One Week To Go!

This time next week the first Tipton family reunion since 1997 will begin.

This is the first Tipton family reunion since 1997.  We're expecting a big turnout of 75 or more Tipton relatives and friends.  All of the Tipton relatives are descendants of Fieldon and Hester Tipton, my grandparents.  Without them most of us would not exist today.  Most of the Tiptons in southeastern Pennsylvania and Delaware are descended from these two hard working folks who emigrated to the Unionville area of Pennsylvania in 1929 with their nine sons:

Raymond (10/20/1909 - 8/3/1988)
Henry (2/15/1911 - 3/11/1993)
Ed (9/10/1914 - 7/24/1998)
Erby (11/20/1917 - 9/29/1990)
Ike (4/18/1920 - 8/22/2000)
Rich (8/29/1922 - 4/9/1989)
John (8-29-1922 - 9-14-1961)
Dude (Luther) (3-11-1925 - 9-17-1979)
Tip  (Fieldon, Jr.) (12-31-1926 - 8-23-2006)

Two more sons were born in Pennsylvania.

Bruce (10/15/1931 - 6/28/1995)
Sam (3/31/1934 - 12/15/1963)

Hester (Lewis) and Fieldon Jacob Tipton, Sr.

Hester: born 13 Nov 1891 - died 20 Apr 1945

Fieldon: born 01 Jun 1884 - died 08 May 1939

The following is a list of those who attended the Tipton family reunion held October 4, 1997 at the East Brandywine Community Park outside of Downingtown, PA.

Barbara Tipton Keehn (1/5/1944) - daughter of Ed and Mabel Tipton
Sam and Shelby Tipton (3/31/1934 & 12/8/1939) - son of Fieldon and Hester Tipton
Margaret Tipton (6/14/1915) - widow of Henry Tipton, son of Fieldon and Hester Tipton
John R. Thompson (7/2/1957) - grandson of Margaret Tipton and son of Jane Tipton Coffman
William Tipton (2/7/1935) - son of Margaret and Henry Tipton
Evelyn Tipton (11/28/1931) - wife of William Tipton
Richard and Linda Tipton (9/3/1945 & 1228/1946) - son of Raymond and KatyTipton
John Michael Tipton and Girls (5/2/1947) - son of John Hannum Tipton and Peggy
Donald L. Gouge (2/14/1940) - nephew of Mabel Tipton
Mark and Debbie Fincke (11/20/1960 & 12/18/1963) - granddaughter of Erby Tipton
Roy and Beth Fischer (3/9/1962 & 7/2/1962) - granddaughter of Erby Tipton
David, Karen, Heather, Kyle & Brooke Jones (11/28/1962) - Raymond Tipton's grandson and family
Christine Keehn & Adam Brandt (1/29/1974 & 1/22/1974) - Ed Tipton's granddaughter and husband
Walter and Lori Griffitts ((5/8/1962) - Raymond Tipton's grandson and wife
Charles and Sally Tipton (12/24/1934 & 1/27/1935) - Raymond Tipton's grandson and wife
Marie Cross (you'll never know) - friend of Ed and Mabel Tipton
Ed & Melanie Tipton Jefferis (9/10/1947 & 9/23/1955) - daughter of Richard Tipton and husband
Verna Byers (3/25/1945) - Richard Tipton's daughter
Dianne Chandler (2/4/1960) - Doris Tipton's twin sister (Doris is Steve Tipton's wife)
Linda Tipton (9/11/1950) - daughter of Ed and Mabel Tipton
Mabel Tipton (12/19/1921) - wife of Ed Tipton
Steven Tipton (2/4/1958) - son of Richard and Teresa Tipton
Ed Snider (3/17/1954) - brother-in-law Steve Tipton
Pauline (Tipton) Jones and John Jones (7/2/1937) - daughter of Raymond Tipton and husband
Linda Tipton - daughter-in-law of Raymond Tipton (wife of Richard "Dick" Tipton)
Mr. & Mrs. BrianWithers (9/4/1963) - granddaughter of Raymond Tipton and husband
Tom and Kathleen Tipton (5/15/1960 & 11-13-1955) - grandson of Erby Tipton and wife
Norman Tipton and Flora Herr (3/2/1950) - son of Raymond Tipton and friend
Tim and Susan Tipton (and family) (4/26/1962) - Raymond Tipton's grandson
Joan Salluzzo (Sis Tipton) (4/1/1941) - daughter of Ed and Mabel Tipton
Fred and Louise (Tipton) White  (11/13/1941) - daughter of Erby Tipton and husband
Edward Tipton, Jr. (Bud Tipton) (4/1/1941) - son of Ed and Mabel Tipton
Paul Tipton (10/14/1967) - Erby Tipton's grandson
Gina Haynes - friend of Paul Tipton
Ed Tipton ( 9/10/1914)- son of Fieldon and Hester Tipton
Dave Reilly - friend of Ed Tipton, Sr.
Nadine Jamerson (11/21/1971) - granddaughter of John Hannum Tipton
Sam and Peggy Bruno (7/13/1928) - widow of John Hannum Tipton and husband
Marsha Jamerson ( 11/18/1948) - daughter of John Hannum Tipton
Susann Guy 6/25/1964) - granddaughter of Raymond Tipton
Samantha, Tonya and Shayne Guy - great granddaughters of Raymond Tipton
Jeffery Tipton and family    - son of John Hannum Tipton and Peggy
Jessie Tipton - mother of Paul, Bryan and Tom Tipton and daughter-in-law of Erby Tipton
Hester J. Tipton (8/21/1963) - daughter of Sam Tipton and Shelby

Tipton Family Reunion

Johnson City, Tennessee

August 15, 1994

I'm looking forward to seeing all of you next week at the reunion!