Kentucky:  A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed.,
1886. Barren County.

JAMES C. SHIPLEY, son of E. D. and Sarah (Smith) Shipley, was born June
18,1839, in Hawkins County, Tenn., and is the eldest in a family of six
sons.  At the age of thirteen he moved to Barren County with his
parents, and at twenty-two commenced life for himself; he farmed five
years and then sold groceries at Glasgow one year.  He married, December
12, 1863, Mildred Jackman, of Barren County.  Her father, William
Jackman, is a native of Kentucky, and of Irish descent; his wife's
maiden name as Leah Stefey [sic]. She is a native of Wythe County, Va.,
and of German descent. Mr. Jackman was an orphan boy, learned the
tanner's trade in Versailles, Ky., and at the age of twenty migrated to
Barren County, Ky. He is now seventy-five years old; he and wife are the
parents of nine daughters and two sons, all of whom are living, the
youngest being twenty-nine years old.  Mr. Shipley's mother died
February 27, 1879, in her sixty-fourth year; his father is still living
aged seventy-nine years.  His Grandmother Shipley's maiden name was
Wells; his Grandmother Smith's maiden name was Allen. To Mr. and Mrs.
Shipley eight children were born, six now living:  Lela, Dove, Tim J.,
John A., Calvin M., and Josephine.  Mr. Shipley and wife are members of
the Christian Church.  After marriage he located seven miles east of
Glasgow; two years later he moved to Beaver Creek; and in December,
1875, settled on 117 acres where he now resides, near Glasgow Junction;
he now owns 200 acres, highly improved and cultivated. His father, E. D.
Shipley, was born in Sullivan County, Tenn., on the Holston River; in
his younger days he was a boat-builder, and transported salt down the
Holton and Tennessee Rivers to Ditto's Landing. After marriage he taught
school and engaged in farming; in 1852 he moved to Barren County and
settled on a farm of 180 acres on Beaver Creek.  His father, Benjamin
Shipley, was also a farmer and boat-builder, and of Welsh and English
origin.  Mrs. Sarah Shipley was a daughter of Calvin and Nancy (Allen)
Smith, natives of North Carolina, and early settlers of Tennessee.
Calvin Smith was of English descent, a farmer and miller, and a soldier
in the war of 1812.  His father-in-law's name was Charles Allen, and he
was a soldier in the Revolutionary war; his wife's maiden name was Hunt.
Mr. Shipley is a Democrat, and cast his first presidential vote for S.
A. Douglas.

Allen Douglas Hunt Jackman Shipley Smith Stefey Steffey Wells
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Hawkins-TN Sullivan-TN Versailles-Woodford-KY Wythe-VA NC

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