Joseph Shipman was born in Athens Co., Oh about 1807. The only two Shipmans in Athens County around that time frame was Charles Shipman and Daniel Shipman. The family of Charles Shipman is fairly well documented being a son of Joshua & Sybil Chapman Shipman of Saybrook CT & Marietta OH, near Athens Co., OH. Charles had one son, William G. Shipman. Very little is known of Daniel Shipman other than data from the 1810, 1830 & 1840 census. Some Shipman researchers believe that the above Joseph is Joseph Chapman Shipman (1810-1829), youngest son of Joshua & Sybil Chapman Shipman. That seems unlikely based on their bible records.
Joseph lived in Montgomery Co., IN in 1840, in Cass Co., IN in 1850 and in Davis Co., Iowa in 1860. He joined the Union Army in 1862 at age of 55 and died in Memphis, TN in 1864. Joseph married Mary Ann “Polly” Wine (1810 VA- 1853 IN) in 1835. They had nine children including James Scott (1836-1926), Daniel (1838), Abigail Emily (1840-1926), George C. (1842), Henry Milton (1844-1933), Marshall (1846), Nancy Ann (1849-1935), Elias Francis (1852-1884), and John Andrews (1853-1853). Mary Ann Wine was previously married to Benjamin Johnson and they had three children. After the death of Mary Ann, Joseph married Elizabeth Wells in 1858 in Davis Co., Iowa.
I have worked on this family a long time without much progress. Any help is greatly appreciated! You can email me at hijlo@aol.com, telephone 540-433-0908, or mail at 2525 Fridleys Gap Road, Harrisonburg, VA 22802.
Thank you,
Marvin Ogburn