Representative Bazell Foster Tipton View All Years

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Bazell Foster Tipton

Washington County

Born in Franklin county, Ohio, June 27, 1828, son of Jonathan and Malinda (Denison) Tipton, natives of Ohio and Kentucky, respectively. Bazell accompanied his parents on their removal to Illinois when a lad of ten years and there continued with his parents until after he attained his majority. The public schools of Illinois afforded him his educational privileges. He was twenty-one years of age when he was united in marriage Miss Lucinda Jackson, who was born in Ohio in 1827, a daughter of John and Asenath Jackson. Following their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Tipton began their domestic life in Illinois where they lived for a year and then came to this county where Mr. Tipton has since made his home. At one time he owned four hundred and fifty-seven and a half acres of land and was extensively engaged in farming. He also made a specialty of raising and feeding stock and found this a profitable source of income. Mr. Tipton was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was one of the trustees and at all times he has contributed generously to its support and done all in his power to promote its growth and extend its influence. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic Post at Wellman, Iowa, being entitled to membership through his three years' service as a soldier in the Civil war. In politics he has ever been a stalwart republican from the organization of the party which was formed to prevent the further extension of slavery and which has ever been recognized as the party of progress. He took an active interest in its work as a local leader and was honored with election to the state legislature, in which he served during the twenty-first and twenty-second assemblies, being the first man in Washington county that was elected for a second term up to that time. He took an active interest in promoting legislation for the benefit of the general public, supporting various measures which are now found on the statute books of the state. He also served on the school board for several years and the cause of education found in him a stalwart champion. He has made a splendid record in his military and political service and in his business career.

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