Brief Life History of James Washington
When James Washington Shipley was born on 2 February 1840, in Ohio, United States, his father, Thomas Shipley, was 31 and his mother, Eliza Bell Douglass, was 30. He married Rebecca Ellen Smith on 22 June 1859, in Linn, Missouri, United States. He lived in Bowman Township, Sullivan, Missouri, United States in 1870. He died on 21 December 1875, in Sullivan, Missouri, United States, at the age of 35, and was buried in Lindley Cemetery, Taylor Township, Sullivan, Missouri, United States.
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- James W Shipley, "United States Census, 1870"
- James W. Shipley, "Find A Grave Index"
- James Shipley in household of Thos Shipley, "United States Census, 1850"
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1843
Historical Boundaries 1843: Highland County create from Non-County Area 23 1845: Highland County renamed Sullivan County
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
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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