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James Jackson “Jim” Lipham

Birth
Putnam County, Georgia, USA
Death
5 Mar 1858 (aged 32)
Heard County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Bowdon, Carroll County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
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James J. Lipham was born on March 9, 1825 in Putnam County, Georgia, the first son of John A. Lipham and Sarah.

Jim grew up in Troup County, where his father died in 1840, leaving his widowed mother to remarry John's older brother Daniel in 1841.

February 3, 1843, James J. Lipham married Elizabeth J. Walston, may be daughter of neighbors John Walston and Sarah Wilson. Elizabeth bore three daughters, the last two of them twins, before her death around 1846.

Jim remarried on September 7, 1848 to Elizabeth Heard, with whom he had for children before his own death on March 5, 1858. James is buried at Eden Primitive Baptist Church in Bowdon, Georgia; his first wife Elizabeth Walston's grave has not been located.

Children of James Lipham and Elizabeth Walston

Sarah E. Lipham, born 1844.
Frances M. Lipham (F), born 1845 (twin).
Mary Ann M. Lipham, born 1845 (twin); married Zachariah Jackson Williamson about 1870 in Heard Co.; died in 1907 in Heard Co.

Children of James Lipham and Elizabeth Frances Heard

William Askew Lipham b 1851 d 1920 m. Talytha Hill
Frances Arabella Lipham b 1852 d 1900 m. Jefferson Patterson
Margarette Lipham b 1852 d 1926 m. John Davis
James R. Lipham b 1858 d 1920 m. Martha Hill
James J. Lipham was born on March 9, 1825 in Putnam County, Georgia, the first son of John A. Lipham and Sarah.

Jim grew up in Troup County, where his father died in 1840, leaving his widowed mother to remarry John's older brother Daniel in 1841.

February 3, 1843, James J. Lipham married Elizabeth J. Walston, may be daughter of neighbors John Walston and Sarah Wilson. Elizabeth bore three daughters, the last two of them twins, before her death around 1846.

Jim remarried on September 7, 1848 to Elizabeth Heard, with whom he had for children before his own death on March 5, 1858. James is buried at Eden Primitive Baptist Church in Bowdon, Georgia; his first wife Elizabeth Walston's grave has not been located.

Children of James Lipham and Elizabeth Walston

Sarah E. Lipham, born 1844.
Frances M. Lipham (F), born 1845 (twin).
Mary Ann M. Lipham, born 1845 (twin); married Zachariah Jackson Williamson about 1870 in Heard Co.; died in 1907 in Heard Co.

Children of James Lipham and Elizabeth Frances Heard

William Askew Lipham b 1851 d 1920 m. Talytha Hill
Frances Arabella Lipham b 1852 d 1900 m. Jefferson Patterson
Margarette Lipham b 1852 d 1926 m. John Davis
James R. Lipham b 1858 d 1920 m. Martha Hill


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