{"id":3186,"date":"2022-01-10T14:54:52","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T20:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/?p=3186"},"modified":"2022-01-10T14:54:52","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T20:54:52","slug":"flippin-benjamin-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/2022\/01\/10\/flippin-benjamin-m\/","title":{"rendered":"Flippin, Benjamin M."},"content":{"rendered":"

Benjamin M. Flippin<\/strong>, one of the early settlers of West Tennessee, is a son of
\nJohn and Nancy (Neel) Flippin. Both parents were born in East Tennessee;
\nthey ran down the Tennessee, Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to the mouth of
\nForked Deer River, and up that river to Key Corner, arriving in 1822, when
\nthe surrounding country was a mass of cane and pea vines, full of wild animals
\nand game. They cleared a place and built a cabin, and in this wilderness
\nraised their family of nine children; five boys and three girls lived to be
\ngrown. Both parents were pious Methodists. In 1837 the mother died, and
\nthree years later the father; and braver hearts, more devoted parents, never
\nfaced the hardships of Western wilds. The Flippin family is of Irish
\nextraction. Our subject was the fifth son, and was born January 1, 1819 in
\nKnox County, Tenn., and his early education was obtained from nature, as most
\nof his time was spent in hunting game. When only eighteen years old, he went
\non the river and followed keel-boating, flat-boating, etc. In 1838 he
\nmarried Eliza J. Caldwell, who was born January 16, 1825. They had nine
\nchildren; four boys and two girls lived to be grown, and all of the boys
\nserved their country in the late war. Bird S. died a prisoner at Rock Island,
\nIll., and the other three escaped with a wound. Both parents are Cumberland
\nPresbyterians; in politics Mr. Flippin was a Whig, but since that party ceased
\nhe has been a Democrat. For three years he was postmaster at Flippin, the
\noffice having been names in honor of him. He has given his time to farming
\nand trading in land and stock; he has won distinction as a veterinary surgeon
\nin Lauderdale and adjoining counties, and as a business man has been quiet
\nsuccessful, though the war nearly ruined him. Mrs. Flippin died in 1883, and
\nhe has remained a widower, being now sixty-seven years of age.<\/p>\n

Goodspeed’s Biographies of Lauderdale Co., TN <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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