Father | David Johnson (b. 20 September 1816, d. 13 April 1903) |
Mother | Mary Osborn (b. 28 November 1810, d. 1899) |
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Son | Harry E. Clippinger+ (b. July 1872, d. after 10 April 1940) |
Son | Erle Elsworth Clippinger (b. 27 September 1875, d. 1 January 1939) |
Son | John W. Clippinger (b. 6 March 1878, d. 21 March 1901) |
Son | Ralph Olen Clippinger+ (b. 4 February 1881, d. November 1969) |
Daughter | Mabel Mary Clippinger (b. August 1884, d. 12 November 1886) |
Daughter | Anna M. Clippinger+ (b. 15 October 1887, d. December 1965) |
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Father | Dr. Henry Gilbert Clippinger (b. 26 February 1844, d. 30 March 1923) |
Mother | Mary E. Johnson (b. 1 June 1846, d. 16 August 1923) |
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Daughter | Louise Anna Clippinger+ (b. 5 March 1905, d. 8 August 1997) |
Daughter | Mabel E. Clippinger+ (b. 2 July 1907, d. 26 October 1993) |
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Father | Dr. Henry Gilbert Clippinger (b. 26 February 1844, d. 30 March 1923) |
Mother | Mary E. Johnson (b. 1 June 1846, d. 16 August 1923) |
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Son | William H. Orcutt (b. 5 July 1914, d. 14 December 2006) |
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Daughter | Mary E. Johnson+ (b. 1 June 1846, d. 16 August 1923) |
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Father | Dr. Henry Gilbert Clippinger (b. 26 February 1844, d. 30 March 1923) |
Mother | Mary E. Johnson (b. 1 June 1846, d. 16 August 1923) |
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Father | Dr. Henry Gilbert Clippinger (b. 26 February 1844, d. 30 March 1923) |
Mother | Mary E. Johnson (b. 1 June 1846, d. 16 August 1923) |
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Father | Dr. Henry Gilbert Clippinger (b. 26 February 1844, d. 30 March 1923) |
Mother | Mary E. Johnson (b. 1 June 1846, d. 16 August 1923) |
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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.
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Father | Dr. Henry Gilbert Clippinger (b. 26 February 1844, d. 30 March 1923) |
Mother | Mary E. Johnson (b. 1 June 1846, d. 16 August 1923) |
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Daughter | Hazel M. Clippinger (b. 12 August 1896, d. November 1987) |
Daughter | Thelma Clippinger+ (b. 17 December 1900, d. 23 June 1984) |
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Father | Dr. Isaac Hall Orcutt (b. 7 June 1847, d. 7 October 1912) |
Mother | Carrie Ross (b. about 1873, d. after 19 April 1910) |
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Son | William H. Orcutt (b. 5 July 1914, d. 14 December 2006) |
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Father | Albert Willard Haskins (b. 17 June 1842, d. 27 April 1923) |
Mother | Mary Jane Hawley (b. about 1845, d. 13 June 1881) |
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Daughter | Hazel M. Clippinger (b. 12 August 1896, d. November 1987) |
Daughter | Thelma Clippinger+ (b. 17 December 1900, d. 23 June 1984) |
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Father | Harry E. Clippinger (b. July 1872, d. after 10 April 1940) |
Mother | Nellie L. Haskins (b. February 1874, d. before 1926) |
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Father | Harry E. Clippinger (b. July 1872, d. after 10 April 1940) |
Mother | Nellie L. Haskins (b. February 1874, d. before 1926) |
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Daughter | Mary Jo Fraser (b. 8 October 1928, d. 15 October 2010) |
Daughter | Jane Clippinger Fraser (b. 13 November 1930, d. before 2010) |
Daughter | Nancy Fraser |
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Father | Thomas W. Fraser (b. February 1856) |
Mother | Clara Allen (b. May 1860) |
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Daughter | Mary Jo Fraser (b. 8 October 1928, d. 15 October 2010) |
Daughter | Jane Clippinger Fraser (b. 13 November 1930, d. before 2010) |
Daughter | Nancy Fraser |
Last Edited | 26 August 2016 00:00:00 |
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Son | Dr. John Allen Fraser+ (b. 1 June 1895, d. 3 August 1977) |
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Son | Dr. John Allen Fraser+ (b. 1 June 1895, d. 3 August 1977) |
Last Edited | 26 August 2016 00:00:00 |
Father | Dr. John Allen Fraser (b. 1 June 1895, d. 3 August 1977) |
Mother | Thelma Clippinger (b. 17 December 1900, d. 23 June 1984) |
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Father | Dr. John Allen Fraser (b. 1 June 1895, d. 3 August 1977) |
Mother | Thelma Clippinger (b. 17 December 1900, d. 23 June 1984) |
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Daughter | Nellie L. Haskins+ (b. February 1874, d. before 1926) |
Last Edited | 26 August 2016 00:00:00 |
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Daughter | Nellie L. Haskins+ (b. February 1874, d. before 1926) |
Last Edited | 26 August 2016 00:00:00 |
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Daughter | Mabel E. Clippinger+ (b. 2 July 1907, d. 26 October 1993) |
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Father | Ralph Olen Clippinger (b. 4 February 1881, d. November 1969) |
Mother | Rosamund L. Tibbs (b. 19 February 1881, d. 7 April 1906) |
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Daughter | Delores E. Morey |
Son | Harvey L. Morey (b. 14 April 1932, d. 15 January 1999) |
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Father | Ralph Olen Clippinger (b. 4 February 1881, d. November 1969) |
Mother | Mattie Anderson (b. about 1883) |
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Daughter | Joan Hart |
Last Edited | 27 August 2016 00:00:00 |
Father | Samuel T. Hart (b. August 1867, d. 4 March 1940) |
Mother | Phoebe N. Owen (b. September 1872, d. 22 June 1930) |
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Daughter | Joan Hart |
Last Edited | 27 August 2016 00:00:00 |
Father | Clarence Tibbs (b. December 1847, d. before January 1920) |
Mother | Grace Arabella Reams (b. 5 September 1858, d. 28 January 1948) |
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Daughter | Louise Anna Clippinger+ (b. 5 March 1905, d. 8 August 1997) |
Info per Zsigray Family Tree genealogy prepared by terry_scholten, online at ancestry.com.
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Daughter | Rosamund L. Tibbs+ (b. 19 February 1881, d. 7 April 1906) |
Last Edited | 27 August 2016 00:00:00 |