Nathan Thomas Shipley

Brief Life History of Nathan Thomas

When Nathan Thomas Shipley was born on 13 March 1872, in Clinton, Kentucky, United States, his father, William T Shipley, was 26 and his mother, Elizabeth Huff, was 24. He married Clementine Boles. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Magisterial District 5, Lawrence, Kentucky, United States in 1930 and Huntersville, Clinton, Kentucky, United States in 1940. He died on 10 August 1942, in Clinton, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Clinton, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Nathan Thomas Shipley
1872–1942
Clementine Boles
1874–1925
Lillie May Shipley
1894–1982
Minnie E Shipley
1896–1995
Corda Shipley
1899–1995
Clura William Shipley
1902–1985
Okla Shipley
1904–1998
Fred Shipley
1907–1935
Otha C Shipley
1910–1997
Ruby Shipley
1913–2010
John N Shipley
1916–1972
Vivian Pearl Shipley
1919–2011

Sources (30)

  • N T Shipley, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Nathan Thomas Shipley, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1967"
  • Tom Shipley in entry for Leoie E. Irby and Okley Shipley, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1875 · A New Civil Rights Act

During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.

1892 · The Radio is invented

Kentucky native Nathan Stubblefield invented the radio in 1892

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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