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     Emily Clippinger was born circa 1907 at Clark Co., OH.¹ She was the daughter of Norris A. Clippinger and Emily McClaren.¹

     Emma Clippinger was born in 1860 at New Carlisle, Clark Co., OH.¹ She was the daughter of Joseph Anthony Clippinger and Sarah A. Bowen.¹

     Emma Clippinger was born circa 1854 at Maryland.¹ She was the daughter of Valentine Bone Clippinger and Catherine Startzman.¹

     Emma Clippinger was born circa 1843 at Wayne Co., OH.¹ She was the daughter of Israel Clippinger and Mary Jane Ilgenfritz.¹

     Emma Clippinger was born circa 1863 at Ross, Butler Co., OH.¹ She was the daughter of Adam Clippinger Jr. and Sarah Everson.¹

     Emma B. Clippinger was born on 18 April 1874 at Ottawa, Putnam Co., OH.¹ She was the daughter of Taylor Albertus Clippinger and Emeline L. Day.¹

     Emma L. Clippinger was born on 18 December 1871 at Cumberland Co., PA.¹ She was the daughter of John Clippinger and Sarah Jane Vandersaal.¹ Emma L. Clippinger married Clark C. Chamberlin circa 1897.² Emma L. Clippinger died on 4 January 1945 at age 73. She was buried in January 1945 at Spring Hill Cemetery, Shippensburg, Cumberland Co., PA.

     Emma Matilda Clippinger was born on 15 September 1857 at Lurgan Twp., Franklin Co., PA.¹ She was the daughter of Henry Clippinger and Catharine Ann Hollar.¹ Emma Matilda Clippinger married William Hefflefinger circa 1873.² Emma Matilda Clippinger died on 27 January 1940 at age 82.

     Erle Elsworth Clippinger was born on 27 September 1875 at Berrien Co., MI.¹ He was the son of Dr. Henry Gilbert Clippinger and Mary E. Johnson.¹ Erle Elsworth Clippinger was graduated in 1900 at Michigan State Normal College, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., MI. He married Laura Isabel Minturn on 9 September 1911, no children. Erle Elsworth Clippinger died on 1 January 1939 at age 63 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.

He was buried in January 1939 at Beech Grove Cemetery, Muncie, Delaware Co., IN, Find A Grave Memorial# 117363222.

     Ester P. Clippinger was born on 29 April 1884 at Allen Co., OH. She was the daughter of John Eugene Clippinger and Anna M. Verbryke. Ester P. Clippinger married Irwin Lewis Miller, son of Thomas Miller, on 14 April 1905 at Allentown, Allen Co., OH. Ester P. Clippinger lived in April 1910 at Oblong, Crawford Co., IL.¹ She died on 11 November 1966 at Oblong, Crawford Co., IL, at age 82.

     Etta Pearl Clippinger was born on 7 July 1873 at Van Wert, Van Wert Co., OH.¹ She was the daughter of Adelbert Leroy Clippinger and Flora Bird Webster.¹ Etta Pearl Clippinger married Jacob Spears circa 1901.² Etta Pearl Clippinger lived on 21 April 1910 at 128 East Maple Avenue, Van Wert, Van Wert Co., OH.²
Note: living with her mother and sister Alice as of the 1940 census, widowed.³

     Eva Clippinger was born circa 1862 at Clark Co. (probably), OH.¹ She was the daughter of Valentine Bone Clippinger and Catherine Startzman.¹

     Fannie M. Clippinger was born circa 1864 at Ohio. She was the daughter of Solomon Clippinger and Sophia (?)

     Flora Irene Clippinger was born on 5 August 1874 at Newburg, Cumberland Co., PA.¹ She was the daughter of John Clippinger and Sarah Jane Vandersaal.¹ Flora Irene Clippinger married John Benjamin Riggs on 11 March 1896 at Newburg, Cumberland Co., PA.² Flora Irene Clippinger died on 25 January 1958 at Staunton, Augusta Co., VA, at age 83

Obituary -- (Findagrave.com):

Mrs. Flo Irene Riggs 83, of Harrisonburg, Va., formerly of this place died at 7 o'clock Saturday evening at the home of a son, Mason C. Riggs, Harrisonburg, after an illness of 10 years.

Mrs. Riggs was the widow of John B. Riggs, former merchant and miller of this place, who preceded her in death in 1951.

She was born Aug. 5, 1874, in Newburg, daughter of the late John and Sarah Vandersall Clippinger. She was a member of the First Church of God, this place, and a church Sunday School class.

She is survived by two sons, Mason, and Leslie Riggs, Hagerstown; seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Hess funeral home, 58 E. King St., with the Rev. M. C. Manning officiating. Burial will be made in the Spring Hill Cemetery.

The body may be viewed at the funeral home after 4 o'clock this afternoon.

Public Opinion
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
27 Jan 1958, Mon • Page 4.

She was buried in January 1958 at Spring Hill Cemetery, Shippensburg, Cumberland Co., PA, Findagrave #141087911.

     Frank A. Clippinger was born in August 1871 at Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL.¹ He was the son of John W. Clippinger and Anna Rebecca Evans.¹ Frank A. Clippinger married Carrie Allen, daughter of John B. Allen and Alice Mann, on 27 April 1893 at Sangamon Co., IL. Frank A. Clippinger lived on 6 June 1900 at Pike Twp., Carter Co., MO.² He lived on 16 April 1910 at Riverton, Sangamon Co., IL, Occupation: carpenter.³ He died before 1919.

     Frank U. Clippinger was born in October 1869 at Cumberland Co., PA.¹ He was the son of John Clippinger and Sarah Jane Vandersaal.¹ Frank U. Clippinger married Mary Mowery circa 1896.² Frank U. Clippinger died circa 1929 at Shippensburg, Cumberland Co., PA.

     Franklin Clippinger was born circa 1868 at New Carlisle, Clark Co., OH.¹ He was the son of Joseph Anthony Clippinger and Sarah A. Bowen.¹

     Fred Clippinger was born in 1851 at Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN.¹ He was the son of Dr. George W. Clippinger and Anna L. Cook.¹ Fred Clippinger died in September 1862. He was buried on 1 October 1862 at Woodlawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN, Findagrave #35898836.

     Frederick Clippinger was born circa 1787 at Northampton Co., PA. He was the son of Johannes Kleppinger and Anna Margarethe Maide.

     Frederick Clippinger was born circa 1818 at Franklin Co. (probably), PA.¹ He was the son of John Clippinger and Elizabeth (?) Frederick Clippinger married Catherine (?).¹ Frederick Clippinger died at Ohio.

     Frederick Clippinger was born on 27 October 1777 at Northampton Co. (probably), PA. He was the son of Friedrich Kleppinger and Maria Barbara Best. Frederick Clippinger died young.

     Frederick Clippinger was born circa 1869 at Springfiled, Sangamon Co., IL.¹ He was the son of John W. Clippinger and Anna Rebecca Evans.¹ Frederick Clippinger died circa 1875 at Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL.

     Geneva Clippinger was born on 3 January 1894 at Riverton, Sangamon Co., IL.¹ She was the daughter of Frank A. Clippinger and Carrie Allen.¹ Geneva Clippinger lived on 5 June 1900 at Riverton, Sangamon Co., IL, living with her grandmother Rebecca Kizer, per 1900 census, Sangamon County. She is also listed with her parents at Carter County, Missouri.¹ She married Howard Buck Lowry circa 1914. Geneva Clippinger lived on 22 April 1930 at 304 1/3 East Adams Street, Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL.² She died on 7 August 1944 at Springfield, Sangamon Co., MO, at age 50.

     George Clippinger was born on 27 July 1839 at Greencastle, Franklin Co., PA.¹ He was the son of Johann George Clippinger and Anna Mary Hamsher.¹ George Clippinger died on 8 March 1852 at Greencastle, Franklin Co., PA, at age 12.

     George Clippinger was born circa 1780 at Somerset or Westmoreland Co., PA.¹ He was the son of Johann Georg Kleppinger and Anna Maria Maide. George Clippinger lived in 1800 at Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co., PA.¹ He married Elizabeth Smith. George Clippinger lived in 1810 at South Huntingdon Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA.²
Note: Relocated his family in 1820 from Westmoreland County to a log cabin in Guernsey County, Ohio, per History of Guernsey County, p.558. He died on 7 October 1839 at Guernsey Co., OH.

     George Clippinger was born on 5 November 1775 at Northampton Co. (probably), PA. He was the son of Friedrich Kleppinger and Maria Barbara Best. George Clippinger married Catherine (?). George Clippinger died on 22 February 1843 at Shippensburg, Cumberland Co., PA, at age 67. He was buried in February 1843 at Old German Cemetery at East Orange Street and Baltimore Road, Shippensburg, Cumberland Co., PA.

     George Clippinger was born circa 1847 at Ohio.¹ He was the son of David Haller Clippinger and Margaret Reese.¹

     George Ellsworth Clippinger was born on 19 February 1864 at Springfiled, Sangamon Co., IL.¹ He was the son of John W. Clippinger and Anna Rebecca Evans.¹ George Ellsworth Clippinger died on 8 April 1943 at Knox Co., OH, at age 79.

     George H. Clippinger was born on 8 May 1869 at District of Columbia.^1,2 He was the son of Charles Theodore Clippinger and Margaret Louisa Hersh.¹ George H. Clippinger lived in April 1910 at Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA.² He died on 15 May 1934 at age 65.
Note: Did not marry.

     George Howard Clippinger was born on 11 August 1889 at Wayne Co., OH.¹ He was the son of Jacob Clippinger and Barbara Haudenschild.¹ George Howard Clippinger married Pearl Ethel Hoover, daughter of George Washington Hoover and Lydia Ann Steiner, on 8 October 1919 at Rittman, Wayne Co., OH. George Howard Clippinger lived on 19 April 1940 at Rittman, Wayne Co., OH, Occupation: Traffic manager in paper mill.² He died on 30 May 1969 at Rittman, Wayne Co., OH, at age 79.