Abashaba Elizabeth Shipley
- Born: Feb 1848, Brown Co, IN, USA
- Marriage (1): Joseph Croslow on 25 Dec 1864 in Brown Co, IN, USA
- Died: 26 Jan 1909, Sumner, Lawrence Co, IL at age 60
- Buried: Sumner, Lawrence Co, IL
General Notes:
Isaac Shipley and Elizabeth Polley (m) July 15 1809, in Monticello, Wayne Co, KY (1834 land grant in IN and buried in Shipley-Sullivan Cemetary <1840 census. They had 8 or 9 children, including Jesse W.
Additional info: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SHIPLEY/2001-01/0979677553
Jesse W. Shipley married Mary Ann Hall in 1845 and Abashaba "Basha" was b. ca 1848 in Johnson Twp., Brown Co. IN.
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.
Abashaba married Joseph Croslow, son of James W. Croslow and Catharine Stuteville, on 25 Dec 1864 in Brown Co, IN, USA. (Joseph Croslow was born in May 1844 in Indiana, USA, died on 8 Jun 1909 in Sumner, Lawrence, IL and was buried in Sumner, Lawrence Co, IL.)
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