Rev Daniel Shipman established the Black River Missionary Baptist Church in 1818. He is buried in the cemetery.... Daniel Shipman was born to Jacob Shipman and Sarah Gage McMinn.
He married Zilpha Macom about 1802 in North Carolina, she died between 1850-1860.
Their oldest child Hiram was born there in 1804. After Hiram was born, they moved West going first to Tennessee where Isaac was born in 1806 and John in 1813. They then moved toward Goloconda, Illinois near Big Bay Creek where Moses was born in 1819. The next move was to Missouri where their last known son was born in 1822. We have no records of any daughters but some sources say there were five...........It is known that the Shipman family lived in Wayne County, Mo (probably near Poplar Bluff) before 1829 as they are recorded there is the 1830 and 1840 census. The Weekly Citizen Democrat, Poplar Bluff, Mo., dated April 19, 1917 stated the following: "Draw back the curtain hiding the pictures of the past to 1832 and standing at the summit of the great Bluff that skirts Black River and nestled in a forest or great poplar trees which grow abundantly along the Bluff stood a small frontier log cabin. It was the home of the Shipman's....Butler County was a part of Wayne County until 1840 and was sparsely settled before that time. The first settler came around 1820. The Shipman's came soon after. Daniel was 70 years old on the 1850 census for Butler County, Mo. His wife Zilpha was 64 years old at the time and the census said she had been born in Tennessee. His occupation was listed as farmer........Records for the county state that on July 26, 1853, "Daniel Shipman was appointed Road Overseer on 2nd Division of road from east line of county to Military Road." I is not clear if this was Daniel or his son Daniel......Daniel again appears in the 1860 census at age 79. His wife is not listed so we assume she has died by this time....Children of Daniel and Zilpha are as follows:

1. Hiram Shipman b:1804 North Carolina
2. Isaac Shipman B: 1895 Tennessee
3. Franklin Shipman b:1806 Tennessee D: Wayne Co. Mo.
4. John Shipman b: Feb. 24, 1813 Tennessee
5. Moses Shipman b: 1819 Goloconda, Ill.
6. Daniel Shipman b: Jan. 11, 1822 Poplar Bluff, Mo., d: Aug., 3, 1880 Somerveil Co. Tx

this information was provided by Linda Beauchamp ([email protected])


*** interesting note about the cemetery***
The burials were placed north and south instead of the usual east and west placement.