From: George Williams, acquaintance of the Washington, Mo., Muenches (Feb. 2013)
I stumbled across this site in doing some research on Rush Limbaugh Sr.'s connections to my family in Southeast Missouri. I was surprised to find Limbaugh's connection with the Nellie Muench case. But as I looked a little further at your site, I was a bit saddened that I could find no other information about Ludwig O. Muench and his second family in Washington, Mo., where I grew up. I knew his son Eric (Ricky) from first grade through high school and considered him a good friend. With Ricky, I was a cub scout in a pack that his mother started. I knew nothing of his family history while I was growing up, but only thought the Muenches were a fine family. I learned about Ludwig's notoriety later. But as perhaps you've heard, the town was willing to give him a second chance--and he repaid them by being a respected doctor and model citizen. You might want to post something about Ludwig's "second chapter" on your site, since you've put up the first. Somehow, I feel that would be doing right by Ricky and his sister Christine.
--George Williams
--George Williams
From: Rob Tipton, nephew of "Notorious Nellie" (June 2013)
I am [Judge] E. M. Tipton's grandson, and was one of 3 children who spent their early childhood being fussed over by an overbearing Aunt Nell who made my mother miserable with her intrusions into our lives. My father was E. M. Tipton's son.
I have several photos, memorabilia and even a very large framed painting of the judge that hangs in our living room. I was too young to remember Aunt Nell, but the stories of her attempts to control our family's affairs are pretty funny. Sadly, my father finally had enough of her constant insults directed at our mother and said goodbye to her, and “don't come back.” When he attended her funeral, the minister looked right at him as he said, "She had no living relatives."
My grandfather was well known as a Supreme Court Judge. But, what is just as interesting is some of his other accomplishments that are not well known to many who remember him in that role. He was the Big 6 880 champion running for Mizzou on the track team. He was head football coach of Westminster College in 1912 and 1913. He was head coach of the TCU football team in 1918, and planned to practice law in the state of Texas until the death of his 2-year-old son, Alfred, during the great flu epidemic. I have his original license to practice law in the State of Texas, and the deed to the cemetery plot that Alfred is buried in (I visited the plot a few years ago).
--Robb Tipton
A graduate of the University of Missouri, where he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order fraternity, Robb Tipton now lives in Kemah, Texas. This year is the 100th anniversary of his grandfather’s final (5-4) season as football coach at Westminster College.
P.S.: William M. Tipton, the father of E.M. and Nellie Tipton, was a Confederate POW who had served with John A. Poindexter.
(See Attached Documents: Tipton1, Tipton 2, Tipton 3, Tipton 4, Tipton 5, Tipton 6, Tipton 7, Tipton 8)
I have several photos, memorabilia and even a very large framed painting of the judge that hangs in our living room. I was too young to remember Aunt Nell, but the stories of her attempts to control our family's affairs are pretty funny. Sadly, my father finally had enough of her constant insults directed at our mother and said goodbye to her, and “don't come back.” When he attended her funeral, the minister looked right at him as he said, "She had no living relatives."
My grandfather was well known as a Supreme Court Judge. But, what is just as interesting is some of his other accomplishments that are not well known to many who remember him in that role. He was the Big 6 880 champion running for Mizzou on the track team. He was head football coach of Westminster College in 1912 and 1913. He was head coach of the TCU football team in 1918, and planned to practice law in the state of Texas until the death of his 2-year-old son, Alfred, during the great flu epidemic. I have his original license to practice law in the State of Texas, and the deed to the cemetery plot that Alfred is buried in (I visited the plot a few years ago).
--Robb Tipton
A graduate of the University of Missouri, where he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order fraternity, Robb Tipton now lives in Kemah, Texas. This year is the 100th anniversary of his grandfather’s final (5-4) season as football coach at Westminster College.
P.S.: William M. Tipton, the father of E.M. and Nellie Tipton, was a Confederate POW who had served with John A. Poindexter.
(See Attached Documents: Tipton1, Tipton 2, Tipton 3, Tipton 4, Tipton 5, Tipton 6, Tipton 7, Tipton 8)
