Biographical Sketch of Frank A. Shipman, Greene County, Missouri,
Springfield

>From "History of Greene County, Missouri," St. Louis: Western
Historical Company, 1883.

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Mr. Shipman is a son of Jesse P. and Lydia (Huber) Shipman, and was
born at Findley, Hancock County, Ohio on April 13, 1858.  He came to 
Springfield in May, 1866, where he was educated in the public schools.
He clerked one year in a queensware house, and then for ten years was
clerk in the bookstore of A. R. Fearn.  He became a partner in the
house February 1, 1882 and the firm is now A. R. Fearn & Co.  They 
have the largest book, stationery and wall paper store in Southwest
Missouri, and do both a wholesale and retail business.  Mr. Shipman is
a member of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church.  Jesse Shipman, the 
father of our subject, was born at Bloomington, Pennsylvania, August
15, 1827.  He first moved to Ohio, from there to Chillicothe, Mo., and
in 1866 to Springfield, Missouri, where he died September 24, 1876.
His widow is still living in Springfield.  They had three sons and one
daughter.

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