REV WILLIAM PIPPINCOTT, minister, St paris; is a grandson of Samuel Lippincott, who was of English birth and came to America at a very early day; he was one of the patriots of the War of Independence, through which he passed and endured many hardships. Rev Lippincott is a son of Rev Ephraim Lippincott, who was born in Monmouth Co, NJ, soon after the war of 1776. Early in the nineteenth century, he commenced his pastoral labors in the Baptist Church. In a827, he moved from Licking Co., Ohio, to Clark Co., Ohio, where he continued his profession, and eleven years later he located in Jackson Township, Champaign Co., Ohio, and followed his pastoral labors until within a few years of his decease, in 1874. In 1806, he married Miss Mary, daughter of Rev. John W, Patterson; they had nine children by this union ;six reached maturity, of whom five are now living. Our subject was born in Licking Co., Ohio, Oct. 28, 1819; seven years later, he with his parents located in Pike Township, Clark Co., Ohio, where he grew to manhood on the farm, and ac quired his elementary education in the log-hut schools, which he since, through industry and experience, has greatly improved. In l869, he commenced his ministerial labors, and one year later he was ordained as a minister of the Baptist Church, in Wabash Co., Ind. In April, 1873, he located in St.Paris, where he has since labored in the Nettle Creek Church, a short distance off, and various other places. His marriage with Mary Wells was celebrated Feb. 20, 1840 ; she was born in Virginia Aug. 12. 1819.