Dear Listers: I want to first thank everyone for such wonderful help. Yes, I have located John E. Shimp's death records and grave, thanks Sandy. As for Mary Jane/Jennie Shimp, I am still searching. I have checked the ohiohistory.org site (1913-1937) and found Marie Shimp who died in 1926 but do not believe her to be the same. I would like to see the 1910 & the 1920 Census of Franklin County to determine if Mary Jane/Jennie was still living and where and with whom. You see in 1910 John and Mary's oldest daughter Clara Bell Shimp was in the Girls Industrial School in Delaware County. With John and Jennie in Columbus with two young daughters, what happen to Arthur Edward Shimp, age 13 and Ralph C. Shimp, age 10? In 1920, John E. Shimp is supposed to have married a Florence Rowe. Clara Belle was married to Thomas Payne; Arthur Edward was married to his second wife, my grandmother; Ralph C. location unknown; Stella might have married a Getz by then, age 16; and Rachel Margaret was only 12 and likely still at home. John E. is then supposed to have married a woman named Lillian M. Chisler in 1926. Did Florence die or did they divorce? Was divorce possible in the 1920s? If Florence died where did she die and where is she buried? And if all these women died before John E. Shimp, why was he buried in a pauper grave instead of beside one of these wives? I welcome any and all help, suggestions, and comments because frankly every answer I get seems to add another question. Sincerely, Dorene

In 1910 Arthur and Ralph were in Marion Twp. in the County Infirmary, ages given as 11 and 9. Yes, Mary Jane and John E. Shimp could have divorced. I have infromation that one of the couples I am working on, Michael and Ruth (Butler) Mason, divorced in 1865 in Franklin Co. [Source: Franklin County, Ohio, divorces before 1870 : with many state-wide references by Donald M. Schlegel]. Linda Dorene89@aol.com writes: > Dear Listers: > I want to first thank everyone for such wonderful help. Yes, I have > located John E. Shimp's death records and grave, thanks Sandy. As for Mary > Jane/Jennie Shimp, I am still searching. I have checked the ohiohistory.org site > (1913-1937) and found Marie Shimp who died in 1926 but do not believe her to be > the same. I would like to see the 1910 & the 1920 Census of Franklin County to > determine if Mary Jane/Jennie was still living and where and with whom. > You see in 1910 John and Mary's oldest daughter Clara Bell Shimp was > in the Girls Industrial School in Delaware County. With John and Jennie in > Columbus with two young daughters, what happen to Arthur Edward Shimp, age 13 and > Ralph C. Shimp, age 10? > In 1920, John E. Shimp is supposed to have married a Florence Rowe. > Clara Belle was married to Thomas Payne; Arthur Edward was married to his second > wife, my grandmother; Ralph C. location unknown; Stella might have married a > Getz by then, age 16; and Rachel Margaret was only 12 and likely still at > home. > John E. is then supposed to have married a woman named Lillian M. > Chisler in 1926. Did Florence die or did they divorce? Was divorce possible in the > 1920s? If Florence died where did she die and where is she buried? And if all > these women died before John E. Shimp, why was he buried in a pauper grave > instead of beside one of these wives? > I welcome any and all help, suggestions, and comments because frankly > every answer I get seems to add another question. > Sincerely, Dorene > > > ==== OHFRANKL Mailing List ==== > Franklin County, Ohio OHGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohfrankl/ >