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09 March 2010

Sheppard Shimp and Sarah Acton Dilks

Sheppard Shimp, June 9, 1807-Mar 17, 1892, and Sarah Acton Dilks, Nov 19,1817-Feb 2, 1895 (Found birth and death dates from gravestones at Canton Baptist Cemetery.)
C1 Hannah
C2 Peter
C3 Elizabeth
C4 Samuel
C5 Rachel
C6 Sarah
C7 Shepherd
C8 Abraham
C9 William F Shimp (father of Sarah Ashton who married Samuel Kline)

1850 Census:
Sheppard Shimp, 43 years, 1807, NJ (birthplace)
Sarah Shimp, 33 years, 1817, NJ
Hannah A, 12 years,
Peter, 9 years, 1841, NJ
Elizabeth, 7 years, NJ
Samuel, 6 years, NJ, (1844)
Rachel, 4 years, NJ
Sarah ?, 1 year, NJ
Census place: Upper Alloway's Creek, Salem, NJ

1860 Census:
Sheppard Shimp, 53 years, 1807, NJ (birthplace)
Sarah Shimp, 43 years, 1817, NJ
Peter Shimp, 20 years, 1840, NJ
Samuel Shimp, 16 years, 1844, NJ
Rachel Shimp, 14 years, 1846, NJ
Sarah J Shimp, 11 years, 1849, NJ
Shephard Shimp, 6 years, 1854, NJ
Abraham Shimp, 4 years, 1856, NJ

1870 Census:
Sheppard Shimp, 63 years, (1807), NJ
Sarah Shimp, 54 years, (1816), NJ
Peter Shimp, 30 years, Farm Laborer, NJ
Rachel Shimp, 21 years, At Home, NJ
Sheppard Jr Shimp, 17 years, Farm Laborer, NJ, attended school within year
Abram D Shimp, 14 years, NJ
William H Shimp, 9 years, NJ
James Bawer, 30 years, farm laborer, NJ
[I may have found Samuel on the 1870 Census in NJ. The birth years is about right. It shows him married to Elizabeth and with 2 children: Frank H and Benjamin.]

1880 Census:
Shephard Shimp, 1807, NJ, self, 73 years, farmer, married, NJ (father birthpl), NJ (mother birthpl)
Sarah Shimp, 1817, NJ, wife, married, NJ, NJ
William Shimp, 1862, NJ, son, 18 years, single, NJ, NJ

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