Brief Life History of Harsel Elry
When Harsel Elry Shipley was born in November 1869, in Flora, Clay, Illinois, United States, his father, James Franklin Shipley, was 33 and his mother, Nancy E Michaels, was 28. He married Mary Catherine Rice on 4 January 1891, in Flora, Clay, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Lakewood, Shelby, Illinois, United States in 1920. He died on 25 August 1948, in Flora, Clay, Illinois, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Flora, Clay, Illinois, United States.
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- Elery Shiply in household of Jos T Shiply, "United States Census, 1870"
- Harsel E Shipley, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"
- Harsel Elry Shipley, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1872
Historical Boundaries: 1872: Shelby, Illinois, United States
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
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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