For what it is worth to you-------I am a researcher and "not kin" to anyone except my husband and children in Early County. I have researched and indexed the Cedar Springs Cemetery for Volume III which should be out this year. It is nearing completion and is a hugh volume with at least 100 pictures..... Rev. Ben Tipton (can't read birth date, will accept yours), is indeed buried in the Cedar Springs Ga. Cemetery and his death date is listed as October 4, 1878--stone was broken at the time of this survey and I could not read the other dates, if any. His wife, Elizabeth Tipton(thanks for the other name) died March 28, 1872.....If you should ever be in the Courthouse in Blakely. Ask for the old newspapers of 1878 and 1872 and you might could find an obituary on these two. News travelled slow in those days, but most deaths made it into the news of that day. The Early County News dates before the Civil War and most copies are filed in the courthouse and I believe they are on microfilm at the University of Georgia.......and maybe elsewhere........There have been other researchers for these folks and I will try and find their email address for you. Joan Richards-Herndon---- PS----in my childhood days in Blountstown, Florida, there was an Uncle John Tipton that used to come around to the various houses and entertain children by standing on his head on the back of ladder back chairs, He lived in Calhoun County, Florida, but I have no idea where.........

Joan, It is my understanding that was my great grandfather John Tipton who was a minister, carpenter and a fisherman. I was told he visited a many a home. I have a copy of a picture of him and his wife with my grandfather as a infant I could scan and send if anyone was interested. I had heard many tales of how he could not read, but he could certainly preach and knew his bible inside out. His son William Lee was my grandfather. He died in his early twenties of diabetes. It was my understanding that my grandmother Lillie Mae Butler Tipton put William into the wagon with the children and drove to the Tipton Plantation in Cook Bayou where William died, as they had no cure or treatment for this illness then. My father was only a baby, and he stated that John was well known throughout the panhandle for his ministry. I understand that he died in his eighties while fishing. I have been to his grave, He and his wife LuLu Fowler Tipton are buried , it is in the Millville Cemetery off 3rd street in Millville, outside of Panama City, Florida. William Lee Tipton, my grandfather was buried in an unmarked grave in the Althea Cemetery. No one has been able to locate it that I know of. Living in Maine I have done most of my research on line. I was fortunate enough to visit with one of John's daughter Besse who was living in South Florida at the time, I don't even know if she is still alive. There was a Tipton family reunion held mid state at the home of Linda Deas in Live Oak, FL. My dad and I were fortunate enough to attend five or six years ago. At that time I only knew that my great grandpa had two brothers by the names of Alex and Charlie, but I have been able to add alot more names of my list. Any help you could give me would certainly be appreciated. Thank you for your time. Joan Herndon wrote: > > For what it is worth to you-------I am a researcher and "not kin" to anyone > except my husband and children in Early County. I have researched and > indexed the Cedar Springs Cemetery for Volume III which should be out this > year. It is nearing completion and is a hugh volume with at least 100 > pictures..... > > Rev. Ben Tipton (can't read birth date, will accept yours), is indeed buried > in the Cedar Springs Ga. Cemetery and his death date is listed as October 4, > 1878--stone was broken at the time of this survey and I could not read the > other dates, if any. > > His wife, Elizabeth Tipton(thanks for the other name) died March 28, > 1872.....If you should ever be in the Courthouse in Blakely. Ask for the old > newspapers of 1878 and 1872 and you might could find an obituary on these > two. News travelled slow in those days, but most deaths made it into the > news of that day. The Early County News dates before the Civil War and most > copies are filed in the courthouse and I believe they are on microfilm at > the University of Georgia.......and maybe elsewhere........There have been > other researchers for these folks and I will try and find their email > address for you. > Joan Richards-Herndon---- > > PS----in my childhood days in Blountstown, Florida, there was an Uncle John > Tipton that used to come around to the various houses and entertain children > by standing on his head on the back of ladder back chairs, He lived in > Calhoun County, Florida, but I have no idea where......... > > ==== GAEARLY Mailing List ==== > Visit the Early County USGenWeb Archives at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/early/early.htm