Thomas Joseph Shipp (1845 - 1930)

Born 17 Apr 1845 in Marshall, Calhoun County, Michigan

Ancestors

Husband of Frances Sophia (Skinner) Shipp — married 22 Nov 1871 in Eckford, Calhoun County, Michigan

Descendants

Died 1 Jul 1930 at age 85 in Eckford, Calhoun, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Thomas Shipp was born in Marshall, Michigan, in 1845, but that year the family moved back to their farm in Emmet Township, Calhoun County, Michigan. In 1855 they moved back to Marshall and in 1862 to a farm in Eckford Township, Calhoun County, where Tom spent the rest of his life. He married Frances Sophia "Fannie" Skinner in 1871. With his mother he managed the farm during his father's years of decline, though in 1880 it was divided such that he and Frances had the southern 160 acres. He served as chairman of the county board of supervisors and in other posts. They were members of the West Eckford Methodist Church. Frances died in 1901. His daughter Bessie cared for him in his later years. He died in 1930; the newspaper headline was "Eckford's Grand Old Man Passes Away." They are buried in the West Eckford church cemetery with his parents.

Sources

United States Census, Michigan, Calhoun County, Emmett Township, 1850, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6W29-RRH?i=25&cc=1401638&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMF8Z-2HC

U.S. Census, Michigan, Calhoun County, Marshall, Ward 3, 1860, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWDV-7Q4

U.S. Census, Michigan, Calhoun County, Eckford, 1870, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHH6-FC3

U.S. Census, Michigan, Calhoun County, Eckford, 1880, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW9B-1BX

U.S. Census, Michigan, Calhoun County, Eckford, 1900, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M915-JZG

U.S. Census, Michigan, Calhoun County, Eckford, 1910, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLPV-HKQ

U.S. Census, Michigan, Calhoun County, Eckford, 1920, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZSN-PCP (Seymour 37 Bessie 37 Thomas 7 Thomas 74)

Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFH3-7CQ

Find A Grave Index, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLC-MBDM

Frank J. Shipp, 1946. Autobiographical Notes. 1872-1946. Gaylord, Michigan. Unpublished.

Roger Shipp Peterson, 2003, The Joseph and Elizabeth Shipp Family. Santa Fe, New Mexico. 50 pages.

Acknowledgment

Profile begun by Roger Peterson-2111 in 2017.