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Surnames: Shipp, Skelton, Bement, Lemme, Hubbard,
Classification: Biography
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This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the
insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just
thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. NOTE:
I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no
index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it.
Typed by Lora Radiches:
Surnames in this biography are: Shipp, Skelton, Bement, Lemme, Hubbard,
PROF. JOHN H. SHIPP. The entire career of Prof. John H. Shipp, superintendent of schools
of Washington, Daviess County, has been passed as an educator, and through merit and a
industry, native and acquired talent, a sincere a love of his calling and great powers of
application he has worked his way up the ladder, step by step, to a position among the
leading instructors of Southern Indiana. His success has been gained by no fortuitous
circumstances or friendly assistance, but by hard work and the ready recognition and
instant use of opportunities as they have appeared. Professor Shipp was born on a farm in
Gibson County, Indiana, August 25, 1885, and is a son of David and Mary (Skelton) Shipp.
David Shipp was born in England, where he was reared and educated, but in young manhood
decided that better opportunities awaited a man of ambition and determination in the
United States and accordingly immigrated to this country and first took up his residence
in Warwick County, Indi!
ana, where he engaged in farming and was married. Not long after the latter
event he moved to Gibson County, where he rounded out a long and honorable career as a
farmer and raiser of stock, and was highly respected in his community because of
his high character and public spirit. He died at Francisco, Gibson County, October
18, 1912. Mr. Shipp married Miss Mary Skelton, who was born in Warwick County, daughter of
John Skelton, an early resident of that county. Mrs. Shipp died April 15, 1908. To this
union there were born four children: Edward, who has a position in the Department of
Agriculture at Washington, D. C.; Effie C., who married John Bement and resides at
Princeton, Indiana; Ada, who married Charles Lemme and resides at Ogden, Utah; and Prof.
John H., of this review. John H. Shipp attended the public schools of
Francisco, Indiana, and Oakland City College, and in 1912 was graduated from the Indiana
State Normal School at Terre!
Haute. For a time thereafter he taught, in a rural school in Central Township, but,
desiring further to prepare himself, entered the University of Chicago, from which he was
graduated as a member of the class of 1917, with the A. B. degree. In the meantime he had
charge of the Francisco schools for six years, and from 1915 until 1918 was principal of
the schools at Potoka, and from 1918 until 1922 was city superintendent of the schools at
Mitchell. In 1918 to 1921, he also did post graduate work at the University of Chicago.
Professor Shipp came to Washington as superintendent of schools in 1922, and has since
made many changes and elevated general standards, being at the head of one of the most
important school systems of the southern part of the state, comprising a student body of
1950, with sixty-nine teachers under his supervision. He is one of the best-known
educators in the state, being president of the Southwestern Group of Teachers, a member of
the Schoolmasters Cl!
ub of Indianapolis, the Indiana State Teachers Association and the Southern Indiana
Superintendents Research Club. He also takes a constructive interest in civic affairs as a
member of the Rotary Club and a director of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, and is
active in many other clubs and organizations. During his career at Washington he has won
public confidence and esteem, as well as the cooperation and friendship of teachers,
parents and the student body On June 16, 1921, Professor Shipp was united in marriage with
Miss Ethel Hubbard of Orleans, Indiana, and to this union there have been born three
children: Cloene Ethel born January 28, 1925, John Hubbard, born April 13, 1926, and David
Austin, born November 15, 1928. Professor and Mrs. Shipp occupy a pleasant home at
Washington.