Permelia (Matthews) Shipman (1842-1890)

Shipman Family, about 1884. Back: Milo A., Charles, Laura J., Hatty. Middle: Edith and Edna. Seated: Permelia (Matthews) Shipman, George, Alice, Alfred Shipman.

Permelia (Matthews) Shipman (1842-1890) -- Full Photo Card

born: 23 Jun 1842, Pleasant View,Shelby Co.,Indiana

died: 25 Jan 1890, Plattsmouth,Cass Co.,Nebraska

bur.: west of Plattsmouth,Cass Co.,Nebraska, at Oak Hill Cemetery

occu: schoolteacher

spouse: Alfred W. SHIPMAN

marr: 23 Apr 1864, South English,Keokuk Co.,Iowa, at TQ Matthew's home

born: 24 Nov 1842, Kemptville,Canada

died: 14 Apr 1920, Philadelphia,Pennsylvania

bur.: west of Plattsmouth,Cass Co.,Nebraska, at Oak Hill Cemetery

occu: doctor

Children:

Eva May SHIPMAN

Milo Alfred SHIPMAN

Harriett Melisa ``Hatty'' SHIPMAN

Laura Fidella SHIPMAN

Charles Sterling SHIPMAN

Edith SHIPMAN

Edna M. SHIPMAN

Alice Clarabelle SHIPMAN

George Garfield SHIPMAN

Grace Ruth SHIPMAN

William Shipman -- died: .

                      |--------Joel MATTHEWS (1755, (probably) Virginia - 1834, OH)
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           |---------James MATTHEWS (1779, Virginia - 1837, Indiana)
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           |          |--------Patty (1757, (probably) Virginia - )
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  |------Tunstal Quarles MATTHEWS (1807, Kentucky - 1878, Nebraska)
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  |        |---------Margaret REED (1784 - 1824, Ohio)
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Permelia MATTHEWS (1842, Indiana - 1890, Nebraska)
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  |------Harriet STONE (1808, New York - 1895, South Dakota)
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An acquaintance in South English, H.H. Seerley, described Permelia and her sister Lucinda as ``school teachers of first-class reputation and were young women of marked influence in the community.'' She married Alfred Shipman while he home for a short time on furlough at the end of his first enlistment in the Union army for the Civil War. On the same day, her sister Lucinda married Charles Samuel Sprague, who was also on a similar furlough.

This same Homer (H.H.) Seerley wrote a letter which was published in a South English Bicentennial book in 1976. In this, Seerly remembered playing in a drum and bugle corp as Permelia waved goodbye to her sweetheart, Barney Gore, as he marched off to the Civil War. He was killed and she would never see him again.

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