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Glen Lester Phipps (b. August 1889, d. date unknown)
Notes for Glen Lester Phipps:
Glen's World War I draft registration card lists him as an inmate in the "Va. Penetentiary."He was incarcerated in 1920 according to the Census in Dinwiddie County, VA.
According to family, Glen was set up by his wife, Mary, in a plot which would later cause him to kill one of her cousins.He went to prison for the killing and became a trustee, which allowed him to leave the prison from time to time to get wood to make banjos and fiddles.While in prison, Mary left with the children and went to California.Glen walked away from the prison one day and went to California to find his family, but was not allowed to see them by their mother.He left a note at his daughter's house saying he was passing through and that "by way of introduction," he was William Phipps, late of Indiana.His granddaughter, Nancy Phipps Bepler, did some research on him and concluded that Glen may very well have changed his name to William and moved to Plantation, Indiana from Social Security information she was able to find.
More About Glen Lester Phipps and Mary Jane Green:
Marriage: May 16, 1911, Richlands, Tazewell Co., VA.
Children of Glen Lester Phipps and Mary Jane Green are:
- +Ralph Harold Phipps, b. May 02, 1912, Buchanan Co., VA, d. November 30, 1993, Contra Costa, CA.
- Athaleen Phipps, b. February 03, 1914, Buchanan Co., VA, d. February 14, 1994, Contra Costa, CA..