James William Shipman and Amy Sophia Leffingwell

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Husband James William Shipman [7236] ¹

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      Born: 30 Nov 1850 - , Warsaw, Wyoming, NY ^{2 3 4}
 Christened:
      Died: 26 May 1925 - daughter's home, Warsaw, Wyoming, NY ^{2 3 4}
     Buried: 1925 - Maple Grove Cemetery, Gainesville, Wyoming, NY ^{2 3 4}

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Father: Stephen Shipman [7969] (Abt 1804-) ³
Mother: Mary [7970] (Abt 1808-) ³

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    Married: 17 Jul 1873 ^{2 3 4}

More records for this person:
Obituary ^{5 6 7}

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Wife Amy Sophia Leffingwell [7233]

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AKA: Emma ⁸
      Born: 2 Mar 1854 - , of Gainesville, Wyoming, NY ^{1 2 8}
 Christened:
      Died: 15 Dec 1926 - , Oxford, Chenango, NY ^{2 9} Cause of Death: pneumonia
     Buried: 1926 - Maple Grove Cemetery, Gainesville, Wyoming, NY ^{2 4 9}

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Father: John S. Leffingwell [1954] (1828-1900)
Mother: Huldah J. Knapp [1859] (1829-1910) ¹

More records for this person:
Obituary ^{10 11 12}, 1926

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Children

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1 F Lutie M. Shipman [7816]

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      Born: Mar 1876 - , of Warsaw, Wyoming, NY ^{13 14}
 Christened:
      Died: Feb 1926 - , of Warsaw, Wyoming, NY ⁹
     Buried:
Spouse: William K. Baker [7828] (Abt 1877-)

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2 M Charles Shipman [7817]

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      Born: Abt 1879 - , of Warsaw, Wyoming, NY ¹⁴
 Christened:
      Died: 1892-1900
     Buried:

1 Albert Leffingwell and Charles W. Leffingwell, editors, B288. A Genealogy of the Descendants of Lieut. Thomas Leffingwell, one of the founders of Norwich, Connecticut (Aurora, NY: Leffingwell Publishing Company, 1897).

2 CM076. Find-A-Grave (cemetery records) as contributed by the public; published on the internet at http://www.findagrave.com/.

3 N113. Castilian (Castile, NY) (newspaper) digital scans of New York newspapers; published on the internet at http://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org.

4 N111. Wyoming County Times (Warsaw, NY) (newspaper) digital scans of New York newspapers; published on the internet at http://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org.

5 N111. Wyoming County Times (Warsaw, NY) (newspaper) digital scans of New York newspapers; published on the internet at http://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org, 1925 June. 4, page 8. "James William Shipman, died May 26th at the home of his daughter, Mrs. William Baker on Butternut Street. He was born in Warsaw, November 30, 1850, the son of Stephen and Mary Shipman. In 1875 he married Amy Leffingwell who with one daughter, Mrs. William Baker, and three grandchildren survive.
Mr. Shipman was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery at Gainesville, Rev. Howard Green of First Baptist church officiated."

6 N113. Castilian (Castile, NY) (newspaper) digital scans of New York newspapers; published on the internet at http://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org, 1926 May. "JAMES WILLIAM SHIPMAN
James William Shipmen (sic), 74 years of age, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs.William H. Baker of Warsaw, last Tuesday evening. Mr. Shipman was born in Warsaw, the son of Steven and Mary Shipman. On July 17, 1875, he married Miss Amy Leffingwell of Gainesville.
He leaves a wife, a daughter, Mrs. W. H. Baker, and three grandchildren. Funeral services were held from tyhe Warsaw Baptist Church. Burial was made in Maple Grove cemetery, Gainesville."

7 CM076. Find-A-Grave (cemetery records) as contributed by the public; published on the internet at http://www.findagrave.com/, copy.

8 C87. United States Federal Census, year 1870.

9 N109. Western New Yorker (Warsaw, NY) (newspaper) published on the internet at fultonyhistory.com; also transcriptions contributed by the public at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nycgaine/NewsWesternNY.htm.

10 CM076. Find-A-Grave (cemetery records) as contributed by the public; published on the internet at http://www.findagrave.com/, 1926 Dec 23. "The body of Mrs. Amy Shipman, widow of William Shipman, was brought here to Gainesville to be put in the vault in Maple Grove cemetery. She leaves three granddaughters and a sister in Rochester.
James William Shipman was wed to Amy Leffingwell on July 17, 1875."

11 N109. Western New Yorker (Warsaw, NY) (newspaper) published on the internet at fultonyhistory.com; also transcriptions contributed by the public at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nycgaine/NewsWesternNY.htm, 1926 Dec 22(?). "The body of Mrs. Amy Shipman, widow of William J. Shipman, was brought here Saturday and placed in the vault. When the weather permits it will be buried on the family lot in Maple Grove cemetery. Mrs. Shipman spent her girlhood days in this vicinity and is well known by the older people, besides having relatives here."

12 N111. Wyoming County Times (Warsaw, NY) (newspaper) digital scans of New York newspapers; published on the internet at http://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org, 1925 Dec. 30. Mrs. Amy L. Shipman died at the Woman Relief Corps home at Oxford, N.Y. on Wednesday, December 15th. Amy Leffingwell was born in Gainseville, March 2, 1854, the daughter of John and Hulda Knapp Leffingwell. On July 17, 1873 she married William Shipman in Warsaw. He died in May 1926. Surviving are three grandchildren Letha, Iola and Luella Baker of Warsaw and three sisters, Mrs. Lawrence Powers of Warsaw, Mrs. M. H. Burns of Rochester and Mrs. Glenn Lathrop of Pike. She was a member of the Baptist Church, the Warsaw W.C.T.U, Woman's Relief Corps and Warsaw Grange.
The funeral was held at the Baptist church on Saturday, Dec. 19th with the Rev. Howard M. Green officiating. She was taken to Maple Grove cemetery and placed in the vault until weather permits her burial."

13 C88. United States Federal Census, year 1880.

14 C90. United States Federal Census, year 1900.

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