When Sterling Davis Shipley was born in 1831, in McMinn, Tennessee, United States, his father, Uriah Hart Shipley, was 21 and his mother, Mary Anne Davis, was 20. He married Larana Tamsy Buttram on 27 August 1850, in McMinn, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Douglas, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Izard, Arkansas, United States in 1870. He died in December 1879, in Fulton, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in County Line Cemetery, Baxter, Arkansas, United States.
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Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
Historical Boundaries - 1843: Fulton, Arkansas, United States
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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’.
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