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While on a trip to Washington, DC, Chipley died on December 1, 1897. He was in the middle of a trip to lobby lawmakers to base more industrial endeavors in Florida. He was buried in Columbus, while the townspeople of Pensacola erected an obelisk in the [[Plaza Ferdinand VII]] in his honor.
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Image:Chipleyobeliskbase.jpg|Base of the Chipley obelisk in [[Plaza Ferdinand VII]]
Image:Chipleyepitaph.jpg|Plaque on the obelisk base
Image:PlazaFerdinandVII.jpg|The obelisk from a distance
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