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     Elizabeth Clippinger was born in August 1811 at Cumberland Co., PA.¹ She was the daughter of George Clippinger and Catherine (?)¹ Elizabeth Clippinger married John Holloway Cressler, son of Adam Cressler and Elizabeth Hoover, circa 1835. Elizabeth Clippinger died on 23 February 1888 at Cumberland Co., PA, at age 76.

     Elizabeth Clippinger was born circa 1817 at Mowersville, Franklin Co., PA.¹ She was the daughter of Johann Henry Clippinger and Elizabeth Kuntz.¹ Elizabeth Clippinger married John Zook, son of Joseph Zug and Anna Shock, on 17 March 1840 at Franklin Co., PA. Elizabeth Clippinger died at Franklin Co., PA.

     Elizabeth Clippinger was born in 1844 at Guernsey Co., OH.¹ She was the daughter of William Clippinger and Jane McCrory.¹ Elizabeth Clippinger married Daniel Thompson on 1 March 1866 at Guernsey Co., OH. Elizabeth Clippinger lived on 16 June 1900 at Center Twp., Guernsey Co., OH, farming. She died in 1927. She was buried in 1927 at Old Washington Cemetery, Old Washington, Guernsey Co., OH, Findagrave #54137083.

     Elizabeth Clippinger was born circa 1843 at Guernsey Co., OH.¹ She was the daughter of Israel Clippinger and Hannah Stotts.¹

     Elizabeth Clippinger was born circa 1843 at Guernsey Co., OH.¹ She was the daughter of Joseph Clippinger and Ann Slater.¹

     Elizabeth Clippinger was born on 29 December 1896 at Delaware, Delaware Co., OH. She was the daughter of Edward Thomson Clippinger and Rosa Schlatterbeck. Elizabeth Clippinger married Albert Bert Bishop on 6 February 1932 at Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH; Ceremony by Rev. Daniel F. Bradley. Elizabeth Clippinger lived on 13 April 1940 at Lakewood, Cuyahoga Co., OH, with her husband and widowed mother.¹ She died on 13 May 1975 at Cuyahoga Co., OH, at age 78. She was buried in May 1975 at Oak Grove Cemetery, Delaware, Delaware Co., OH, Findagrave #53029197.
Note: Elizabeth applied for and received a U.S. passport for a tour of Jamaica, Cuba, and Panama, departing New York on February 19th, 1921, on the ship Zapaca.

     Elizabeth A. Clippinger was born in July 1887 at Columbus Grove, Putnam Co., OH.¹ She was the daughter of William H. Clippinger and Flora Vanstronder.¹

     Elizabeth Melissa Clippinger was born on 6 April 1846 at Franklin Co., PA.¹ She was the daughter of Daniel Clippinger and Keziah Hoch.¹ Elizabeth Melissa Clippinger died on 25 April 1917 at Newburg, Cumberland Co., PA, at age 71.

     Elmer D. Clippinger was born in December 1892 at Ohio.¹ He was the son of Jacob Clippinger and Barbara Haudenschild.¹

     Elvis Albrow Clippinger was born on 7 August 1897 at Sangamon Co., IL.¹ He was the son of Frank A. Clippinger and Carrie Allen.¹ Elvis Albrow Clippinger married Burton M. Warner, daughter of William W. Warner and Adelia Warner. Elvis Albrow Clippinger began military service WW I service, 83rd Field Artillery, HQ Company. Departed Brest, France 4 JAN 1918, arrived on the President Grant at Hoboken, New Jersey 18 JAN 1918, destination 302 East Adams Street, Springfield, Illinois. Per U.S. Army Transport Service Arriving and Departing Passenger Lists (ancestry.com). He died in 1923 at Muncie, Vermilion Co., IL. He was buried in 1923 at Stearns Cemetery, Muncie, Vermilion Co., IL, Find A Grave Memorial# 65378578.

     Emily Clippinger was born circa 1907 at Clark Co., OH.¹ She was the daughter of Norris A. Clippinger and Emily McClaren.¹

     Emma Clippinger was born in 1860 at New Carlisle, Clark Co., OH.¹ She was the daughter of Joseph Anthony Clippinger and Sarah A. Bowen.¹

     Emma Clippinger was born circa 1854 at Maryland.¹ She was the daughter of Valentine Bone Clippinger and Catherine Startzman.¹

     Emma Clippinger was born circa 1843 at Wayne Co., OH.¹ She was the daughter of Israel Clippinger and Mary Jane Ilgenfritz.¹

     Emma Clippinger was born circa 1863 at Ross, Butler Co., OH.¹ She was the daughter of Adam Clippinger Jr. and Sarah Everson.¹

     Emma B. Clippinger was born on 18 April 1874 at Ottawa, Putnam Co., OH.¹ She was the daughter of Taylor Albertus Clippinger and Emeline L. Day.¹

     Emma L. Clippinger was born on 18 December 1871 at Cumberland Co., PA.¹ She was the daughter of John Clippinger and Sarah Jane Vandersaal.¹ Emma L. Clippinger married Clark C. Chamberlin circa 1897.² Emma L. Clippinger died on 4 January 1945 at age 73. She was buried in January 1945 at Spring Hill Cemetery, Shippensburg, Cumberland Co., PA.

     Emma Matilda Clippinger was born on 15 September 1857 at Lurgan Twp., Franklin Co., PA.¹ She was the daughter of Henry Clippinger and Catharine Ann Hollar.¹ Emma Matilda Clippinger married William Hefflefinger circa 1873.² Emma Matilda Clippinger died on 27 January 1940 at age 82.

     Erle Elsworth Clippinger was born on 27 September 1875 at Berrien Co., MI.¹ He was the son of Dr. Henry Gilbert Clippinger and Mary E. Johnson.¹ Erle Elsworth Clippinger was graduated in 1900 at Michigan State Normal College, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., MI. He married Laura Isabel Minturn on 9 September 1911, no children. Erle Elsworth Clippinger died on 1 January 1939 at age 63 Obituary (findagrave.com)

Erle Elsworth Clippinger, 63, former member of the English Department at Ball State College, and well known Indiana educator, died early yesterday morning at his home in the Davis Apartments, Liberty and Charles streets. Although he had been in failing health for several months, his death was unexpected. He had been active as late as New Year's Day, having gone downtown for dinner and had talked to friends over the telephone.

Funeral services will be conducted at the Meeks Mortuary at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, the REv. E.E. Franklin, pastor of College Avenue M.E. Church, in charge. Dr. L.A. Pittenger, president of Ball State College, will have a part in the services. Burial will be in Beech Grove Cemetery.

Mr. Clippinger was born in Eau Claire, Mich., on Sept. 27, 1875, the son of the late Henry Gilbert and Mary Edna Clippinger. He received a diploma from the Benton Harbor Collegiate Institute at Benton Harbor, Mich., in 1894, and later attended Benton Harbor College. In 1900, Mr. Clippinger was graduated from the Michigan State Normal College.

In 1903, Mr. Clippinger was granted an A.B. Degree by the university of Michigan and in 1904 received his A.M. Degree from the same university. He also studied from 1907 to 1908 at the Harvard Graduate School. Mr. Clippinger came to Ball State College in 1918 as head of the English department. Prior to coming to Muncie, he had become an assistant professor of English at the Indiana State Normal School at Terre Haute (now Indiana State Teachers' College) in 1904. Mr. Clippinger resigned as head of the Ball State College English department in1932, but continued teaching until his retirement on Aug. 4, 1937. He was made professor emeritus by the college board in Oct., 1937.

Noted as a textbook author, Mr. Clippinger is renowned for his book "Written and Spoken English," which was published in 1917 and issued in an enlarged edition in 1933. Six states adopted the textbook for their high school English departments, hundreds of copies being sold.

Other books of which he was author, are "Illustrated Lessons in Composition and Rhetoric," published in 1912; "Teachers' Manual of Composition and Rhetoric," 1914, and "Children's Literature," published in 1921 in collaboration with C.M. Curry, who is now living in New York and was former head of the English department at Indiana State Teachers College.

Mr. Clippinger, in addition to his work as an educator, had also traveled extensively, having spent considerable time in England and Europe. He had also traveled in the United States.

Mr. Clippinger was the first teacher to be employed when Ball State college became a state institution in 1918. He had also been accredited for the naming to the Orient, college year book, and the Easterner, college newspaper, which is nor known as the Ball State News.

Mr. Clippinger was married on Sept. 9, 1911 to Miss Laura Isabel Minturn of Detroit, who survives him. Other survivors are two brothers, Harry E. Clippinger of Portland, Ore., and Ralph O. Clippinger of Seattle, Wash; and a sister, Mrs. Anna Orcutt of Chicago. Mr. Clippinger was a member of the Exchange Club.

Active pallbearers will be Prof. David T. Cushman, Dr. Otto E. Christy, Dr. Mark E. Studebaker, Dr. Basil M. Swinford, Dr. Robert R. LaFollette and Dr. Ervin E. Shoemaker. All but Dr. Studebaker are former students of Mr. Clippinger. Honorary pallbearers are Dr. L.A. Pittenger, Dean Ralph W. Noyer, W.E. Wagoner, Fred McClellan, Dr. L.R. Mason and Ben Shroyer.

He was buried in January 1939 at Beech Grove Cemetery, Muncie, Delaware Co., IN, Find A Grave Memorial# 117363222.

     Ester P. Clippinger was born on 29 April 1884 at Allen Co., OH. She was the daughter of John Eugene Clippinger and Anna M. Verbryke. Ester P. Clippinger married Irwin Lewis Miller, son of Thomas Miller, on 14 April 1905 at Allentown, Allen Co., OH. Ester P. Clippinger lived in April 1910 at Oblong, Crawford Co., IL.¹ She died on 11 November 1966 at Oblong, Crawford Co., IL, at age 82.

     Etta Pearl Clippinger was born on 7 July 1873 at Van Wert, Van Wert Co., OH.¹ She was the daughter of Adelbert Leroy Clippinger and Flora Bird Webster.¹ Etta Pearl Clippinger married Jacob Spears circa 1901.² Etta Pearl Clippinger lived on 21 April 1910 at 128 East Maple Avenue, Van Wert, Van Wert Co., OH.²
Note: living with her mother and sister Alice as of the 1940 census, widowed.³

     Eva Clippinger was born circa 1862 at Clark Co. (probably), OH.¹ She was the daughter of Valentine Bone Clippinger and Catherine Startzman.¹

     Fannie M. Clippinger was born circa 1864 at Ohio. She was the daughter of Solomon Clippinger and Sophia (?)

     Flora Irene Clippinger was born on 5 August 1874 at Newburg, Cumberland Co., PA.¹ She was the daughter of John Clippinger and Sarah Jane Vandersaal.¹ Flora Irene Clippinger married John Benjamin Riggs on 11 March 1896 at Newburg, Cumberland Co., PA.² Flora Irene Clippinger died on 25 January 1958 at Staunton, Augusta Co., VA, at age 83

Obituary -- (Findagrave.com):

Mrs. Flo Irene Riggs 83, of Harrisonburg, Va., formerly of this place died at 7 o'clock Saturday evening at the home of a son, Mason C. Riggs, Harrisonburg, after an illness of 10 years.

Mrs. Riggs was the widow of John B. Riggs, former merchant and miller of this place, who preceded her in death in 1951.

She was born Aug. 5, 1874, in Newburg, daughter of the late John and Sarah Vandersall Clippinger. She was a member of the First Church of God, this place, and a church Sunday School class.

She is survived by two sons, Mason, and Leslie Riggs, Hagerstown; seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Hess funeral home, 58 E. King St., with the Rev. M. C. Manning officiating. Burial will be made in the Spring Hill Cemetery.

The body may be viewed at the funeral home after 4 o'clock this afternoon.

Public Opinion
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
27 Jan 1958, Mon • Page 4.

She was buried in January 1958 at Spring Hill Cemetery, Shippensburg, Cumberland Co., PA, Findagrave #141087911.

     Frank A. Clippinger was born in August 1871 at Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL.¹ He was the son of John W. Clippinger and Anna Rebecca Evans.¹ Frank A. Clippinger married Carrie Allen, daughter of John B. Allen and Alice Mann, on 27 April 1893 at Sangamon Co., IL. Frank A. Clippinger lived on 6 June 1900 at Pike Twp., Carter Co., MO.² He lived on 16 April 1910 at Riverton, Sangamon Co., IL, Occupation: carpenter.³ He died before 1919.

     Frank U. Clippinger was born in October 1869 at Cumberland Co., PA.¹ He was the son of John Clippinger and Sarah Jane Vandersaal.¹ Frank U. Clippinger married Mary Mowery circa 1896.² Frank U. Clippinger died circa 1929 at Shippensburg, Cumberland Co., PA.

     Franklin Clippinger was born circa 1868 at New Carlisle, Clark Co., OH.¹ He was the son of Joseph Anthony Clippinger and Sarah A. Bowen.¹

     Fred Clippinger was born in 1851 at Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN.¹ He was the son of Dr. George W. Clippinger and Anna L. Cook.¹ Fred Clippinger died in September 1862. He was buried on 1 October 1862 at Woodlawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN, Findagrave #35898836.

     Frederick Clippinger was born circa 1787 at Northampton Co., PA. He was the son of Johannes Kleppinger and Anna Margarethe Maide.

     Frederick Clippinger was born circa 1818 at Franklin Co. (probably), PA.¹ He was the son of John Clippinger and Elizabeth (?) Frederick Clippinger married Catherine (?).¹ Frederick Clippinger died at Ohio.