Joshua Ballinger Lippincott (1813 - 1886)

Born 18 Mar 1813 in Juliustown, Burlington, New Jersey, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Josephine (Craige) Lippincott — married 16 Oct 1845 in iladelphia, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA

Descendants

Died 5 Jan 1886 at age 72 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania

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Biography

Joshua Ballinger Lippincott (1813-1886) was the only child of Jacob and Sarah (Ballinger) Lippincott. He was born in Juliustown, New Jersey, and there received a common-school education. He relocated to Philadelphia in 1827 and gained employment with a bookseller. J.B. Lippincott soon mastered the business and assumed its leadership at the age of 18 after his employer went bankrupt. In 1836, he started his own firm, J.B. Lippincott and Company, originally selling bibles, prayer books, and eventually, broader religious writings. In 1849, he purchased Grigg, Elliot, and Company, then the largest publishing house in Philadelphia. The firm reorganized and emerged as Lippincott, Grumbo, and Company in 1850. In 1855, partner Grumbo retired and the company name was changed back to J.B. Lippincott and Company. J.B Lippincott was recognized as the undisputed leader in the publishing field in Philadelphia. He served on the boards of Jefferson Medical College and the University of Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia Savings Fund Society, and served, as well, as the director of the Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities. He married Josephine Craige on October 16, 1845, and together they had four children. ^[1]

LIPPINCOTT, Joshua Ballinger, publisher, was born in Juliustown, N.J., March 18, 1813; son of Jacob and Sarah (Ballinger) Lippincott; grandson of Levi Lippincott; great grandson of Jonathan Lippincott, great2 grandson of James Lippincott, great3 grandson of Restore and Hannah (Shattuck) Lippincott and great4 grandson of Richard and Abigail Lippincott.

In 1824 he went to Philadelphia, Pa., where he was a clerk [p.443] in Clark's bookstore, 1827-31, and was manager of the business, 1881-36. In 1836 he founded the publishing house of J. B. Lippincott & Co.

He was married, Oct. 16, 1845, to Josephine, daughter of Seth Craigie of Philadelphia.

In 1849 he bought the stock of Grigg, Elliot & Co., then the largest book house in the United States, and in 1850 he formed the partnership firm of Lippincott, Grambo & Co., and on June 30, 1855, that of J. B. Lippincott & Co. In 1855 they published Lippincott's Pronouncing Gazetteer of the World; in 1868 Lippincott's Magazine was established and soon afterward the Medical Times. They also published The Biographical Dictionary, Allibone's Dictionary of Authors, an edition of Chambers's Encyclopedia and other important works. Mr. Lippincott was a director of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania. 1876-85. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 5, 1886.

Biographies of Notable Americans, 1904 [1]

Birth

18 Mar 1813 Juliustown, Burlington County, New Jersey ^[2][3]

Death

5 Jan 1886 Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania^[4]

Burial

8 Jan 1886 Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania

Sources

1. ↑ University of Delaware - Special Collections - Biddle Papers, Finding Aid
2. ↑ Judith M. Olsen, Lippincott The Sixth Generation of the Descendants of Richard and Abigail Lippincott (The Gloucester County Historical Society). page 243.
3. ↑ Under the editorial supervision of Lyon Gardiner Tyler LL. D, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography (C. 1915 by Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, Reprinted 1998 by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore). Vol. V, page 998.
4. ↑ Subscription - Appleton Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1880, Vol. III, Grinell-Lockwood. page 734 Repository - Ancestry

• J. B. Lippincott & Co. Wikipedia

• Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915, Death certificate for Joshua B. Lippincott, FamilySearch.org (Online Database).