THE PIPKIN FAMILY

                COPIED AS IT IS WRITTEN IN THE BIBLE

                            MARRIAGES

John H. Pipkin and Martha J. __ was married May the 20th, 1850

                             BIRTHS

John H. Pipkin was born Nov 25, 1830, died April 11, 1876

Martha J. Pipkin was born Nov. 25, 1833, died Aug. 30, 1914

S.F Pipkin was born April 7, 1851

P.M. Pipkin was born Sept. 29, 1853 (Patrick Murphy)

N.J. Pipkin was born Feb. 18, 1856, died Feb. 2, 1857

J.E. Pipkin was born Oct. 14, 1859

S.A. Pipkin was born Dec. 2, 1862

M.E. Pipkin was born July 30, 1865 (Mary Elizabeth)

D.S. Pipkin was born April 30, 1868 (Dora Samantha)

W.H. Pipkin was born June 15, 1871, died Dec. 13, 1874

C.H. Pipkin was born Feb. 20 1874, died Dec. 13, 1948

Oscar Pipkin was born Oct. 22, 1884

S.A. Payton died July 15, 1890

On the inside cover of a Bible belonging, I suppose to M.J. Pipkin,
Dora Pipkin or Oscar Pipkin, is this inscription: "REMEMBERR ME
WHEN THIS YOU SEE, THO THE GRAVE BE MY BED, REMEMBER ME WHEN I AM
DEAD."

The Bible is about 4 x 6 and has a very modest covering of some
type of army cloth. It is copyrighted 1884.

The Pipkin family lived near Piedmont, Missouri (Wayne County).
My grandmother, Dora Pipkin married Reuben Linsley.

Could S.A. Payton have been S.A. Pipkin ? I have used my imagination
plus my early childhood memories of my grandmother's stories about
her early life. She talked of  "hoeing cotton"  "riding sidesaddle"
"Pat-a-murf"  "Will"  "Nancy Jane"  "John"  "Sally Ann"  "Charlie" 
and "Oscar."

Since my family on both sides is small, I would love to know more
about any or all of them so that I can pass our family history on
to our children, David and Susan Blackmon.

Mrs. Ken Blackmon (June Elizabeth Linsley)