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Submitted: 1/15/16 • Approved: 1/31/16 • Last Updated: 2/3/16 • R117922-G0-S3
CAPTAIN US Army
Company E 1st Tennessee Independent Vidette Cavalry
Civil War Union
February 6, 1832 - January 20, 1864
Inscription:
A wife's tribute to the memory of Capt Stephen P. Tipton
On January 20, 1864, while absent from his command and at his home in Altamont, TN, Confederates dressed in Union uniforms rode rapidly up to his house and cried out, "Captain, the rebels are coming." As soon as he emerged from his house he was shot and instantly killed by the men that called to him.
His wife was Louisa E. Griswold Tipton born about 1841, married Oct 5, 1854 in Grundy County.
Father of Amous born about 1861 & Flora born about 1863.
Son of Jonathan & Margaret Tipton
Brother of: Joseph J., John, Martha who married Henry Serrer, William C. & James R. Tipton
Contributed on 1/15/16
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Record #: 117922