Brief Life History of Jane
When Jane Pipkin was born on 17 May 1830, in Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States, her father, Lewis Jesse Pipkin, was 19 and her mother, Frances M Madison, was 16. She married Ephraim Kepley on 14 June 1849, in Greene, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 9 daughters. She lived in Bourbon, Kansas, United States in 1905 and Mill Creek Township, Bourbon, Kansas, United States for about 5 years. She died on 14 September 1917, in Berlin, Bourbon, Kansas, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Dayton Cemetery, Bourbon, Kansas, United States.
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- Jane Kepley, "Kansas State Census, 1895"
- Jane Pipkins, "Missouri, Civil Marriages, 1820-1874"
- Jane Pipkin Kepley, "Find A Grave Index"
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1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
1833
Historical Boundaries: 1833: Greene, Missouri, United States
1855
Historical Boundaries: 1855: Bourbon, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Bourbon, Kansas, United States
Name Meaning
English: apparently from an unrecorded Middle English personal name Pipkin, perhaps a pet form of Philip . A pipkin was also an item of brass or other metalware, or a smaller form of a wine-pipe, but whether that is relevant to the surname is not known.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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