during the course of the american revolution, tipton suffered a number of personal tragedies. his wife, mary, died in 1776 while giving birth. he married a widow, martha (denton) moore. his son, abraham, was killed while fighting under george rogers clark. when tipton and his second wife had a son together, they named him abraham, for the son who had died. his son, william, was badly wounded during the siege of savannah.