From the first family portraits to the Pink Home in Cowley, Wyoming, these photographs help us remember where we came from and why family still matters today.
Every family has a beginning, and every photograph is a little doorway into that story. This page introduces the early generations of the Tippets family, beginning with Brigham Lewis Tippets Sr. and continuing through the life and family of Brigham Lewis Tippets Jr.
Brigham Lewis Tippets Jr. was married first to Maud Birdean Huffaker, who passed away after childbirth. He later married Sophie Ernestine Mathisen. Both women are part of the family story, and both deserve to be remembered by the generations who followed.
This early family portrait begins our gallery. It shows the generation that helped establish the Tippets family roots and created the heritage that later generations would carry forward.
For younger descendants, this image is a reminder that every reunion, every family story, and every family name connects back to real people who lived, worked, sacrificed, and built a foundation for those who came after them.
Maud Birdean Huffaker was the first wife of Brigham Lewis Tippets Jr. Together they began raising the next generation of the family.
Maud passed away after childbirth, but her life and influence continued through her children and descendants. Her place in the family story is tender, important, and deeply respected.
After Maud's passing, Brigham Lewis Tippets Jr. married Sophie Ernestine Mathisen. Sophie became an important part of the Tippets family and shared the later chapter of Brigham's life.
Her photograph belongs near the beginning of this page so descendants can understand the full family story and honor both wives of Brigham Lewis Tippets Jr.
This photograph shows the family home in Cowley, Wyoming, remembered as the Pink Home. It gives the family story a real place: a house, a yard, children, parents, and the daily life of a growing family.
The Pink Home is more than an old house in a photograph. It represents beginnings, family work, childhood memories, and the early roots of many Tippets descendants.
This outdoor photograph captures Brigham Lewis Tippets Jr. with his children when they were younger. It has the warmth of everyday family life rather than a formal studio setting.
These are the years when the children were growing, learning, working, and becoming the generation that would carry the family forward.
This formal family portrait was taken in Ogden, Utah, in 1944. By this time, the family had grown and the children were older, giving us a beautiful record of the family together during an important season of life.
Formal portraits like this were often treasured by families because they preserved not just faces, but a moment in the life of the whole family.
This photograph shows Brigham Lewis Tippets Jr. with his sons as adults. It marks the next chapter in the family story, as the children became parents, grandparents, workers, neighbors, and leaders in their own homes and communities.
The family legacy continued through them and through the generations that now gather, remember, and celebrate together.
This photograph shows Brigham Lewis Tippets Jr. with Sophie Ernestine Mathisen Tippets later in life. It is a fitting closing image for this early history section.
Their later years remind us that family history is not just about dates and names. It is about love, loss, second chapters, homes, children, faith, and the memories that keep a family connected.
This page is only the beginning. Family members are invited to share additional photographs, names, dates, places, and stories so this gallery can continue to grow. Every picture helps another generation know where they came from.