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Surnames: WALKER, SHIPLEY
Classification: Query
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Hello,
On the 1850 Floyd Co. Fed. Census, Franklin Township, there is this listing:
Dwelling 758-876
SHIPLEY, Benjamin, 60, b. TN
. .Ruth, 45, wife, b. KY
. .Delany, 5, b. IN
. .George, 2, b. IN
Indiana Marriage records show Ruth WALKER married Benjamin SHIPLEY on April 20, 1843 in
Owen Co., IN. Ruth WALKER's parents were Walter and Annie WALKER. Walter died in
1850 in Owen Co., IN. He was born abt. 1765.
He was my ggg-grandfather and Ruth WALKER was a sister to my gg-grandmother, Sarah Ann
WALKER who lived out her life in Knox Co., KY married to Cornelius Alexander TAYLOR.
We also know from an old letter that Ruth's brother, William WALKER purchased land in
Floyd Co., IN and moved onto this land. Other sisters to Ruth WALKER were Phoebe and
Annie WALKER who married an OWEN and and ALLEY and remained in the Owen Co., IN area.
Does anyone have these names in their data base or are you able to provide any additional
information on this family or their two listed children. As of the 1860 Floyd Co., I
believe they were still present in Floyd Co.
I appreciate any input.
Joyce Taylor Collins
La Palma, CA