This is the Genealogical line of Dorothy Lucille Tipton, aka Billy Tipton, who from the age of 19 until her death at age 74 worked as a Jazz musician masquerading as man.

Jonathan Tipton (1639-1757) & Sarah Pierce
Jonathan Tipton II, (1699-1799) & Elizabeth Edwards
Jonathan Tipton III, (1750-1833) & Frances Perlina Daugherty
Samuel Tipton (1777-1861) & Mary Schultz
Jesse Pieratt Tipton (1820-????) & Patsy Reed
Thomas Tipton (1849-1917) & Deco Ella Bywater (1854-1916)
George William Tipton (1892-1975) & Reggie Parks
Dorothy Lucille Tipton (1915-1989)

The following links contain more information on Billy...
Suits Me, by Diane Middlebrook

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