Thank you for answering. I will check these families out. I am not sure when the following article that I found was written:
Portrait and biographical record of
Lancaster County,
Pennsylvaniapage 547 & 548
Oristus A. Hipple, a prosperous grocer of
Marietta, is of remote
German descent, but the family has been long established in
Pennsylvania. His grandfather was a lifelong resident of
Cumberland county, and by his marriage reared four children: John, Jacob,
Polly, and Mrs. Obetz, all deceased but
Polly. The first-named son John, was born in
Cumberland county, October 7, 1811, and obtaining a good education in youth, was for twenty years engaged as a school teacher. In connection with that profession he followed the trade of a stone mason, but in
1870 retired from the former, and afterward gave his attention wholly to the latter. In politics a
Republican, he was always deeply interested in the success of his party.
Though advanced in years at the opening of the Rebellion, John
Hipple entered service
as a member of the One Hundred and Ninety-fifth
Pennsylvania Infantry, in which he remained
for nine months. At the expiration of his term of service he enlisted for one year. During his later years he was a resident of
Newton, Rapho Township,
Lancaster County, and there his death
occurred December 28, 1892, at age eighty-one years of age. His wife, whose maiden name was Anna McCauley, passed away in 1888. Their children were Rufus H., Oristus A., Arthalinda N., James M., Isabella,
Emanuel E., Tobias H. A., John U. S., deceased; Thomas P., Albert, Rosa, Ann, and one that died in infancy.
In
Warwick Township,
Lancaster County, the subject of this biography was born, November 2, 1840. He was in boyhood a student in the common schools, after which he turned his attention to the trade of brick-layer, learning it in
Newtown. After his marriage, in 1872, he came to
Marietta, and followed this occupation, together with that of furnace repairing, until 1892, when he opened a grocery store. He now gives his entire attention to this business, having abandoned his trade. Politically he is a Republican, devoted to party tenents. He belongs to
Donegal Lodge No. 129, I.O.O.F., and
Marietta Encampment No. 76, being Treasurer of both. He is also a member of
Marietta Castle No. 102,
Knights of the Mystic
Chain, serving as its Treasurer, and is identified with
Marietta Castle No., 102,
Knights of the
Golden Eagle. He fills the same office in the Improved Order of Red Men. In fact, he is Treasurer of every organization with which he is identified, except Grand
Army Post and
Knights of the
Golden Eagle.
During the late war Mr. Hipple served in Company A, One Hundred and Ninety-ninth
Pennsylvania Infantry, Twenty-fourth
Corps,
Army of the Potomac. He was present at the charge of Ft. Gregg, and took part in a number of minor engagements, being engaged chiefly on detail duty. He witnessed the surrender at Appomattox, and served ten months, or until the close of the Rebellion. He is Collector and Treasurer of the local board of the National Home Building & Loan Association of Bloomington, Ill.
September 24, 1864, Mr. Hipple was united in marriage with Miss Sarah
Gallagher, an estimable lady, who is highly regarded by a large circle of personal friends. The family circle at one time consisted of six children, but little Dale and Carrie May are deceased, and the oldest son, U. S. Grant, has established a home of his own. Nora, Jennie A. And John Alfred still remain with their parents.
