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George Henry Ripley (I4992)
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Copyright 2006 Mark Dionne www.markdionne.com Living with mother in 1880 Oakfield census. Sharon Ripley Peterson: George Ripley, raised by his widowed mother, Lucy, became a very influential person in the community..... a renowned doctor. I have pictures of him and pictures of the Doctor Ripley house which became a Retirement home. George's father died when George was young, he was raised by his mother. His two older brothers left for South Dakota when George was still in school. He left family history records which were used by Emma Ripley Cornog. (See Rachel Oliver) (At one point, Emma writes about "typed family material" she got from Howard Ripley of Kenosha Wisc. Could this be a son of George?) NO, Sharon thinks it was his nephew Howard Messner Ripley. ------------------------------------------- WI BIO - Kenosha Co - RIPLEY, George H. History of Kenosha and Kenosha County, Wisconsin. Lyman. Chicago: Clarke Publishing, 1916, vol II, pp 133-134 Dr. George H. RIPLEY, Kenosha, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, one of the distinguished homeopathic practitioners of Kenosha, was born 22 October 1860 in the town of Oakfield [Oakfield Township], Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, a son of Charles T. and Lucy A. (HOLTON) RIPLEY. Charles T. RIPLEY was born in Bennington, Chittenden County, Vermont, a son of Allen and Laura RIPLEY, who were also born in Vermont. Lucy A. (nee HOLTON) RIPLEY was born in Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, and her ancestry is traced back to William HOLTON, who was born in 1611 in England, and on coming to America in 1634, established his home in Massachusetts, where he [William HOLTON] passed away 12 August 1691; his wife, Mary, died 16 November 1691. The couple representing the second generation were John and Abigail HOLTON. John HOLTON died 16 April 1712; his widow survived for some years, as it is known that she was living in 1718. William HOLTON, of the third generation, born in 1679, was married 05 December 1706 to Abigail EDWARDS [a maiden name?] and died 13 November 1755. The son of William and Abigail HOLTON, namely Samuel HOLTON, who was born in 1710, died 11 April 1767. He [Samuel HOLTON] married Joanna MORTON [a maiden name?], who died 08 December 1796, at the age of eighty-two years. Their son [the son of Samuel and Joanna HOLTON], Samuel HOLTON II, was born in 1743 and passed away 07 January 1801. On 19 May 1770 he [Samuel HOLTON II] wedded Sarah ALEXANDER [a maiden name?], who died 28 July 1831, at the age of eighty-two years. Samuel HOLTON III, who was born in Massachusetts in 1770, died on 01 December 1851. He [Samuel HOLTON III] was married 22 June 1809 to Polly STRATTON [a maiden name?], who died 12 September 1860, aged seventy-nine years. [Their daughter] Lucy A. HOLTON, born in Northfield [Franklin County], Massachusetts in 1820, became the wife of Charles A. RIPLEY, who was born in Bennington [Chittenden County], Vermont in 1816. In early life he [Charles A. RIPLEY] removed westward to Wisconsin, settling at Fond du Lac [Fond du Lac County ], where he took up the business of making daguerreotypes, then a recently invented process of photography [invented in 1839, the only photographic process available until 1860]. He afterward turned his attention to farming. Charles A. RIPLEY died 20 October 1861 in Oakfield [Oakfield Township, Fond du Lac County], Wisconsin. The wife of Charles A. RIPLEY, Lucy A. (HOLTON) RIPLEY, survived him for many years, and died in 1887. They were consistent Christian people, holding membership in the Congregational [p 134] church. Their family [the family of Charles and Lucy A. (HOLTON) RIPLEY] numbered three sons: (1) Charles S., of Aurora [Brookings County], South Dakota, who died in 1914; (2) Frederick W., living in Kenosha [Kenosha County, Wisconsin]; and (3) Dr. [George H.] RIPLEY, of this review. George H. RIPLEY spent the days of his boyhood and youth on his father's farm and acquired his early education in the district schools. Later he became a student in Lawrence University at Appleton [Outagamie County], Wisconsin. Determining upon the practice of medicine as a life work, he afterward entered Hahnemann Medical College of Chicago [Cook County, Illinois] and is numbered among its alumni of 1891. For a brief period he engaged in practice in Chicago, but soon returned to Kenosha, and has since followed his profession in this city. His ability form the first has been recognized and, moreover, it is known that he is an earnest and discriminating student of his profession, at all times keeping in touch with modern thought, research and investigation. Dr. George H. RIPLEY belongs to the Kenosha County Medical Society, the Wisconsin State Homeopathic Society, the American Institute of Homeopathy, and the American Medical Association. He is also a member of the State Board of Medical Examiners, and his high standing with the profession and especially in regard to his colleagues and contemporaries is indicated in his having served as President of the [Kenosha] county and [Wisconsin] state medical societies, and of the state board of examiners. On 08 December 1886 Dr. [George H.] RIPLEY was married to Miss Florence M. FELLOWS of Kenosha, a daughter of Henry and Matilda (STANNARD) FELLOWS. They hold membership in the Methodist church, in the work of which Mrs. RIPLEY takes most active part. In politics the Doctor is a Republican, but the active duties of his profession leave him no time for participation in political work. Submitted by Cathy Kubly ------------------------------------------------------- |
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From Wisconsin: its story and biography, 1848-1913, Volume 5 By Ellis Baker Usher (Google Books) George H. Rjpley, M. D. For many years engaged in the practice of his profession at Kenosha, Dr. Ripley is an excellent type of the modern and successful American physician. Through his practice he has contributed a large amount of individual service, at the same time has taken a prominent part in the organized activities of the profession, is a contributor to medical literature, has served in a professional capacity, on several boards and organizations in his locality and state, and at the same time has exercised a shrewd business judgment and acquired a liberal material prosperity. Mr. Ripley is a native of Wisconsin, born in Fond du Lac county, October 22, 1860. His birthplace was in the town of Oakfield, where the family was established in the early days of the state. His parents were Charles T. and Lucy A. (Holton) Ripley. His father, a native of Vermont, was born at the historic old town of Bennington in 1816, was a daguerreotype artist, one of the first to take up that art which preceded modern photography, and coming to Wisconsin in 1852 set up in business at Fond du Lac. His death occurred in the town of Oakfield, October 20, 1861. His wife, who was born in Massachusetts, died in 1887. They were both members of the Congregational faith. Their three sons, were Charles S., of Aurora, South Dakota; Frederick W., of Oakfield, Wisconsin; and Dr. Ripley. George H. Ripley spent his early career on his father's old farm, and lived there until he was grown. Though he was an infant when his father died, he was reared in fairly prosperous circumstances, had a district school education, and later attended the Lawrence University at Appleton. In 1889, after some years of employment in farming and other lines of productive labor, he entered the Hahnemann College in Chicago, and was graduated M. D. in the class of 1891. For a brief while he practiced his profession in Chicago, but soon decided upon Kenosha as offering a better field. For the past twenty-two years he has enjoyed a large clientage in this city. His reputation as a skillful physician and surgeon has been extended far beyond the limits of his home community, and he also stands high in the medical fraternity through his personal relations with the profession, and through his contributions to the leading medical journals of Wisconsin and the United States. Dr. Ripley is a member of the Wisconsin State Homeopathic Society, the American Institute of Homeopathy, and is president of the State Board of Medical Examiners. He also belongs to the Kenosha Country Club. Dr. Ripley has for many years been interested in Kenosha real estate and his judgment resulted in much success. He is the owner of the Ripley business block, located in the heart of the city, occupying a ground space of one hundred and twenty-four by seventy feet. His home at 661 Prairie Avenue is one of the most beautiful residences in that section of the city and was erected in 1901. The doctor owns much other valuable property in Kenosha. On December 8, 1886, he married Miss Florence M. Fellows, a daughter of Henry and Matilda (Stannard) Fellows. Mrs. Ripley is a member of the Methodist church. They have no children. |
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"Commemorative biographical record of prominent and representative men of Racine and Kenosha counties, Wisconsin, containing biographical sketches of business and professional men and of many of the early settled families" GEORGE H. RIPLEY, M. D., a successful physician and surgeon of Kenosha, was born in Fond du Lac county. Wis., in the town of Oakfield. October 22. 1860, son of Charles T. and Lucy A. (Holton) Ripley, both of whom were of New England ancestry. The paternal grandparents were Allen and Laura Ripley, natives of Vermont, and they were the parents of two sons and one daughter, all now deceased. On the maternal side Dr. Ripley traces his descent through the Holton family to (I) William Holton. born in England in 1611, who came to America in 1634, settling in Massachusetts, and died Aug. 12, 1691. His wife Mary died Nov. 16, 1691. (II) John Holton. the date of whose birth is not given, died April 16, 1712. He married Abigail, who was living in 1718. (III) William Holton, born in 1679, died Nov. 13, 1755. He married Dec. 5, 1706, Abigail Edwards. (IV) Samuel Holton, born in 1710. died April 11, 1767. He married Joanna Morton, who died Dec. 8, 1796, aged eighty-two. (V) Samuel Holton (2), born in 1743. died Jan. 7, 1801. He mar- ried May 19, 1770, Sarah Alexander, who died July 28, 1831, aged eighty- two. (VI) Samuel Holton. born in Massachusetts in 1770, died Dec. 1. 1831. He married June 22, 1809. Polly Stratton, who died Sept. 12, 1860, aged seventy-nine. (VII) Lucv A. Holton, born in Northfield, Mass.. in 1820, married Charles T. Ripley and became the mother of Dr. George H. Ripley. She is directly connected with the family from which D. L. JMoody descended. Charles T. Ripley was born in Bennington, Vt. in 1816. He went West to Wisconsin in the early days and settled in Fond du Lac, where he worked is a daguerreotypist. His death occurred in Oakfield, Oct. 20, 1861, and his wife lived till 1887. Both were Congregationalists. Their three sons are: Charles S., of Aurora, S. Dak.; Frederick W., of Oakfield; and Dr. George H., of Kenosha. George H. Ripley grew up on his father's farm and remained there till he was of age. His early education was acquired in the district schools, while later he attended Lawrence University, at Appleton, Wis. In 1889 he entered Hahnemann Medical College, in Chicago, from which he was gradu- ated in 1891. At first he practiced in Chicago, but soon decided upon Kenosha as offering a better field, and has ever since been established in that city as a physician and surgeon. He has built up a good practice and is enthusiastic in his profession. He keeps himself thoroughly up-to-date on all medical methods and theories, and is in close touch with others of the medical fra- ternity through his membership in the Kenosha County Medical Society, the Wisconsin State Homoeopathic Society and the American Institute of Homoe- opathy. The Doctor resides at No. 661 Prairie avenue, where he built a home in 1901. Dr. Ripley was united in marriage, Dec. 8. 1886. to Miss Florence M. Fellows, daughter of Henry and Matilda (Stannard) Fellows. Mrs. Ripley is a member of the M. E. Church. Henry Fellows, father of Mrs. Ripley, was born in St. Lawrence, N. Y., son of James and Mary (Marks) Fellows, and married Matilda Stannard, of Cattaraugus, N. Y.. daughter of Hiram P. and Dorothea (DeLapp) Stan- nard, and granddaughter of Sidney DeLapp, who came to this country with LaFayette, and for his services in the Revolution was awarded a grant of land in Cattaraugus county, X. Y. Henry Fellows was a farmer. In an early day he came from New York State to Wisconsin, settling in Bristol, Kenosha county, where he and his wife ended their days. |
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| Birth | IGI |
| Birth | 1880 US census |
| Marriage | Emma Ripley Cornog |
| Marriage | Emma Ripley Cornog |
| Marriage | Emma Ripley Cornog |
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