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Benjamin Shipley and Rebecca Jane Hunt
Benjamin was born Dec 1830 Monroe County, Kentucky and died before 1910 Marshall County, Illinois. He married Rebecca Jane Hunt Oct 18, 1853 McLean County, Illinois. Rebecca was born 1834 Marshall County, Illinois and died before 1900 Marshall County, Illinois. They had six children.
I. Benjamin was born 1854 Marshall County, Illinois.
II. William was born Nov 4, 1855 Marshall County, Illinois.
III. Arabella was born May 1858 Marshall County, Illinois.
IV. Isabella was born May 1858 Marshall County, Illinois.
V. Abraham was born Nov 1860 Marshall County, Illinois.
VI. Margaret was born 1864 Marshall County, Illinois.
Records of the Olden Time; or fifty years on the prairies
Spencer Ellsworth
Illinois Home Journal Steam Printing Establishment, Lacon, 1880
Pg 716 Evans Township
Bingman Shepley
Mr. Shepley was born in Monroe county, Kentucky, in 1830, and came west in 1831 with his parents, and located in Indiana. He came to Marshall county, Ill., in 1849, when he purchased the north-east ¼ section of the county of Marshall, and married Miss Jane Hunt in 1853. She was born in Evans township. They have seven children - Frank, William, Isabella and Arabella (twins), Abraham, Maggie and Jennie. Are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. He has been school director twelve years, is a member of the local protection company and was overseer of the roads eight years.
1860 Marshall County, llinois census Evans Page 265
1929 1868 Shipley Benjamin 29 Ky
Rebecca 27 Ill
Benjamin 6 Ill
William 5 Ill
Isabel 2 Ill
Arabel 2 Ill
Barker David 30 England
1870 Marshall County, Illinois census Evans Page 26
176 176 Shipley Benjamin 45 Ohio
Rebecca 40 Ill
Frank 18 Ill
William 16 Ill
Isebel 12 Ill
Arabel 12 Ill
Abraham 8 Ill
Margaret 6 Ill
1880 Marshall County, Illinois census Ed 146 Evans Page 35
124 124 Shipley Benjamin 49 Ky
Rebecca 47 Ill
Arebell 22 Ill
A L 20 Ill
Maggie 16 Ill
Jennie 8 Ill
1900 Marshall County, Illinois census Ed 42 Evans Page 1B
19 19 Morgan Joseph C May 1854 Oh married twenty three years
Isabelle May 1858 Ill one child born one child living
Benjamin May 1886 Ill
Shipley Benjamin Dec 1830 Ky widower father