He married Fannie Bell Brown in 1923 in Tennessee. She is the daughter of George Washington Brown and Parilee E. Byers. She was born 4 November 1885. She died 19 July 1974.
Children of Herman Pincus Rippetoe and Fannie Bell Brown Walter Glen Rippetoe (9 February 1924 - ?) Mattie Grace Rippetoe (31 March 1926 - ?)
