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The Fripp family of South Carolina

Notes

James Chisolm Tison

Notes from James Tison:
James Chisolm Tison (1886-1967), second son of John Allen Tison and Martha Leila Fripp (1856-1912), in 1907 married Martha Ann Jackson (1885-1953), daughter of Thomas Baker Jackson and Thomasina Darrington Gerald. They lived for many years in Grahamville, SC, and are buried in the Grahamville Cemetery. Both of them were very interested in the old Episcopal Church of the Holy Trinity in Grahamville and were directly instrumental in building up the congegation and re-vitalizing the Parish.

Martha Ann Jackson

Notes from James Tison: (Self and Grandson)
In 1907, James married Martha Ann Jackson (1885-1953), daughter of Thomas Baker Jackson and Thomasina Darrington Gerald. They lived for many years in Grahamville, SC, and are buried in the Grahamville Cemetery. Both of them were very interested in the old Episcopal Church of the Holy Trinity in Grahamville and were directly instrumental in building up the congegation and re-vitalizing the Parish.

Herbert Harold Tison

Notes from James Tison:
Herbert Harold Tison, born in 1887, was killed in a hunting accident in 1930. He married Katherine Pickren and left seven children.

John Allen Tison Jr.

Notes from James Tison:
John Allen Tison, Jr, married Carolou Chaplin, lived in Orangeburg, SC and had three children, the eldest of whom was an afflicted son.

James Chisolm Tison Jr.

James compiled most of the Tison family tree on this website and part of the Fripp line. His grandson, James Sinkler Tison II, has updated this research and kindly submitted it to this website.

Notes from James Tison:
James Chisolm Tison, Jr., graduated from The Citadel in 1929, and was offered a Fellowship at the University of South Carolina but declined in order to enter the US Coast & Geodetic Survey as a commissioned officer. In March 1942 he was transferred to the Army Air Corps and remained with the Air Force until 1950, where he rose to the rank of Colonel.

In World War II he served in the South Atlantic Theater and at Hq USAF, and was awarded the Legion of Merit and the Commendation Ribbon. After 1950 he served continuously with the Coast & Geodetic Survey until retirement in 1968 with the rank of Rear Admiral (upper half). In the Survey he served as Deputy Director and Director, and was a member of the Mississippi River Commission.

In 1958-59 he attended the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. In 1972 he was elected Director of the International Hydrographic Organization in Monte Carlo, where he served for five years.

On August 3, 1935 he was married to Nan Keith Sinkler of Charleston, SC by the Rev. R. Maynard Marshall. She was the daughter of Huger Sinkler and Anna Wilkinson Marshall, was born November 6, 1909 and died June 12, 1963. She was a member of the Junior League of Charleston and the South Carolina Society of the Colonial Dames of America.

James died May 3, 1991, at Charleston, SC and is buried at Black Swamp Cemetery, Garnett, SC.

Nan Keith Sinkler

Notes from James Tison:
Nan was the daughter of Huger Sinkler and Anna Wilkinson Marshall, and was born November 6, 1909 and died June 12, 1963. She was a member of the Junior League of Charleston and the South Carolina Society of the Colonial Dames of America.

Jabez Curry Street

Notes from James Tison:
Jabez Curry Street was a son of Jabez Curry and Anne Dunklin Street. He was born in Opelaka, AL in 1906, attended Auburn University, then the University of Virginia where he obtained a Master's and PhD degree. He then did research and taught at Harvard University for many years. He also held the Physics Chair at Harvard and is a physicist of note.

A detailed biography of Jabez is available here