Starting from Northwest Arkansas, mostly Franklin County and connecting those lines to their ancestor and descendents

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  • ID: I16352
  • Name: Benjamin F "Blind Ben" Shipley
  • Surname: Shipley
  • Given Name: Benjamin F "Blind Ben"
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1 Jan 1805 in Sullivan Co, Tennessee 1 2
  • Death: 26 Aug 1881 in Mulberry, Franklin Co, Arkansas 3
  • Burial: White Rock Cemetery, White Rock, Franklin Co, Arkansas 2
  • _UID: 957F9EAA7FD4D711B0EE00E02933921013E9
  • Census: 1860 #496, Mulberry, Franklin Co, Arkansas
  • Census: 1870 #48, pg 45, Mulberry, Franklin Co, Arkansas
  • Note:
    "Ben was indifferent to Sarah at best. She said he became desolate and lost hope after he became blind. Soon after becoming blind, Ben deserted Sarah and lived with other women, but did not marry any. Ben also lived some with his daughter, Hannah Retta Shipley Newton. I can not say where Ben lived when he died except that he lived in Franklin County. He would wander back and forth to Sarah. Sarah became pregnant with Thomas who was born in 1854, but he died almost immediately as he and Sarah were malnourished."

    Living with him in 1870 is Mary Burkett 40 b TN, could she be his wife's sister?
  • Change Date: 10 Jun 2004 at 12:50:05



    Marriage 1 Sarah "Sally" Burkett b: Oats Harvest, 1809 or 1811 in Tennessee
    • Married: ABT 1826 in Dallas, Hamilton Co, Tennessee
    Children
    1. Has No Children Nathan Paschal Shipley Sr b: 27 May 1827 in Hamilton Co, Tennessee
    2. Has No Children Ibbey Jane Shipley b: ABT 1831 in Tennessee
    3. Has Children Susan Arabella Shipley b: Apr 1834 in Hamilton Co, Tennessee
    4. Has No Children Naomi Shipley b: ABT 1835 in Tennessee
    5. Has Children William Park Shipley b: ABT 1837 in Hamilton Co, Tennessee
    6. Has Children Benjamin Franklin Shipley Jr b: 9 Nov 1839 in Hamilton Co, Tennessee
    7. Has Children Henrietta Shipley b: 4 Jan 1842 in Washington Co, Arkansas
    8. Has No Children Richard Shipley b: ABT 1842 in Arkansas
    9. Has No Children James Shipley b: ABT 1846 in Crawford Co, Arkansas
    10. Has Children Elijah Shipley b: 1 Jan 1848 in Crawford Co, Arkansas
    11. Has No Children Thomas Shipley b: ABT 1854 in Chester, Crawford Co, Arkansas

    Sources:
    1. Title: 1860 Census
    2. Title: Franklin County, Arkansas Cemeteries north of the Arkansas river
      Author: Sue Clark and Virginia McPhail
      Publication: 1995
    3. Title: Tombstone
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