Edwin Broun Lipscomb
Edwin Broun Lipscomb was born on August 11, 1851, in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, to Robert and Elizabeth Lipscomb. His father was a Methodist Episcopal clergyman who owned $2,600 of personal property by 1860. The family moved to Baltimore, Maryland, in the 1850s, and by 1870, Lipscomb was working as a clerk. He moved to Virginia in the early 1880s, and he married Jennie Watson Warren on December 1, 1881. Their daughter Virginia was born around 1898. They lived in Staunton, Virginia, and Lipscomb worked as a merchant. By 1900, he employed at least two Black servants. He died in Staunton of cardiovascular disease on March 27, 1936.
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(2464)Lipscomb, Edwin Broun1851-08-111936-03-27
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  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 1

  • (7234) [writer] ~ Edwin B. Lipscomb to Luther W. Hopkins, 1 November 1908

People - Records: 1

  • (2430) Hopkins, Luther Wesley is the [aunt/uncle of] (2464) Lipscomb, Edwin Broun

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  • (277) [birth] ~ Pennsylvania
  • (152) [death] ~ Staunton, Virginia

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1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Virginia Select Marriages, 1785-1940, available from Ancestry.com; The Daily News Leader (Staunton, VA), 28 March 1936.