When Jefferson Banister Pippen was born in May 1819, in Greene, Alabama, United States, his father, Banister Pippin, was 32 and his mother, Mrs Nancy Pippin, was 36. He married Margaret Farr on 13 March 1849, in Greene, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Texas, United States in 1870 and Justice Precinct 4, Panola, Texas, United States in 1900. He died in 1900, in Gregg, Texas, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Mount Zion Cemetery, De Berry, Panola, Texas, United States.