"History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Co.'s, Indiana" Goodspeed 
Bros. and Co., 1884 


HAMILTON CLIPP was born in Harrison County, Ind., November 20, 
1826, and is the third in a family of ten children born to PHILIP and 
ELIZABETH (MILLER) CLIPP. Philip Clipp was a native of the Old 
Dominion, as was also his wife, from whence he immigrated to Floyd 
County, Ind., in 1818. A few years later he purchased land in Harrison 
County, whither he removed and where he and wife passed the remainder of 
their days. He was a veteran of the war of 1812. Hamilton Clipp, subject of 
the notice, was but meagerly educated in the common schools, and when 
eighteen began the carpenter's trade. He continued his trade until 1867, but is 
now engaged in agricultural pursuits, owning 360 acres of good farming and 
grazing land. February 9, 1854, his marriage with BARBARA, daughter of 
JONATHAN and ELIZABETH (LETHERMAN) HOSTETLER was 
solemnized, and five children have blessed their union as follows: PHILIP, 
MARGARET, MARTHA A., PETER L. and JONATHAN A. Margaret A. 
is the wife of JAMES HARDMAN and the mother of two children, named 
DESSIE and MARGARET. Mr. Clipp is a member of the Masonic 
brotherhood, a Democrat in politics and one of the county's self-made men. 


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