Person:John Tipton (18)

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Sen. John Tipton, of Indiana
b.14 Aug 1786 Sevier, Tennessee, United States
d.5 Apr 1839 Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States
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  1. Sen. John Tipton, of Indiana1786 - 1839
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m. 1806
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m. Apr 1825
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Name Sen. John Tipton, of Indiana
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 14 Aug 1786 Sevier, Tennessee, United States
Marriage 1806 Indiana, United States[1st wife ; 1st cousins]
to Martha Jennett Shields
Divorce 1816 from Martha Jennett Shields
Marriage Apr 1825 [2nd wife]
to Matilda Spencer
Death[2] 5 Apr 1839 Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States
Burial[2] Mount Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States
References
  1. ↑ Woollen, William Wesley. Biographical and historical sketches of early Indiana. (Indianapolis: Hammond & Co., 1883)
    185.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 John Tipton, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
    last accessed Aug 2024.

    John Tipton (August 14, 1786 – April 5, 1839) was from Tennessee and became a farmer in Indiana; an officer in the 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe, and veteran officer of the War of 1812, in which he reached the rank of Brigadier General; and politician. He was elected to the Indiana General Assembly in 1819, and in 1831 as US Senator from the state of Indiana, serving until 1838. He was appointed as US Indian Agent and was selected to lead the militia in removing Menominee's band of Potawatomie in 1838; they were relocated to Kansas, Indian Territory.

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