Son of Jacob & Anna (Goodman) Ripley
He married Anna Nancy Frey - parents of David II, Jacob, Sarah, Isaac, Christian, Mary, Elizabeth, Abraham, John, Anna between 1837 and 1853. NOT the father of Isaac Davis Ripley born 1854.
1860 US Census for Green, Erie, Pennsylvania:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61420846/david-ripley
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4H8-5LF : 12 April 2016), David Ripley, McKean, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 23, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXR1-36F : 13 December 2017), David Ripley, 1860.
United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZGG-26L : 12 April 2016), D Ripley, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 16, family 135, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,840.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWFC-9QM : 15 July 2017), David Ripley, Greene, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 162, sheet 57C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1128; FHL microfilm 1,255,128.
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