Brief Life History of Grove Alexander
When Grove Alexander Shipley was born on 31 May 1825, in Maryland, United States, his father, Grove Shipley, was 26 and his mother, Louisa Conaway, was 21. He married Mary Ann Brothers on 2 June 1851, in Carroll, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in District 5, Carroll, Maryland, United States in 1860 and Freedom, Carroll, Maryland, United States in 1880. He died on 20 April 1906, in Westminster, Carroll, Maryland, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Westminster, Carroll, Maryland, United States.
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- A Shipley, "United States Census, 1860"
- Grove A. Shipley, "Maryland, Marriages, 1666-1970"
- Grove A Shipley, "Find A Grave Index"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1830 · The Oregon Trail
Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English (Staffordshire): habitational name from any of various places called Shipley, in Derbyshire, Yorkshire, Shropshire, Durham, Northumberland, Sussex, and elsewhere, all named with Old English scēap ‘sheep’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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