Individual Details
James K. Polk Pippin
(11 Aug 1843 - 21 Aug 1899)
James enlisted 8 Feb 1864 and served as a private in Company H, 1st TN Mounted Infantry, Union. He was age 18. He deserted at Livinigston, TN on 10 Apr 1865. He applied for an invalid pension on 2 Jul 1888. The statement when his pension was granted says the charge of desertion was removed.
America divorced James on 5 Feb 1891, asking for custody of their four minor children, Milton, Redman, Jasper, & America. She had child Mary Frances prior to their remarriage on 7 Mar 1893. There were 12 children in all.
James & America are buried at Woodall cemetery in Jackson Co.
Events
| Birth | 11 Aug 1843 |  | |||
| Marriage | 2 Sep 1865 | Polly America Jackson | | ||
| Divorce | 1891 | Polly America Jackson | | ||
| Marriage | 7 Mar 1893 | Jackson County, Tennessee - Polly America Jackson | | ||
| Death | 21 Aug 1899 |
Families
| Spouse | Polly America Jackson (1850 - 1918) |
| Child | Joseph Silas Pippin (1867 - 1910) |
| Child | Redmond Carver Pippin (1880 - 1909) |
| Child | James Milton Pippin (1888 - 1961) |
| Father | Joseph "Joe" Pippin (1811 - 1854) |
| Mother | Susannah Hightower (1813 - 1860) |
| Sibling | Diannah Frances "Frankie" Pippin (1832 - 1912) |
| Sibling | Redmond Pippin (1834 - ) |
| Sibling | Sarah Ann "Sally" Pippin (1837 - 1913) |
| Sibling | Henry Pippin (1839 - ) |
| Sibling | John Isaac Pippin (1841 - 1912) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Jane "Betty" Pippin (1850 - 1893) |
Endnotes
1. Lee, Mark Philip, manuscript, Pioneer Pippin History (Handwritten copy).
2. US Census TN 1850 Jackson County
3. Lee, Mark Philip, manuscript, Pioneer Pippin History (Handwritten copy).
4. Wilda Allen Luttrell, Emily L. Person Pippin, and James Roberts "Jim" Pippin, Pippin Pathways: The Life and Descendants of Joseph Pippin (Knoxville, TN: Tennessee Valley Publishing, 1998), p.415.
5. Wilda Allen Luttrell, Emily L. Person Pippin, and James Roberts "Jim" Pippin, Pippin Pathways: The Life and Descendants of Joseph Pippin (Knoxville, TN: Tennessee Valley Publishing, 1998), p.415.