John Shipley was born on 18 September 1811, in Claiborne, Tennessee, United States. He married Sarah Caroline Perkins on 8 September 1836, in Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. He died on 15 June 1850, in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
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The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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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