Wm. Shipton, Aged 85, of Green Mountain Passed Away At His Home
William Shipton 85, one of the best known men of Marion township, Marshall county, a resident of that county for fifty-seven years, and prominent in banking and political circles of the home town, died at his home in Green Mountain at 7 o'clock, Sunday night, of complications, due to his advanced years.
Mr. Shipton had been in failing health for many months and seriously sick late in the winter, shortly after the celebration of the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Shipton, on January 14th. He recovered from this illness and seemed to have regained his health, but in recent weeks his strength failed and he again took his bed.
Mr. Shipton had long taken an active part in the affairs of his community and of the county and showed a great interest in politics, being affiliated with the Democratic party. In 1905 and again in 1912 he was candidate of his party for state senator from Marshall County.
Wm. Shipton was born in Perry County, Okla. [Ohio not Okla.], Nov. 15, 1839 [tombstone says Nov. 15, 1840], the son of John and Dorcas Herron Shipton.
He enlisted for service in the Civil war from his
home state, serving with Company I, 163rd Ohio Infantry. At the close of the war he farmed for two years near the Green Mountain neighborhood and then went west with two brothers, George, who died a few years ago at Mitchell, S.D., and Frank of Riverton, Wyoming. He spent four years and a half on the buffalo ranges of the west. The brothers had many dangerous and thrilling experiences on the plaines, hunting and killing buffalo and fighting their way among the Indians. Among their closest friends and most wel-[half of next line missing] William F. Cody, (Buffalo Bill) then government scout, who spent many days in their camps.
Mr. Shipton came to Iowa and settled in Marion township in the fall of 1868. He was married in Green Mountain, January 14, 1873, to Miss Susan Lynch, daughter of the late Thomas and Nancey McCoy Lynch of Marion township.
Mr. & Mrs. Shipton settled on a farm two and a half miles east of Green Mountain where they made their home for nearly twenty years. In the Fall of 1915 they moved to Green Mountain.
For many years he was president of the Farmers Elevator Co., at Green Mountain and a director of the Marshall County Fire Insurance Co. In 1908 he was elected president of the Producer's Savings Bank of Green Mountain, an office he held until his death.
Mrs. Shipton and seven children survive. The children are, Mrs. Will Randall, Albion; Mrs. Jessie Britt, of Marshalltown; Mrs. Harry Coleman of Burlington, Colo; Mrs. Wm. Cook and Roy, John, and Charles Shipton, all of Green Mountain. One brother, N. F. Shipton of Riverton, Wyo., also survives him. There are sixteen grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
"The Tama Northern," Gladbrook, Tama County, IA, Friday, July 17, 1925, page 1
William Shipton 85, one of the best known men of Marion township, Marshall county, a resident of that county for fifty-seven years, and prominent in banking and political circles of the home town, died at his home in Green Mountain at 7 o'clock, Sunday night, of complications, due to his advanced years.
Mr. Shipton had been in failing health for many months and seriously sick late in the winter, shortly after the celebration of the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Shipton, on January 14th. He recovered from this illness and seemed to have regained his health, but in recent weeks his strength failed and he again took his bed.
Mr. Shipton had long taken an active part in the affairs of his community and of the county and showed a great interest in politics, being affiliated with the Democratic party. In 1905 and again in 1912 he was candidate of his party for state senator from Marshall County.
Wm. Shipton was born in Perry County, Okla. [Ohio not Okla.], Nov. 15, 1839 [tombstone says Nov. 15, 1840], the son of John and Dorcas Herron Shipton.
He enlisted for service in the Civil war from his
home state, serving with Company I, 163rd Ohio Infantry. At the close of the war he farmed for two years near the Green Mountain neighborhood and then went west with two brothers, George, who died a few years ago at Mitchell, S.D., and Frank of Riverton, Wyoming. He spent four years and a half on the buffalo ranges of the west. The brothers had many dangerous and thrilling experiences on the plaines, hunting and killing buffalo and fighting their way among the Indians. Among their closest friends and most wel-[half of next line missing] William F. Cody, (Buffalo Bill) then government scout, who spent many days in their camps.
Mr. Shipton came to Iowa and settled in Marion township in the fall of 1868. He was married in Green Mountain, January 14, 1873, to Miss Susan Lynch, daughter of the late Thomas and Nancey McCoy Lynch of Marion township.
Mr. & Mrs. Shipton settled on a farm two and a half miles east of Green Mountain where they made their home for nearly twenty years. In the Fall of 1915 they moved to Green Mountain.
For many years he was president of the Farmers Elevator Co., at Green Mountain and a director of the Marshall County Fire Insurance Co. In 1908 he was elected president of the Producer's Savings Bank of Green Mountain, an office he held until his death.
Mrs. Shipton and seven children survive. The children are, Mrs. Will Randall, Albion; Mrs. Jessie Britt, of Marshalltown; Mrs. Harry Coleman of Burlington, Colo; Mrs. Wm. Cook and Roy, John, and Charles Shipton, all of Green Mountain. One brother, N. F. Shipton of Riverton, Wyo., also survives him. There are sixteen grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
"The Tama Northern," Gladbrook, Tama County, IA, Friday, July 17, 1925, page 1
Wm. Shipton, Aged 85, of Green Mountain Passed Away At His Home
William Shipton 85, one of the best known men of Marion township, Marshall county, a resident of that county for fifty-seven years, and prominent in banking and political circles of the home town, died at his home in Green Mountain at 7 o'clock, Sunday night, of complications, due to his advanced years.
Mr. Shipton had been in failing health for many months and seriously sick late in the winter, shortly after the celebration of the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Shipton, on January 14th. He recovered from this illness and seemed to have regained his health, but in recent weeks his strength failed and he again took his bed.
Mr. Shipton had long taken an active part in the affairs of his community and of the county and showed a great interest in politics, being affiliated with the Democratic party. In 1905 and again in 1912 he was candidate of his party for state senator from Marshall County.
Wm. Shipton was born in Perry County, Okla. [Ohio not Okla.], Nov. 15, 1839 [tombstone says Nov. 15, 1840], the son of John and Dorcas Herron Shipton.
He enlisted for service in the Civil war from his
home state, serving with Company I, 163rd Ohio Infantry. At the close of the war he farmed for two years near the Green Mountain neighborhood and then went west with two brothers, George, who died a few years ago at Mitchell, S.D., and Frank of Riverton, Wyoming. He spent four years and a half on the buffalo ranges of the west. The brothers had many dangerous and thrilling experiences on the plaines, hunting and killing buffalo and fighting their way among the Indians. Among their closest friends and most wel-[half of next line missing] William F. Cody, (Buffalo Bill) then government scout, who spent many days in their camps.
Mr. Shipton came to Iowa and settled in Marion township in the fall of 1868. He was married in Green Mountain, January 14, 1873, to Miss Susan Lynch, daughter of the late Thomas and Nancey McCoy Lynch of Marion township.
Mr. & Mrs. Shipton settled on a farm two and a half miles east of Green Mountain where they made their home for nearly twenty years. In the Fall of 1915 they moved to Green Mountain.
For many years he was president of the Farmers Elevator Co., at Green Mountain and a director of the Marshall County Fire Insurance Co. In 1908 he was elected president of the Producer's Savings Bank of Green Mountain, an office he held until his death.
Mrs. Shipton and seven children survive. The children are, Mrs. Will Randall, Albion; Mrs. Jessie Britt, of Marshalltown; Mrs. Harry Coleman of Burlington, Colo; Mrs. Wm. Cook and Roy, John, and Charles Shipton, all of Green Mountain. One brother, N. F. Shipton of Riverton, Wyo., also survives him. There are sixteen grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
"The Tama Northern," Gladbrook, Tama County, IA, Friday, July 17, 1925, page 1
William Shipton 85, one of the best known men of Marion township, Marshall county, a resident of that county for fifty-seven years, and prominent in banking and political circles of the home town, died at his home in Green Mountain at 7 o'clock, Sunday night, of complications, due to his advanced years.
Mr. Shipton had been in failing health for many months and seriously sick late in the winter, shortly after the celebration of the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Shipton, on January 14th. He recovered from this illness and seemed to have regained his health, but in recent weeks his strength failed and he again took his bed.
Mr. Shipton had long taken an active part in the affairs of his community and of the county and showed a great interest in politics, being affiliated with the Democratic party. In 1905 and again in 1912 he was candidate of his party for state senator from Marshall County.
Wm. Shipton was born in Perry County, Okla. [Ohio not Okla.], Nov. 15, 1839 [tombstone says Nov. 15, 1840], the son of John and Dorcas Herron Shipton.
He enlisted for service in the Civil war from his
home state, serving with Company I, 163rd Ohio Infantry. At the close of the war he farmed for two years near the Green Mountain neighborhood and then went west with two brothers, George, who died a few years ago at Mitchell, S.D., and Frank of Riverton, Wyoming. He spent four years and a half on the buffalo ranges of the west. The brothers had many dangerous and thrilling experiences on the plaines, hunting and killing buffalo and fighting their way among the Indians. Among their closest friends and most wel-[half of next line missing] William F. Cody, (Buffalo Bill) then government scout, who spent many days in their camps.
Mr. Shipton came to Iowa and settled in Marion township in the fall of 1868. He was married in Green Mountain, January 14, 1873, to Miss Susan Lynch, daughter of the late Thomas and Nancey McCoy Lynch of Marion township.
Mr. & Mrs. Shipton settled on a farm two and a half miles east of Green Mountain where they made their home for nearly twenty years. In the Fall of 1915 they moved to Green Mountain.
For many years he was president of the Farmers Elevator Co., at Green Mountain and a director of the Marshall County Fire Insurance Co. In 1908 he was elected president of the Producer's Savings Bank of Green Mountain, an office he held until his death.
Mrs. Shipton and seven children survive. The children are, Mrs. Will Randall, Albion; Mrs. Jessie Britt, of Marshalltown; Mrs. Harry Coleman of Burlington, Colo; Mrs. Wm. Cook and Roy, John, and Charles Shipton, all of Green Mountain. One brother, N. F. Shipton of Riverton, Wyo., also survives him. There are sixteen grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
"The Tama Northern," Gladbrook, Tama County, IA, Friday, July 17, 1925, page 1
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