James S. Shipman

    James A. Shipman, son of James and Mary (Wine) Shipman, was born in Fountain County, Indiana, April 11, 1836. He first moved to Montgomery County, and six years later to Cass County; in 1849 he went to Iowa and in 1856 returned to Montgomery County; four years later he took up his residence in this township (Gilboa), where he owns forty acres of good land finely improved. He learned carpentering in his younger days and still occasionally works at the trade.

    In 1863, he married Miss M. E. Merrill, of Montgomery County, Indiana, and of the children born to him there are four living and two deceased. He has served as Road Commissioner of Gilboa Township, and is a highly respected citizen.

Source: Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Co., 1883.