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William Edwin Shipley 1872–1959 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 Aug 1872

Birth Location: Vilas, Watauga County, North Carolina, United States of America

Death Date: 16 Sep 1959

Death Location: Watauga County, North Carolina, United States of America

Father: Nathan Shipley

Mother: Sarah Bradley

Spouse(s):

Children(s):

William Edwin Shipley was born in 1872 in Vilas, Watauga County, North Carolina, United States of America, the child of Nathan Huston Shipley And Sarah Caldonia Bradley. William Edwin Shipley passed away in 1959 in Watauga County, North Carolina, United States of America.

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Biography

  • William Edwin Shipley was born in 1872 in Vilas, Watauga County, North Carolina, United States of America, the child of Nathan Huston Shipley And Sarah Caldonia Bradley.
  • William Edwin Shipley passed away in 1959 in Watauga County, North Carolina, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Nathan Shipley
1830–1917
Birth Location: Buffalo Ridge, Washington, Tennessee, United States
NS
Sarah Bradley
1834–1907
Birth Location: North Carolina
SB

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Shipley's Ancestors

Self
William Shipley
1872–1959
Birth Place: Vilas, Watauga County, North Carolina, United States of America
Parents
Nathan Huston Shipley
1830–1917
Buffalo Ridge, Washington, Tennessee, United States
Sarah (Caldonia) Bradley
1834–1907
North Carolina
Grandparents
Elijah (H.) Shipley
1807–1887
Washington Co., TN
Nancy Hunt
1809–1834
Buffalo Ridge, Washington Co, Tennessee, USA
Great-Grandparents
Nathan Shipley
1768–1840
Elizabeth Hale
1768–1850
Jesse Hunt
1782–1877
Elizabeth Shipley
1783–1880
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Jesse Hunt
1755–1824
Nancy Chapple
1760–1826
Nathan Shipley
1768–1840
Elizabeth Hale
1768–1850

William Shipley's Timeline

2 Records

1872
12 Aug 1872
Birth of William Edwin Shipley in Vilas, Watauga County, North Carolina, United States of America
Vilas, Watauga County, North Carolina, United States of America
1959
16 Sep 1959
Age 87
Death of William Edwin Shipley in Boone, Watauga, NC
Boone, Watauga, NC

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 Aug 1872
    Event Place: Vilas, Watauga County, North Carolina, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Sep 1959
    Event Place: Boone, Watauga, NC
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Watauga County, North Carolina, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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