Lee Roy Tipton

Male28 August 1905–11 April 1973

Brief Life History of Lee Roy

When Lee Roy Tipton was born on 28 August 1905, in Arkansas, United States, his father, Allen Columbus Tipton, was 30 and his mother, Naomi Florence Baldwin, was 19. He married Velma Joy Mills on 5 December 1945, in Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Jackson, Oregon, United States in 1949 and The Dalles, Wasco, Oregon, United States in 1950. He died on 11 April 1973, in Caddo, Bryan, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Caddo, Bryan, Oklahoma, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lee Roy Tipton
1905–1973
Velma Joy Mills
1928–2007
Marriage: 5 December 1945
Monty Lee Tipton
1947–1996
Emerson Allen Tipton
1948–2012

Sources (19)

  • Leroy Tipton, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Lee Roy Tipton, "Idaho, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"
  • Lee Tipton, "United States Social Security Death Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    5 December 1945Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States
  • Children (2)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (9)

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    World Events (8)

    1906 · Saving Food Labels

    Age 1

    The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

    1906 · Diamonds Found Near Murfreesboro

    Age 1

    In a 37- acre plowed field in  a state park in Murfreesboro, Arkansas visitors are able to go looking for diamonds. This was the site for the first diamond discovery in 1906. Through the years more than 33,100 diamonds have been found at the Crater of Diamonds. 

    1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

    Age 18

    Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

    Name Meaning

    English (Shropshire and Staffordshire): habitational name from a place in Staffordshire. The placename derives from the Old English personal name Tibba (genitive Tibban) + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, or from the personal name Tibba + Old English connective -ing- + Old English tūn.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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