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Abashaba Elizabeth Shipley

Abashaba Elizabeth Shipley

Female 1848 - 1909  (~ 60 years)

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  • Name Abashaba Elizabeth Shipley 
    Born Feb 1848  Brown County, IN, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 26 Jan 1909  Lukin Twp, Lawrence, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Sumner City cemetery, Lawrence, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I22250  Tofterå Slettemoen
    Last Modified 16 Mar 2024 

    Father Jesse W. Shipley,   b. 7 Apr 1821, Knox, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jun 1882, Brown, Ripley, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann Hall,   b. 9 Aug 1825, Floyd, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Apr 1854, Brown, Ripley, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 28 years) 
    Married 22 Mar 1845  Brown County, IN, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F8265  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Joseph Crosslow,   b. May 1844, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jun 1909, Sumner, Lawrence, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Married 25 Dec 1864  Brown County, IN, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Hiram Ulysses Grant Crosslow,   b. 11 Aug 1869, Johnson, Brown, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Sep 1936, Holland, Pemiscot, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     2. Sarah Emma Crosslow,   b. 13 Feb 1872, Brown County, IN, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Sep 1943, Ashley, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     3. Thomas Caption Crosslow,   b. 1 Jun 1882, Brown, Ripley, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 May 1950, Mt Carmel, Wabash, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     4. Jimmy Croslow,   b. 29 May 1883, Brown County, IN, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 May 1883, Brown County, IN, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     5. James William Crosslow,   b. 19 May 1885, Brown County, IN, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Apr 1947, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
     6. Rosa Ann Crosslow,   b. 19 Jan 1887, Brown County, IN, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 May 1951, Cooter, Pemiscot, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     7. Joseph Alfred Crosslow,   b. 19 Jan 1887, Brown, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 May 1934, Manila, Mississippi, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)
    Last Modified 17 Jan 2012 
    Family ID F7170  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elijah J. Johnson,   b. 13 Mar 1854, Johnson, Brown, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Feb 1938, Liberty, Saline, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 13 Jan 1875  Brown, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _STAT 9 Jan 1879 
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    Children 
     1. Martha Jane Johnson,   b. 9 Oct 1875, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jan 1945, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
    Last Modified 26 Oct 2023 
    Family ID F13535  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • 1870-census, age 22 Abashaba lived with her father in Johnson, Brown, Indiana with her son Ulysses.

      At age 32 she is listed in the Jackson Twp, Brown Co, IN 1880 census, married to Joseph Croslow (son of James W. Croslow and Catherine Stuteville) on Dec. 25, 1864 in Brown Co, IN.

      On Mar 25, 1868 Joseph filed for divorce saying that Abashaba had left him on Jan 1, 1868 and they had no children.... however, the 1870 census shows her living in Johnson Twp with her parents and having a son, Ulysus, age 1 year.

      Joseph marries Martha Todd July 18, 1869 (Brown Co IN) and Martha filed for divorce on Sept. 18, 1871 saying that Joseph had abandoned her in the winter of 1869 and taken up with his previous wife.... then...
      Abashaba Croslow married Elijah Johnson Jan. 13, 1875 (Brown Co) and filed for divorce stating that Elijah deserted her in Jan 1878.
      She again married Joseph Croslow on Apr 7, 1879. The 1880 census shows them living together in Jackson Twp with three children. They must have had a child in 1889 (Brown Co) but moved to Lawrence Co, IL.

      The children include:
      Ulysses Grant Croslow b Aug 11, 1870 Brown Co IN d Sept 24, 1936, Holland, Pemiscot Co MO, m Joanna Morris Jan 3, 1895 in Vincennes (Knox Co) IN.
      Sarah Emma Croslow, 1873-1943
      Martha Jane Croslow, 1876-1945 (father was Elijah)
      Thomas Caption Croslow (twin), 1882-1950
      Jimmy Croslow (twin), 1882-1883
      James William Croslow, 1885-1947
      Joseph Alford Croslow, 1887-1934
      Rosa Ann Croslow, 1889-1951 m. Lacer

      She died Jan 26, 1909 and buried Sumner, Lawrence Co, IL.

      Abashaba had among many siblings a half-brother Charles Shipley in Denison, Lawrence, Illinois born about 1877, her son Thomas was a farmhand there in 1910 census. Says his parents were born in Virginia and Indiana.