Monday, January 3, 2011

Samuel S. Pipes & Sallie Elizabeth Gray


Samuel S. Pipes & Sallie Elizabeth Gray

Samuel S. Pipes was born on June 5, 1850 in Athens, Limestone Co., Alabama. His parents were Phillip Pipes and Peggy Ann Hill.

Sallie Elizabeth Gray was born on July 6, 1852 in Athens, Limestone Co. Alabama to Joseph C. Gray and Lucy Ann Martin.

Samuel (age 20) married Sallie (age 18) on July 27, 1870 in Limestone Co., Alabama.

They had seven children: Mary Ader (1872), Buford Elbert (1875), Lucy Eler (1878), John Tilden (1881), Carl Rado "Cal" (1883), Ross Machy (1887) and Etta May (1892).

Elizabeth died at the age of 54, on March 6, 1907. She was buried in the Auburn Cemetery, Auburn, Ellis Co., Texas. Samuel was 57 years old at the time.

Samuel (age 66) passed away on July 11, 1916 in Johnson Co., Texas and was buried at the Auburn Cemetery in Auburn, Ellis Co., Texas.