Philip Augustus Klipstein was born on December 18, 1820, in Virginia. By 1850, he was working as a merchant in Turners, Virginia, and he owned $660 of real estate. He married Amanda Hixon in Fauquier County, Virginia, on October 31, 1850, and they had at least eight children: Emmet, born around 1852; Annie, born around 1854; James, born around 1855; Mary, born around 1857; Cornelia, born around 1859; Louise, born around 1866; William, born around 1866; and Carrie, born around 1869.

 

They settled in Fauquier County, and Klipstein worked as a merchant. By 1860, they owned $5,820 of real estate and $11,760 of personal property. He enlisted in the Confederate army and mustered in as a private in Company D of the 8^th Virginia Infantry. The regiment took part in the First Battle of Bull Run, the Battle of Williamsburg, the Seven Days’ Battles, the Second Battle of Bull Run, the Battle of Antietam, the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Battle of Gettysburg, and the Overland Campaign.

 

Klipstein returned to Fauquier County after the war and resumed his work as a merchant. By 1870, he owned $5,500 of real estate and $850 of personal property. He remained in Fauquier County for the rest of his life, and he died there on July 3, 1905.

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