Lucy Catherine Shipe

Brief Life History of Lucy Catherine

When Lucy Catherine Shipe was born in January 1840, in Clarke, Virginia, United States, her father, Joseph Theodore Shipe, was 24 and her mother, Deborah Ann Kendall, was 22. She married James W. Gordon on 11 January 1857, in Clarke, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Warren, Virginia, United States for about 10 years and Cedarville, Warren, Virginia, United States for about 30 years. She died on 29 December 1924, in United States, at the age of 84.

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Family Time Line

James W. Gordon
1830–1908
Lucy Catherine Shipe
1840–1924
Marriage: 11 January 1857
Mattie Gorden
1858–
Alphons Gordon
1860–1878
Sarah Mary Gordon
1862–1891
Charles Gordon
1864–1913
Agnes Elizabeth Gordon
1866–1935
Emma Jane Gordon
1869–1952
Roberta Ducy Gordon
1871–1941
Luther Gordon Sr
1874–1938
Laura Gordon
1874–1875
Oliver David Gordon
1876–1962
Lula Gordon
1879–1971
Harry Gordon
1884–1965

Sources (25)

  • Lucy Gordon in household of Harry Gordon, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Lucy Catherine Shipe - Government record: Census record: birth: January 1840; Clarke, Virginia, United States
  • Lucy, "Virginia, Vital Records, 1853-1934"

World Events (8)

1844 · Lumpkin's Jail

In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1862 · The Battle of Fredericksburg

The Battle of Fredericksburg involved 200,000 troops with General Ambrose Burnside of the army of the Potomac against General Lee’s Army of the North.

Name Meaning

Probably an Americanized form of German Scheib .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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