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|------Alfred W. SHIPMAN (1842, Canada - 1920, Pennsylvania)
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Milo Alfred SHIPMAN (1866, Iowa - 1932, Nebraska)
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| |--------James MATTHEWS (1779, Virginia - 1837, Indiana)
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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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By 1893 Milo and his wife were in
Elsie, Perkins Co, Nebraska, where their son Milo Jr. was born. They moved
to Sidney, Nebraska, in 1900, when the Denver-Billings extension of the
Burlington Railroad was being constructed through that city. He served as
agent for the local station for thirty-two years. He was a member of the
Masonic Lodge.
Milo died in 1932 and was survived by his wife and three children, Alfred,
Marjory and Donald. At the time of his death he was eulogized as an active
and public-spirited citizen. To quote the Sidney newspaper:
Mr. Shipman, with his high ideals and spirit of optimism, has been of
invaluable aid to the community in which he lived. At one time, he was
an influential member of the City Council and guided the city through a
perilous financial struggle as chairman of the finance committee. His
optimism and faith in Sidney and Cheyenne County made him a logical
choice for president of the Commercial Club, a post he held for several
years.
He was responsible for extensive advertising of Cheyenne County as
a promising farming section.
His connection with the Burlington Railroad, and life of service for
others, made it possible for him to achieve recognition as one of the
most valuable citizens Sidney has ever claimed.
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