"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX3Q-MK8 : 12 April 2016), Stephen Shiply in household of Josiah Shiply, Bennington, Licking, Ohio, United States; citing family 1199, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJ4B-J22 : 4 November 2017), Stephen E. Shipley in entry for Samuel Cooper and Sarah E. Shipley, 08 Dec 1881, Lowell, Henry, Iowa, United States; citing reference , county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 965,932.
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