BIO: CHARLEY D. SIPE, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 255-256
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    CHARLEY D. SIPE, a prominent shoe dealer located at No. 18 North Hanover
  street, Carlisle, established this business in 1899, and now has one of the
  finest houses of the kind in the county. His birth occurred Sept. 28, 1872,
  in Carlisle, and he is a son of Robert F. and Mamie A. (Heckindorn) Sipe,
  both of whom are living in Carlisle. Robert F. Sipe was born and reared in
  Carlisle, where he learned the trade of cabinet-maker with his father, David
  Sipe. After completing his trade he and his brother Albert succeeded the
  father in the business, and since that time they have worked along these
  lines, although Robert Sipe is now living practically retired. He married
  Mamie Heckindorn, a daughter of Leonard Heckindorn, and they had the
  following family Charles D.; William F., a finisher at the Carlisle Shoe Co.;
  and Robert, who died at the age of four years. Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Sipe
  attend the First Lutheran Church, of which she is a member.
  
    Charley D. Sipe attended the city schools
    
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  until he was thirteen, when he entered the shoe store of C. W. Strohm as a
  clerk, and spent five years there. He then entered the drug store of John
  Sipe. After two years he clerked for H. W. Lare, shoe dealer, and then opened
  his own business, as above stated. He is one of the live, progressive young
  business men of the city. Fraternally he is a member of the A. F. & A. M.,
  St. John Lodge, No. 260, and of the I. O. O. F. Lodge, No. 91, and is very
  popular in both organizations.
    
    In November, 1897, Mr. Sipe married Sarah E. Beetem, daughter of George
  Beetem, of Carlisle, and to them has been horn one child, Robert B. They are
  consistent members of the First Lutheran Church of Carlisle. Their residence
  is at No. 234 South Hanover street, Carlisle. Mr. and Mrs. Sipe have made
  many friends and are important factors in the social life of the community.