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EARLY SETTLERS OF SANGAMON COUNTY - 1876
By John Carroll Power

These biographies were submitted by a researcher and evidently abstracted from the 1876 History of Sangamon County, IL. Errors could occur, so one should always verify the correctness by obtaining copies of vitals and performing all necessary research to document what is contained herein.



SHIPLEY, RICHARD A., was born Jan. 15, 1812, in Baltimore county, Md., and was married August 6, 1835, in Washington county, in the same State, to Ellen Albert. They had one child, and moved to Springfield, Illinois, arriving May 20, 1837, where they had six children, three of whom died young. Of their four children--

McKENDREE, born April 7, 1836, in Washington county, Md., raised in Springfield, spent fourteen years in Texas, and died August, 1872, in Springfield.

MARY E., born September, 1838, in Springfield, died in her seventeenth year.

RICHARD A., Jun., born April 8, 1840, in Springfield. He enlisted in 1862, in Co. --, 130th Ill. Inf., served three years and was honorably discharged. He was married in 1862 to Laura Stall. They have one living child, WILLIAM R., and resides in Springfield.

WILLIAM H., born April 8, 1842, in Springfield. He enlisted in 1862 for three years in the Chicago Board of Trade Battery of Artiliery, served full term and was honorably discharged in 1865. He was married in 1867 to Ann Johnson. They have one child, ALBERT R., and live in Springfield.

Richard A. Shipley and wife reside at 1108 Monroe street, between Eleventh and Twelfth, Springfield, Ill.



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