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eight years, and purchased his present beautiful home in 

 the spring of 1863. His farm consists of one hundred 

 and ninety acres of good, improved land, on which are 

 some of the best farm buildings in this section, a fine view 

 of which, with portraits of himself and wife, may be seen 

 elsewhere in this work. 



His parents came to America and settled in Pittsford, 

 N. Y., in 1852. They bought a home in Dansville, Liv- 

 ingston Co., N. Y., the same year, and continued to reside 

 there till their death. His father died in October, 1865, 

 and his mother in September, 1872. They had five chil- 

 dren, — one son and four daughters, — all of whom are liv- 

 ing, and each of whom has a family. 



Michael Weber married Anna Maria, daughter of Michael 

 and Mary Sandel, of Lehigh Co., Pa., Oct. 31, 1854. She 

 was born Nov. 29, 1830, and removed to Dansville, Liv- 

 ingston Co., N. Y., in the spring of 1832, in company with 

 her parents, who died in that town. Mr. and Mrs. Weber 

 have six children, viz., Julius, Mary, Elizabeth, George, 

 William, Carrie, and Emma, all of whom are now at home. 



Mr. Weber was a member of the Lutheran Church in 

 Germany, but has not united with any religious body since 

 coming to America. Mrs. Weber is a member of the 

 Reformed Church, but both are attendants on the Presby- 

 terian Church at Arkport. Mr. Weber is a representa- 

 tive man of the town in which he resides, and is well 

 deserving a place in this history. He ajB&liates with the 

 Democratic party in his political convictions. 



ISAAC SHIPMAN. 



The ancestors of the subject of this sketch came from 

 Germany. Mathias Shipman, grandfather of Isaac, was a 

 native of New Jersey. He had several children, of whom 

 one was Mathias, Jr. Mathias, Sr., died in New Jersey, 

 where his wife also died. Mathias, Jr., was a native 

 of New Jersey. He married Catherine Kline, who was 

 also a native of that State. Miss Catherine Kline's grand- 

 parents were born in Germany, and settled in Greenwich, 



N. J. Mr. and Mrs. Mathias Shipman had ten children, — 

 five sons and five daughters, — of whom Isaac was the seventh 

 child and fourth son. He was born in New Jersey, June 

 8, 1802, and left that State in company with his parents 

 and family when but five years of age, and settled in 

 Bloom, Columbia Co., Pa., where his parents died. His 

 father was a farmer, and Isaac remained on the farm till 

 1824, when he settled at Sparta, Livingston Co., N. Y., 

 where he remained one year. He then went to Canada, 

 and remained about a year ; then returned to Sparta, and 

 remained there till 1833, when he settled on Oak Hill, in 

 the town of Dansville, where he resided till the spring of 

 1870, when he settled on his present fine farm of some 

 ninety-eight acres, a view of which, with his residence and 

 portraits of himself and wife, appear on another page of 

 this work. Mr. Shipman was engaged in a distillery some 

 seven years after leaving his father's farm, since which he 

 has followed farming. 



He married Dorcas, daughter of Isaac and Sarah Berry, 

 of Pennsylvania, March 4, 1830. She was born Sept. 19, 

 1807, in Columbia Co., Pa. They have had seven chil- 

 dren, viz., William, Elizabeth, Mathias, Catherine, Jack- 

 son, Alonzo, and one who died in infancy. Elizabeth 

 married John Lyman Wellington, of Rogersville, by whom 

 four children were born. John L. Wellington was a sol- 

 dier in Company F, 141st Regiment, New York Volunteers, 

 was in several engagements, taken prisoner, and died while 

 in prison at Danville, Va. Mathias and Catherine are at 

 home. Alonzo w^as a soldier in Company K, 1st Regiment, 

 New York Dragoons, mustered into service at Portage, 

 N. Y., Aug. 20, 1862, promoted to corporal, Dec. 10, 1863, 

 and died at Finly Hospital, Washington, D. C, Aug. 18, 

 1864, from the effects of a wound 'received at Trevillion, 

 June 11, 1864. He was a brave and gallant soldier and 

 a true patriot. All the rest of the children are dead. 

 Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Shipman are members of the Methodist 

 Episcopal Church at Burns. 



In politics Mr. Shipman was formerly a Jackson Demo- 

 crat, but of late years he has been a staunch Republican. 



