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John H Cripe
It will serve to indicate the place of John H Cripe in the numerous relationships of the family of that name in Elkhart County to say that he is one of the grandsons of Samuel Cripe, the pioneer, who arrived in this section of Indiana before Elkhart County was organized.
In his individual career John H Cripe has been one of Union Township's most progressive and successful farmers He owns a substantial country home in that section of the county, and has made himself honored and respected by his work and his influence.
He was born in Clinton Township of Elkhart County, September 26, 1861. His father was Levi M Cripe, who was born in Elkhart Township.
Grandfather Samuel Cripe was a native of Pennsylvania, and a son of Daniel Cripe, a native of the same state, who subsequently moved to Montgomery County, Ohio, and when quite advanced in years came to Elkhart County in 1830, buying land and doing considerable farming. Daniel Cripe, it should be remembered, was the first minister of the Dunkard Church in Elkhart County, and all his family were reared in that faith.
Grandfather Samuel Cripe arrived in Elkhart County in 1829 and exercised his industry and judgment to such advantage that he acquired the ownership of over fifteen hundred acres of land, so that he was able to give each of his seventeen children an eighty-acre farm. His death occurred at the age of sixty-two. By his first wife he had three children, named Benjamin, Daniel and Jacob, and his second wife was the mother of fourteen: Joseph, David, Emanuel, Levi, Noah, Aaron, Solomon, Catherine, Magdalena, Tobias, Susan, Fannie, Mary and Elizabeth.
Levi Cripe grew up on a farm, but when quite young left home and put his ingenuity to test in making a living and acquiring a good education. For a time he was a teacher, and then was in the grocery business at Goshen. In 1863 he bought a farm in Union Township, and continued a resident there until his death at the age of fifty-eight.
Levi Cripe married Rebecca Pippenger, who was born in Union Township March 15, 1838, and spent her life there. Her father, John Pippenger, was born in Pennsylvania March 10, 1798, a son of John Pippenger, who was born in Holland and came to America accompanied by his wife Rebecca, settling in Pennsylvania. John Pippenger Jr, grandfather of Mr Cripe on his maternal side, moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio when quite young and lived in Montgomery County until 1829. He then started West by overland trail, accompanied by his family, and soon arrived in what is now Elkhart County. He located in the Waterford community about two miles south of Goshen, and proved his ability as a homemaker and as a sturdy influence for improvement in the community. In 1837 he traded his land near Goshen for the northeast quarter of section 21 in what is now Union Township, and on reaching the new location he built a cabin of round logs and at once started to clear and cultivate. That was his home until his death. Mrs Levi Cripe died in Union Township at the age of fifty-eight. Her children were John H. Daniel A, Emanuel, Francis, Joseph, Lydia and Oliver S.
John H Cripe, who was two years old when his parents moved to Union Township, grew up on a farm, learned its duties as well as the lessons taught in the district schools, and since reaching manhood has found in farming a congenial as well as profitable vocation. His first purchase of land was forty acres, included in his present farm on section 28. That land is now the nucleus of a well improved and productive farm of eighty-four acres.
In 1883 Mr Cripe married Amanda Cripe, who was born in Clinton Township, a daughter of Tobias and Barbara (BurketJ Cripe, and a granddaughter of Samuel Cripe, the pioneer. Mr and Mrs Cripe have the following children: Clara, Ella, Mervin, Vern, Lulu, Laura and Otis.
The daughter Clara is the wife of Logan Mays, and her four children are named Cynthia, Theodore, Richard and Raymond.
Ella married Jason Roose, and has three children, Vernon, Merrill and Robert.
Alphe married Lillian Cameron and has a son named Harold.
Mervin married Mina La Bounty, and their family consists of Lucile, Edith and John.
Vern married Ruth Pippenger.
Lulu is the wife of Hal Winters and has a son named Howard.
Mr and Mrs Cripe are active members of the Church of the Brethren and reared their children in the same faith.
A Standard History of Elkhart County, Indiana:
An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Development, Vol 2
Abraham E Weaver
1916
John H Cripe
It will serve to indicate the place of John H Cripe in the numerous relationships of the family of that name in Elkhart County to say that he is one of the grandsons of Samuel Cripe, the pioneer, who arrived in this section of Indiana before Elkhart County was organized.
In his individual career John H Cripe has been one of Union Township's most progressive and successful farmers He owns a substantial country home in that section of the county, and has made himself honored and respected by his work and his influence.
He was born in Clinton Township of Elkhart County, September 26, 1861. His father was Levi M Cripe, who was born in Elkhart Township.
Grandfather Samuel Cripe was a native of Pennsylvania, and a son of Daniel Cripe, a native of the same state, who subsequently moved to Montgomery County, Ohio, and when quite advanced in years came to Elkhart County in 1830, buying land and doing considerable farming. Daniel Cripe, it should be remembered, was the first minister of the Dunkard Church in Elkhart County, and all his family were reared in that faith.
Grandfather Samuel Cripe arrived in Elkhart County in 1829 and exercised his industry and judgment to such advantage that he acquired the ownership of over fifteen hundred acres of land, so that he was able to give each of his seventeen children an eighty-acre farm. His death occurred at the age of sixty-two. By his first wife he had three children, named Benjamin, Daniel and Jacob, and his second wife was the mother of fourteen: Joseph, David, Emanuel, Levi, Noah, Aaron, Solomon, Catherine, Magdalena, Tobias, Susan, Fannie, Mary and Elizabeth.
Levi Cripe grew up on a farm, but when quite young left home and put his ingenuity to test in making a living and acquiring a good education. For a time he was a teacher, and then was in the grocery business at Goshen. In 1863 he bought a farm in Union Township, and continued a resident there until his death at the age of fifty-eight.
Levi Cripe married Rebecca Pippenger, who was born in Union Township March 15, 1838, and spent her life there. Her father, John Pippenger, was born in Pennsylvania March 10, 1798, a son of John Pippenger, who was born in Holland and came to America accompanied by his wife Rebecca, settling in Pennsylvania. John Pippenger Jr, grandfather of Mr Cripe on his maternal side, moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio when quite young and lived in Montgomery County until 1829. He then started West by overland trail, accompanied by his family, and soon arrived in what is now Elkhart County. He located in the Waterford community about two miles south of Goshen, and proved his ability as a homemaker and as a sturdy influence for improvement in the community. In 1837 he traded his land near Goshen for the northeast quarter of section 21 in what is now Union Township, and on reaching the new location he built a cabin of round logs and at once started to clear and cultivate. That was his home until his death. Mrs Levi Cripe died in Union Township at the age of fifty-eight. Her children were John H. Daniel A, Emanuel, Francis, Joseph, Lydia and Oliver S.
John H Cripe, who was two years old when his parents moved to Union Township, grew up on a farm, learned its duties as well as the lessons taught in the district schools, and since reaching manhood has found in farming a congenial as well as profitable vocation. His first purchase of land was forty acres, included in his present farm on section 28. That land is now the nucleus of a well improved and productive farm of eighty-four acres.
In 1883 Mr Cripe married Amanda Cripe, who was born in Clinton Township, a daughter of Tobias and Barbara (BurketJ Cripe, and a granddaughter of Samuel Cripe, the pioneer. Mr and Mrs Cripe have the following children: Clara, Ella, Mervin, Vern, Lulu, Laura and Otis.
The daughter Clara is the wife of Logan Mays, and her four children are named Cynthia, Theodore, Richard and Raymond.
Ella married Jason Roose, and has three children, Vernon, Merrill and Robert.
Alphe married Lillian Cameron and has a son named Harold.
Mervin married Mina La Bounty, and their family consists of Lucile, Edith and John.
Vern married Ruth Pippenger.
Lulu is the wife of Hal Winters and has a son named Howard.
Mr and Mrs Cripe are active members of the Church of the Brethren and reared their children in the same faith.
A Standard History of Elkhart County, Indiana:
An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Development, Vol 2
Abraham E Weaver
1916
Following contributed by Linda K #47400410
John H Cripe
It will serve to indicate the place of John H Cripe in the numerous relationships of the family of that name in Elkhart County to say that he is one of the grandsons of Samuel Cripe, the pioneer, who arrived in this section of Indiana before Elkhart County was organized.
In his individual career John H Cripe has been one of Union Township's most progressive and successful farmers He owns a substantial country home in that section of the county, and has made himself honored and respected by his work and his influence.
He was born in Clinton Township of Elkhart County, September 26, 1861. His father was Levi M Cripe, who was born in Elkhart Township.
Grandfather Samuel Cripe was a native of Pennsylvania, and a son of Daniel Cripe, a native of the same state, who subsequently moved to Montgomery County, Ohio, and when quite advanced in years came to Elkhart County in 1830, buying land and doing considerable farming. Daniel Cripe, it should be remembered, was the first minister of the Dunkard Church in Elkhart County, and all his family were reared in that faith.
Grandfather Samuel Cripe arrived in Elkhart County in 1829 and exercised his industry and judgment to such advantage that he acquired the ownership of over fifteen hundred acres of land, so that he was able to give each of his seventeen children an eighty-acre farm. His death occurred at the age of sixty-two. By his first wife he had three children, named Benjamin, Daniel and Jacob, and his second wife was the mother of fourteen: Joseph, David, Emanuel, Levi, Noah, Aaron, Solomon, Catherine, Magdalena, Tobias, Susan, Fannie, Mary and Elizabeth.
Levi Cripe grew up on a farm, but when quite young left home and put his ingenuity to test in making a living and acquiring a good education. For a time he was a teacher, and then was in the grocery business at Goshen. In 1863 he bought a farm in Union Township, and continued a resident there until his death at the age of fifty-eight.
Levi Cripe married Rebecca Pippenger, who was born in Union Township March 15, 1838, and spent her life there. Her father, John Pippenger, was born in Pennsylvania March 10, 1798, a son of John Pippenger, who was born in Holland and came to America accompanied by his wife Rebecca, settling in Pennsylvania. John Pippenger Jr, grandfather of Mr Cripe on his maternal side, moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio when quite young and lived in Montgomery County until 1829. He then started West by overland trail, accompanied by his family, and soon arrived in what is now Elkhart County. He located in the Waterford community about two miles south of Goshen, and proved his ability as a homemaker and as a sturdy influence for improvement in the community. In 1837 he traded his land near Goshen for the northeast quarter of section 21 in what is now Union Township, and on reaching the new location he built a cabin of round logs and at once started to clear and cultivate. That was his home until his death. Mrs Levi Cripe died in Union Township at the age of fifty-eight. Her children were John H. Daniel A, Emanuel, Francis, Joseph, Lydia and Oliver S.
John H Cripe, who was two years old when his parents moved to Union Township, grew up on a farm, learned its duties as well as the lessons taught in the district schools, and since reaching manhood has found in farming a congenial as well as profitable vocation. His first purchase of land was forty acres, included in his present farm on section 28. That land is now the nucleus of a well improved and productive farm of eighty-four acres.
In 1883 Mr Cripe married Amanda Cripe, who was born in Clinton Township, a daughter of Tobias and Barbara (BurketJ Cripe, and a granddaughter of Samuel Cripe, the pioneer. Mr and Mrs Cripe have the following children: Clara, Ella, Mervin, Vern, Lulu, Laura and Otis.
The daughter Clara is the wife of Logan Mays, and her four children are named Cynthia, Theodore, Richard and Raymond.
Ella married Jason Roose, and has three children, Vernon, Merrill and Robert.
Alphe married Lillian Cameron and has a son named Harold.
Mervin married Mina La Bounty, and their family consists of Lucile, Edith and John.
Vern married Ruth Pippenger.
Lulu is the wife of Hal Winters and has a son named Howard.
Mr and Mrs Cripe are active members of the Church of the Brethren and reared their children in the same faith.
A Standard History of Elkhart County, Indiana:
An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Development, Vol 2
Abraham E Weaver
1916
John H Cripe
It will serve to indicate the place of John H Cripe in the numerous relationships of the family of that name in Elkhart County to say that he is one of the grandsons of Samuel Cripe, the pioneer, who arrived in this section of Indiana before Elkhart County was organized.
In his individual career John H Cripe has been one of Union Township's most progressive and successful farmers He owns a substantial country home in that section of the county, and has made himself honored and respected by his work and his influence.
He was born in Clinton Township of Elkhart County, September 26, 1861. His father was Levi M Cripe, who was born in Elkhart Township.
Grandfather Samuel Cripe was a native of Pennsylvania, and a son of Daniel Cripe, a native of the same state, who subsequently moved to Montgomery County, Ohio, and when quite advanced in years came to Elkhart County in 1830, buying land and doing considerable farming. Daniel Cripe, it should be remembered, was the first minister of the Dunkard Church in Elkhart County, and all his family were reared in that faith.
Grandfather Samuel Cripe arrived in Elkhart County in 1829 and exercised his industry and judgment to such advantage that he acquired the ownership of over fifteen hundred acres of land, so that he was able to give each of his seventeen children an eighty-acre farm. His death occurred at the age of sixty-two. By his first wife he had three children, named Benjamin, Daniel and Jacob, and his second wife was the mother of fourteen: Joseph, David, Emanuel, Levi, Noah, Aaron, Solomon, Catherine, Magdalena, Tobias, Susan, Fannie, Mary and Elizabeth.
Levi Cripe grew up on a farm, but when quite young left home and put his ingenuity to test in making a living and acquiring a good education. For a time he was a teacher, and then was in the grocery business at Goshen. In 1863 he bought a farm in Union Township, and continued a resident there until his death at the age of fifty-eight.
Levi Cripe married Rebecca Pippenger, who was born in Union Township March 15, 1838, and spent her life there. Her father, John Pippenger, was born in Pennsylvania March 10, 1798, a son of John Pippenger, who was born in Holland and came to America accompanied by his wife Rebecca, settling in Pennsylvania. John Pippenger Jr, grandfather of Mr Cripe on his maternal side, moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio when quite young and lived in Montgomery County until 1829. He then started West by overland trail, accompanied by his family, and soon arrived in what is now Elkhart County. He located in the Waterford community about two miles south of Goshen, and proved his ability as a homemaker and as a sturdy influence for improvement in the community. In 1837 he traded his land near Goshen for the northeast quarter of section 21 in what is now Union Township, and on reaching the new location he built a cabin of round logs and at once started to clear and cultivate. That was his home until his death. Mrs Levi Cripe died in Union Township at the age of fifty-eight. Her children were John H. Daniel A, Emanuel, Francis, Joseph, Lydia and Oliver S.
John H Cripe, who was two years old when his parents moved to Union Township, grew up on a farm, learned its duties as well as the lessons taught in the district schools, and since reaching manhood has found in farming a congenial as well as profitable vocation. His first purchase of land was forty acres, included in his present farm on section 28. That land is now the nucleus of a well improved and productive farm of eighty-four acres.
In 1883 Mr Cripe married Amanda Cripe, who was born in Clinton Township, a daughter of Tobias and Barbara (BurketJ Cripe, and a granddaughter of Samuel Cripe, the pioneer. Mr and Mrs Cripe have the following children: Clara, Ella, Mervin, Vern, Lulu, Laura and Otis.
The daughter Clara is the wife of Logan Mays, and her four children are named Cynthia, Theodore, Richard and Raymond.
Ella married Jason Roose, and has three children, Vernon, Merrill and Robert.
Alphe married Lillian Cameron and has a son named Harold.
Mervin married Mina La Bounty, and their family consists of Lucile, Edith and John.
Vern married Ruth Pippenger.
Lulu is the wife of Hal Winters and has a son named Howard.
Mr and Mrs Cripe are active members of the Church of the Brethren and reared their children in the same faith.
A Standard History of Elkhart County, Indiana:
An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Development, Vol 2
Abraham E Weaver
1916
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