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Born 1843
From Past and present of Wyandot County, Ohio; a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement; (1913), The history of Wyandot county, Ohio, containing a history of the county: its townships, towns, churches, schools, etc.; (1884)
WILLIAM A. GIPSON, dealer in coal, ice, etc., was born in Richland County, Ohio, January 26, 1843; son of Lorenzo and Martha A. (Fenner) Gipson, natives of Vermont and Berks County, Penn., respectively. They were married in Richland County; parents of eight children, the living named as follows: William A., Matilda E., wife of Adam Stevens; Lucy A., wife of J. M. Craig; Alice, wife of William H. Cook; and Arlon F. The father was accidentally killed February 20, 1868, by the falling of a sawlog from a wagon; the mother is still residing in Upper Sandusky. William Gipson obtained a fair education in the schools of his native county, and removed with his parents to Upper Sandusky in 1860. He learned the cooper's trade with his father, and continued in this vocation till the beginning of the war; he enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Twentythird Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, September 24, 1862, and participated in the following engagements: Morefield. Winchester (where the entire regiment was captured, but exchanged after ninety days), Newmarket, Piedmont, Lynchburg, Snicker's Ford, Second Winchester, Fisher's Hill, Strasburg, Cedar Creek, Hatcher's Run, and the last at High Bridge, across Appomattox River, where the entire regiment was captui'ed a second time, and sent to Camp Chase, receiving the news of Lincoln's assassination while en route, and detained on guard-duty over his body, in state at Columbus, Ohio. Besides the above-named battles, Mr. Gipson was engaged in several skirmishes, receiving an honorable discharge at Camp Chase June 12, 1865. On returning, he resumed his trade for a number of years, establishing his present business in coal, ice, cement, sewer tile, tii-e-brick, etc., in 1874 to 1880. He was married May 12, 1870. to Ada K. Beistle, daughter of Christian and Elizabeth (Hock) Beistle, and one child, Leora Blanche, born March 19, 1874, has resulted from their union. Mrs. Gipson is a native of Carlisle County, Penn., and was born August 9, 1848. Mr. Gipson is a member of the F. & A. M., Knights Templar, also of the Knights of Honor, G. A. R. and English Lutheran Church. He served in the city council six years.
As printed in The history of Wyandot county, Ohio, containing a history of the county: its townships, towns, churches, schools, etc.; (1884). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
WILLIAM A. GIPSON.
William A. Gipson is a dealer in coal and building supplies in Upper Sandusky. His success is due entirely to his own efforts, indefatigable labor and reliable methods having brought to biTn a gratifying patronage. He was born in Plymouth, Richland county, Ohio, January 26, 1843, a son of Lorenzo and Emilia A. Gipson. The father was born in Vermont, March 12, 1817, and was a mechanic. On coming to Ohio he settled in Mansfield in 1850 and on the 20th of February, 1868, he passed away. His wife, a native of Pennsylvania, was born May 16, 1822, and died February 12, 1877.
William A. Gipson became a resident of Mansfield, Ohio, in his boyhood days and there pursued his education in the public schools to the age of sixteen years, when he put aside his textbooks in order to earn a living. He worked at coopering in a factory of that city for a year, at the end of which time the family removed to Upper Sandusky. Here he again worked at his trade imtil the outbreak of the Civil war, when his patriotic spirit was aroused by the continued attempt of the south to overthrow the Union and he enlisted in 1862 as a member of Company F, One Hundred and Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he served for three years. During an engagement he was wounded in the left side db, Google by a spent ball, which forced him to remain out of active service for three weeks. He was twice taken prisoner and spent one night in Libby Prison. He was then transferred to Belle Isle, where he remained for sixty-two days. He was again captured at High Bridge and taken to Appomattox Court House, where Lee surrendered, and stayed there for three days, when he was wcanged as a paroled prisoner. He participated in sixteen hard-fought battles and many skirmishes and with a most creditable military record returned to his home, having been honorably discharged at Camp Chase, Baltimore, June 5, 1865.
In his business career Mr. Gipson has been quite successful and now owns and conducts a coal and building supplies business which he has carried on for many years. At different times he has been interested in various commercial and industrial enterprises in the city and now devotes his entire time to the management of his coal and building supplies depot, where he carries a large stock, being accorded a liberal patronage. He began with but a limited capital but he possesses unfaltering courage and determination and as the years have gone by his enterprise and perseverance have won him a most gratifying measure of success, finding tangible evidence in the judicious investments in property which he has made.
On the 12th of May, 1870, in this city, Mr. Gipson was married to Miss Addie K. Beistle, a daughter of Christian and Catherine (Houck) Beistle, the father a shoe merchant of this place. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Gipson are: Blanche, the wife of Kred W. Zander, a dealer in pliunbers' supplies in Buffalo, New York, by whom she has one son, Frederick G.; Myram M.; William A.; Matilda E.; Lucy A.; Alice; and Arland F.
Mr. Gipson and his wife are members of the English Evangelical Lutheran church, and he belongs to the Masonic fraternity, in which he has attained the Knight Templar degree. He is also a member of the Commercial Club and active in its efforts to promote the business interests of the city. He votes with the democratic party and has held several local offices. For ten years he filled the position of councilman and for twenty-one years has been a member of the school board. The cause of education finds in him a stalwart champion. He was also a trustee <jf the Ohio State School for the Deaf for twenty
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