My records show the following. If any one can fill in additional details, please let us know. Audrey Austin Shipp (Dr.) b Bet. 1825 - 1827 TN; during the Civil War. Old Family Group Sheet Not Dated Preparer not given. Austin Shipp, doctor, s/o Ewell Shipp and Caroline [--?--] b 1820 (per 1860 U. S. Federal Census) Tennessee b 1825-1827 per military record m 1851 Marion Co., Tennessee d 3 June 1863 Prairie Lea, Caldwell Co., TX Louisa C. Chaudoin, dau/o James Chaudoin b 1831 Tennessee (date per tombstone record) 1830 U. S. Federal Census 1850 U. S. Federal Census d 2 Feb 1926 Ozona, Crockett Co., TX Children: Lemuel C. Shipp b 27 Dec 1851 Tennessee; d 1 Oct 1911 Mary Elizabeth Shipp b 20 Sep 1855 Llano Co., Texas; d 30 Dec 1947 James Calvin Shipp b 7 Apr 1858; Caldwell Co., TX; d 13 Jan 1942 Mary Elizabeth Shipp married James Smith in 1869 at Bastrap, Texas. This information came from Mary's daughter, Mrs. Belle Toole of Monahans, Texas. Belle wrote that her grandmother Louisa Shipp, her mother and brother, Lemuel and father are all buried in Ozona. Belle Toole and her sisters were still alive in 1970. Louisa was around for quite some time as you can see by her death date. I communicated with Mrs. Toole for a while and then as time went by I lost track. They were getting up in years even then and invited me to come visit them. I surely wish I could have. Now I'm sure they're all gone. There was an article written in the Ozona "Stockman" concerning Mary Elizabeth Shipp Smith. She was celebrating her 86th birthday (no date). The article told how the children feared the Indians. Mrs. Smith recalled that while her dad would be away on sick call, she, her mother and two small brothers (one of these was Calvin, my grandfather) would sit in the dark, afraid to light a lamp for fear it would attract the redskins. This article went on to describe the actions of the Indians even after she had gotten older and also told about the Northern soldiers and how they pilford and plundered their homes and how little to eat the towns people had after the soldiers went through. Mary had been living in the same house 49 years. There were seven children from the Smith marriage. Author unknown. [Note: The above information was typewritten on the back of the above mentioned Family Group Sheet. ASH] ************************************ >From the Records of R. S. Sanders: Austin Shipp b 1820 TN; d 3 Jun 1863 Prairie Lea, Caldwell Co., TX married 1851 Marion Co., TN to Louise C. Chaudoin [Others' records name her as Louisa Caroline Chaudoin] dau/o James Chaudoin b Nov 1831 d 21 Oct 1926 Ozona, Crocket Co., TX Children: Lemuel C. Shipp b 27 Dec 1851; d 1 Oct 1911 Mary Elizabeth Shipp b 20 Sept 1855 Llano, TX; d 30 Dec 1947 married 1869 Bastrop, TX to James Smith; they had one known dau/ Mrs. Bell Toole and lived in Monahans, Ward Co., TX. The Tooles had 7 children. James Calvin Shipp b 7 Apr 1858 Caldwell Co., TX; married Mary Alma Bom___?; had dau, Alva Amelia Ship who married [--?--] Maloy.