James P. Shipton
James P. Shipton is a Kentuckian by birth, born in Greenup county, July 29, 1832. His father, Barnabas H. Shipton, was born in Westmoreland county, Maryland, June 23, 1792, and died July 8, 1858. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. Mary (Gainer) Shipton, the mother of James, was born in the state of Pennsylvania, September 29, 1799, and died in March, 1862. They settled in this county in 1840. In Greenup county, Kentucky, on the 12th of November, Irons joined the 9th Virginia Volunteer Infantry in 1862, and after serving one year was discharged for disability. Elias Irons was in the same regiment, and was killed by scouts in the year 1862. Perry township is where Mr. Shipton is engaged in farming and gardening. He came to this county in 1850. His address is South Point, Lawrence county, Ohio.
History of Lawrence Co., Ohio by Hardesty (1882)