Nipple Family Register, 1827-1911

Access and use

Location of collection:
Thomas Balch Library
Thomas Balch Library
208 West Market Street
Leesburg, Virginia 20176
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Laura Christiansen
Phone: (703) 737-7195
Restrictions:

Collection open for research.

Terms of access:

No physical characteristics affect use of this material.

Preferred citation:

Nipple Family Register (OM 026), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA.

Summary

Extent:
1 item
Creator:
Blossom & Bloom Thrift Store, Leesburg, VA
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Nipple Family Register (OM 026), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA.

Background

Scope and content:

The Nipple Family Register consists of one hand-colored lithographic print 25.4 cm x 35.56 cm with entries for the family of Jacob F. Nipple. Entries date between 1827 and 1911. Handwritten entries in ink are recorded on a copy of a mass-produced Family Register form published by Kellogg & Comstock of Hartford, Connecticut and distributed by D. Needham Company of New York. The form features designated areas for inscribing Family Names, births, marriages, and deaths. It is decorated with small illustrated cartouches. At the top of the Register, four scenes depict the events to be recorded - a family group, a mother and child in a nursery, a marriage in a church, and a woman and child in mourning in a cemetery. At the bottom of the page, four small landscapes are depicted including a town, a small house, a stone bridge over a stream, and a house in a forest. Each landscape includes a road with travelers. This print, numbered 356 was one of a series of family registers printed by the Kellogg Brothers between 1848 and 1870. On the reverse side of this copy of the print, doodles, and a handwritten message have been inscribed. The message reads: Joseph R. Farmer's Property - February 14th 1855, Juniata Co. Pa. My good friend honest thief do not steal this property for fear the gallos [sic] might be your end by the hand of Joseph R. Farmer.

Biographical / historical:

Jacob F. Nipple (1827-1911) and Fanny Himes (1830-1904), both of Pennsylvania, were married on 27 May 1851. The couple settled in Milford Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania. Jacob's Nipple's profession is recorded variously as Tanner, Laborer, and Farmer between 1850 and 1900. Jacob and Fanny had a large family with at least seven children according to census records and entries on the Family Register. Children recorded on the Family Register include William H. Nipple (1853-1938), David M. Nipple (1855-1887), John Wesley Nipple (1858-1934), Edward M. Nipple (1860- 1940), Mary E. Kauffman (1864-1950), Sarah Jane Nipple (1867-1890), and James K. Nipple (1870-1889). Jacob and Franny, along with their children William, David, Sarah Jane, James, and Mary are buried in St. Stephens Lutheran Cemetery in Milford Township. Their son Edward Milton Nipple is buried in St. Paul's Lutheran Church's Henry Memorial Cemetery in Beale Township. Son John Wesley Nipple is buried in Lone Oak Cemetery, Stayton, Oregon.

Acquisition information:
2014.0192
Physical / technical requirements:

None

Physical description:
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