J. W. LIPPINCOTT DIES AT 80; BORN IN OLD CUMING CITY

WAS SECOND OLDEST NATIVE WHITE TO BE BORN IN WASHINGTON COUNTY

James W. Lippincott, 80, believed to be the second-oldest native Nebraskan to be born in Washington County, died Sunday afternoon at his home, 510 west Jackson Street, after an illness of seven weeks. He had resided in the county all his life, and at one time served as night police officer of Blair.

Member of a prominent pioneer family, he was born at the now deserted town of Cuming City on June 20, 1858, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joshua C. Lippincott, who came here in 1857.

He was probably the last person remaining who remembered Cuming City in its onetime glory when it was a bustling village, third largest community in Nebraska, with two hotels, a bank, newspaper, three saloons, blacksmith shops, three churches, a school, and various business and professional offices.

Mr. Lippincott was married in April 1890 to Miss Margaret Sullivan of Herman. They lived on the old Lippincott homestead near Cuming City for several years, then moved into Blair where they remained since. Mr. Lippincott was a carpenter by trade.

During his younger years, Mr. Lippincott had a reputation as an excellent marksman and hunter. A student of nature, he loved birds. At his home several years ago, he constructed an “apartment house” for the martins which visited his place each year and won widespread publicity. The huge circular birdhouse, atop a 20-foot pole, had 60 separate “apartments,” each with individual entrances and canopies. He noted that many of the birds returned each year to the same “apartment.”

Of a family of seven children, only one, Ephriam C. Lippincott of north of Blair, remains now.

Surviving Mr. Lippincott are his wife and a daughter, Mildred, the latter of Omaha, in addition to his brother, Ephriam. One of the Lippincott’s children died when a child.

Funeral services for Mr. Lippincott were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Francis Borgia Catholic church here, Monsignor Nicholas Wegner of Omaha officiating. Gifford L. Dixon sang a solo at the funeral rites.

Interment was in Holy Cross cemetery here.

#2-17 Nov., 1938 - The Enterprise

CO. PIONEER DIES AT EIGHTY

James Lippincott, Native of County, Dies at His Home Sunday

BORN IN CUMING CITY

James Lippincott, native of this county, passed away Sunday afternoon at his home in Dexterville at the age of 80 years.

Deceased was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Lippincott who homesteaded north of Blair in 1857. He was one of seven children, all of whom are dead except one brother, Ephriam C. Lippincott, who still resides on the old home place.

In April of 1890 he was married to Miss Margaret Sullivan, and to them two children were born, one dying in infancy. The other, Miss Mildred of Omaha, and the wife survive.

They moved from the old homestead to Blair in 1892, where the deceased followed his trade as a contractor and builder until age forced him to give up his work.

Funeral services were held on Tuesday at 10 o’clock from St. Francis Borgia Catholic church in Blair, with Monsignor Nicholas Wegner officiating, and interment was made in the Blair cemetery.

Deceased was one of the oldest native Nebraskans in the county, and had many warm friends. He was an ardent admirer of nature in all forms, and in later years he turned his attention to birds, and his birdhouse which he built accommodated many pairs of his feathered friends.

His kind heart, his manly bearing and his honorable dealings with his fellow men made him a citizen of the highest type.

~~~Obituaries courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska. ~~~

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