This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SHIPMAN, BROWN, GEORGE, TALLMAN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gFC.2ACI/1449 Message Board Post: Charles E. Shipman, farmer P.O. Bloomer, was born in Pennsylvania, May 20, 1820, and is the eldest of five children born to Allen and Sophia (Brown) Shipman. His parents were natives of Vermont and moved to Pennsylvania in 1815. When our subject was three years old his parents moved to Ohio, thence to Missouri, and in 1857 to Wisconsin, locating in Sauk county. A few years later they came to Eau Claire county, where they remained till death. In 1857 Charles E. bought 160 acres of land on what is known as Bloomer Prairie. This he retained and lived upon till a few years ago, when he divided it among his children, with the exception of eighty acres. Mr. Shipman was married January 19, 1845 to Amanda George, a native of Ohio, and five children are the result of this union, only two of whom still live: Durand, and Mary, wife of Charles Tallman. Mrs. Shipman died March 2, 1884. Mr. Shipman has been a member of the town board and is an Odd Fellow and in politics a republic! an. History of the Chippewa Valley - pg. 576