Shipman Denton Estate



Shipman Denton
Born 1804 to Benjamin & Sarah Jane Shipman 
White County Tennessee

Married in Perry County Tennessee
unknown date to 
Sarah Shumake (daughter of  Robert Carrol & Dicey Shumake) 

Died before July 19, 1870 
Drew County Arkansas 

Children: 
Elmira, Annanasis, Kemp, Martha, Marian, Samuel, Ozais, Dicey Jane, Matilda and Alexander

Most children born in Tennessee, with a couple born in Mississippi before Shipman and Sarah brought family to Drew County Arkansas.  

There are no headstones to be found for Shipman, his wife Sarah, or my 2 greats grandmother Elmira, who married a young man named Simon Peter Sumner very shortly after the family arrived in Drew County, and when he passed in 1871, she almost immediately remarried to a Yankee soldier (John Maes) from Wisconsin, and then she disappeared until 1910, when found living with her daughter and family.  
Once a prominant land owner, what the family owned was lost during and after the civil war. Carpetbaggers ravaged the county.  This document is one of a couple of documents that gives me a clue as to the approximate date of Shipman's death.  The children scattered between 1870-1880, with Sarah passing between 1876-1877.  Drew County Courthouse is very small and several records have been removed to other storage. 

I do not have the source for this document.  It was sent to me many years ago by a family researcher.  All I have is the page number of the estate book - 326.   The Denton and Sumner family research folders are both fairly slim books and have been for most of my 42 years of researching.  I'll never give up though!  

sharing with 52 Ancestors  (theme is "taxes") & 2018 Ancestor Challenge 

1 comment:

  1. Everyone wrote so pretty back in the day! So readable, too. I am always tempted to frame such documents.

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