Edwin Fletcher Clipson
1868 - 1935 (67 years)-
Name Edwin Fletcher Clipson Census 1839 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 
Born 17 Jul 1868 Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois [1] Gender Male Census 1910 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Census 1920 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Occupation newspaper man [1] - in various census records his occupation is listed as music promotion, newspaper dealer, magazine editor
Buried 22 Nov 1935 Mount Hope Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois [1, 2] Died 30 Nov 1935 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois [1, 3] Person ID I2754 Gritton Last Modified 29 Mar 2023
Father John Clarence Clipson, b. 10 Apr 1843, London, England , d. 29 Mar 1924, Okmulgee, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma (Age 80 years) Mother Elizabeth Fairchild, b. 1847, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 8 Aug 1911, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 64 years) Married 8 Oct 1866 Vermilion County, Illinois [4, 5, 6] - Marriage License Abstracts Vermilion County, Illinois 1853-1874. Page 25. Perry Fairchild, father, signed permission for Elizabeth E. Fairchild.
Divorced Bef 1882 [3] Family ID F1013 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Census - 1839 - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 
Born - 17 Jul 1868 - Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Census - 1910 - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Census - 1920 - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 
Buried - 22 Nov 1935 - Mount Hope Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Died - 30 Nov 1935 - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Edwin Fletcher Clipson made an emergency passport application on 20 August 1913 to the American Embassy at Tokyo, Japan.
Born Danville, Illinois, 17 July 1868.
Permanent resident being Chicago, Illinois
Occupation of theatre manager
left United States on 15 May 1913 to sojourn at Yokohama, japan.
Intends to return to the United States within Three months.
desire the passport for the purpose of travel in Russia.
- Edwin F. Clipson Rites Today; Ex-New Writer
Funeral services for Edwin F. Clipson will be held at 10 o’clock this morning in the chapel at 716 North State street. Mr. Clipson died on Wednesday. He was a former newspaper man. He was associated with Western Newspaper Union for a number of years and was former financial secretary of the Press Club of Chicago. He was born in Danville, Ill., 67 years ago.
Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois. Friday, 22 November 1935, page 35.
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- Edwin Fletcher Clipson made an emergency passport application on 20 August 1913 to the American Embassy at Tokyo, Japan.
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Sources - [S7] Illinois, Deaths and stillbirths index, 1916-1947.
- [S2] Find a Grave.
- [S17] Obituary.
- [S12] Illinois Marriages.
- [S75] The Family of Gritton, Don Claypool, (Don Claypool, 1997).
- [S48] Marriage Abstracts, Vermilion County, Illinois: 1853-1874, (Illiana Genealogical and Historical Society).
- [S102] Newspaper article, newspapers.com.
- [S7] Illinois, Deaths and stillbirths index, 1916-1947.