Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., 
1887, Owen Co.

T. J. SHIPP was born in Owen County, Ky., December 17, 1827, and is a
son of R. H. and Margaret (Clark) Shipp.  R. H. Shipp was born in 
Bourbon County, Ky., in 1797; he was a minister of the Baptist Church, 
and a wealthy man for his day and time.  Mrs. Margaret Shipp, was a 
daughter of Amos Clark, a native of Maryland, who immigrated to Kentucky
and settled in Owen County.  Colby Shipp, paternal grandfather of T. J.,
was born in Culpeper County, Va.  He was a brave soldier of the 
Revolution, and came to Kentucky with the noted Col. Briant, and was an 
old pioneer of the "dark and bloody ground", he died in 1830.  Rebecca 
(Ely) Shipp, paternal grandmother of T. J., was a daughter of George 
Ely, and was born near Ely's ford on the Potomac River, in Virginia.  
Nancy (Duvall) Clark, maternal grandmother, was a daughter of Col. John 
Duvall, who was a colonel in the Revolution, under Gen. Washington.  T. 
J. Shipp, the subject of this sketch, was educated in the common schools
of Owen County, and worked on a farm until thirty-three years of age, 
when he commenced blacksmithing, and now carries on a carriage and 
wagon shop.  In 1848 he married L. A. Baxter, daughter of James and 
Jane (Haisten) Baxter.  James Baxter was a minister of the Baptist 
Church, and a soldier from Kentucky, of the war of 1812.  Four children 
blessed the union of T. J. Shipp and L. A. Baxter, viz: Margaret, J. H.,
G. W., and Susan, all living.  The family are members of the Baptist 
Church.  In politics Mr. Shipp is a Jeffersonian Democrat.

Shipp Clark Ely Duvall Clark Baxter Haisten
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Bourbon-KY MD Culpeper-VA

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