We received a suggested edit in June of 2021 for a correction to the spelling of Mordacia Tipton to Mordecai Tipton by Al Francis #47570263 that we wish to honor as that is probably how his name was originally spelled. The way Mordacia/Mordecai's name is spelled in one source mentioned below and as a Biblical name is Mordecai. Spelling was not important in the United States at the time Mordacia/Mordecai was living which may have led to variant spellings. Both spellings are now listed in the first name space to honor him and the relatives that put up his cenataph on their family member's stone. His memorial will come up when searched with either spelling.)
We found information on Mordecai Tipton (1724-1795) in DESCENDANTS OF EDWARD TIPTON, a working file by Mary Lou Cook, updated 23 December 2017. She shares this file to help Tipton descendants with their research. The stone at this gravesite closely matches Mary Lou Cook's research. There is a little difference in the spelling of Mordacia/Mordecai.
Edward, Jonathan, William, MORDACIA, and William Sr. Tipton are listed in the same order on this stone with the same dates or close to the dates as Mary Lou Cook has listed in her working file:
Edward, the father, had Jonathan;
Jonathan had William;
William had MORDECAI; and
MORDECAI had William Tipton, Sr.
Inscription
TO THE MEMORY OF
THE ANCESTORS OF
HARVEY VINCIL TIPTON
WHOSE GRAVES ARE
UNKNOWN OR ARE
ABOUT TO BE LOST.
SAMUEL 1600-1684
EDWARD 1620-1688
JONATHAN 1639-1757
WILLIAM 1696-1726
MORDACIA 1724-1795
WILLIAM Sr. 1756-1837
MITCHELL 1784-1853
WILLIAM S. 1809-1853
JEREMIAH HOLMAN 1842-1906
(FATHER OF HARVEY
VINCIL TIPTON WHO IS
BURIED NEAR.)
VERNON V. TIPTON
SON OF
HARVEY V. TIPTON
1907-1959
Gravesite Details
Mordacia Tipton's (1724-1795) name is listed on Vernon V. Tipton's (1907-1959) gravestone. Vernon's gravestone lists names of his ancestors as a memorial to them, as their graves were unknown or were about to be lost.
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