Brief Life History of George Madison
When George Madison Stipp was born on 22 August 1876, in Monroe, Indiana, United States, his father, William Newton Stipp, was 26 and his mother, Rebecca Ellen Anderson, was 26. He married Nancy Elizabeth Grimes on 6 November 1907, in Monroe, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States for about 10 years and Election Precinct 9, Jefferson, Alabama, United States in 1940. He died in 1949, in Duval, Florida, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in United States.
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- George Stiff, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: George Madison Stipp - Government record: Military record or discharge: birth: 20 August 1876; Indiana, United States
- George M Stipp, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
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1878 · St. Mary's Episcopal Church is Built
The Episcopal Diocese of Florida organized a mission church in 1878 to provide a location that could serve seasonal guests. Visitors and residents from Green Cove Springs raised over $1000 to build the church. On March 10, 1879, the Church held its first service. This location is notable because it would eventually be added to U.S. National Register of Historic Places (February 17, 1978).
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
German: from Stipp, a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name formed with stid ‘stiff, hard’ as the first element, in combination with a second element starting with b (e.g. bald ‘bold’).
Dutch: archaic variant of Stip and, in North America, possibly also an altered form of this.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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