Mrs. Lucinda Shipman, widow of the late Charles Shipman, died at her residence, No. 425 East Spring street at 11 o'clock Sunday night, after a long illness. Mrs. Shipman was a pioneer of this city, where her entire long life had been passed. She was the [step] daughter of the late Dr. Asahel Clapp, and a [step] sister to Dr. William A. Clapp. Her age was eighty years. She leaves two daughters. Her husband was for many years one among the most enterprising citizens of New Albany, being a member of the pioneer machine shops and foundry firm of Lent, South & Shipman, a firm that built the engines for many of the fleetest and most elegant steamboats of ante-bellum times, including those of the famous A. L. Shotwell, the victor in the great race with the Eclipse between New Orleans and Louisville. Mrs. Shipman had many friends and was a woman of the sincerest Christian life and example. - New Albany Daily Ledger 15 Jan 1894
Mrs. Lucinda Shipman, widow of the late Charles Shipman, died at her residence, No. 425 East Spring street at 11 o'clock Sunday night, after a long illness. Mrs. Shipman was a pioneer of this city, where her entire long life had been passed. She was the [step] daughter of the late Dr. Asahel Clapp, and a [step] sister to Dr. William A. Clapp. Her age was eighty years. She leaves two daughters. Her husband was for many years one among the most enterprising citizens of New Albany, being a member of the pioneer machine shops and foundry firm of Lent, South & Shipman, a firm that built the engines for many of the fleetest and most elegant steamboats of ante-bellum times, including those of the famous A. L. Shotwell, the victor in the great race with the Eclipse between New Orleans and Louisville. Mrs. Shipman had many friends and was a woman of the sincerest Christian life and example. - New Albany Daily Ledger 15 Jan 1894
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