Sylvester
Shipman
Born about in Jackson, Indiana, United States
Ancestors 
Son of John Shipman
and Nancy (Empson) Shipman
Brother of
William Harrison Shipman
Husband of
Louisa Eliza (Chaney) Shipman
— married
7 Jan 1844 in Greene, Indiana, USA
Descendants 
Father of
Nancy Melinda Shipman
Died
at about age 49
in Fulton, Bourbon, Kansas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Sep 2018
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Biography
Sylvester Shipman was born in 1823 (although headstone says 1817, the 1850 & 1860 census docs say 1823). He married Louisa Eliza Chaney on January 7, 1844. He died on April 10, 1867, in Fulton, Kansas, at the age of 44, and was buried there.[1]
MILITARY, Civil War:[2]
- Name: Sylvester Shipman
- Birth Year: abt 1823
- Birth Location: Jackson, Indiana
- Enlistment Date: 18 Aug 1862
- Enlistment Town: Freedom
- Military Unit: 12th Kansas Volunteer Infantry Company H
Notes from Findagrave.com:[3]
Sylvester's head stone has his birth as 1817, but Census records have his birth year as 1823 and his mother and father "John and Nancy" were married in 1820. It appears the Eliza buried next to Sylvester is probably Louisa. Probate papers don't mention a wife, and their daughter Nancy was given guardianship of the 2 minor sons. Also, the probate papers mention property in IL from estate of Robert Y Chaney. Chaney was Louisa's maiden name. Sylvester's Probate Records also Mention property in IN from the estate John.
Probate Records: Bourbon Co (Ft Scott)
Administrator: Brother, Wesley Shipman #29335264
Gen Index #191b
Appearance Docket #A, pg 200
Filing box #11
BURIAL
Fairview Cemetery
Fulton, Bourbon County, Kansas
Sources
- ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/36407284/person/262041417380/facts
- ↑ Kansas Volunteer Regiments and Batteries (1862-1868). Record Group: 034, Records of the Adjutant General's Office of the State of Kansas, 1856-1993; Record Group Unit Identifier: 190429; Subgroup: Wartime Records (1861-1947); Series: Enlistment Papers (1862-1869, 1917-1918); Series Unit Identifier: 190429; Set Control Number: 00429. Topeka, KS: Kansas Historical Society.
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96925923/sylvester-shipman
- Year: 1850; Census Place: Richland, Clark, Illinois; Roll: M432_100; Page: 209B; Image: 177
- Year: 1860; Census Place: Bourbon, Kansas Territory; Roll: M653_346; Page: 438; Family History Library Film: 803346
- Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1861-1904; The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General; Record Group Number: 92; Series Number: M1845
- Indiana, Compiled Marriages, 1802-1892; Source Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Microfilm 1317803
- Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; 1865 Kansas Territory Census; Roll: ks1865_2; Line: 1
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