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WILLIAM KIPP, druggist and pharmacist, Greenville. We could hardly do justice to the business interests of Greenville, without devoting a brief space of this work to the gentleman whose name heads this sketch. He was born in the kingdom of Wurtemberg, Germany, April 13, 1832, where he received a liberal education, attending school continuously from 6 to 14 years of age. When 20 years of age, he emigrated to America, landing in New York September, 1851, making the trip from Antwerp in twenty-three days, in a sailing vessel; he then came to Cincinnati, and was employed on the railroad some four months, and in the spring of 1853 came to Dayton; in September of the same year, came to Greenville, where he has since lived; upon arriving here, his capital consisted of 60 cents; after following the business of tonsorial artist two years, he associated with Conrad Shively in the drug business, under the firm name of Shively & Kipp, continuing the same until 1872, when the death of Mr. S. occurred, since which time Mr. Kipp has continued the business alone; he keeps a full and complete line of such goods as are to be found only in first-class drug stores; a card of his business is to be found in the business directory of Greenville, in another part of this work. His marriage with Barbara C. Rich was celebrated in the spring of 1857; she was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1834; they were the parents of eight children, of whom two are deceased; the living are Emma, Bertha, Conrad, August, William and Edward.