Shipley (Peter Elklanah) Cemetery
2003
Located behind a barn near the two-story white frame house at 134 Shipley Road, Gray, Tennessee.
GPS Location: 36°22.38N 082°27.20W; Elevation: 1672 ft.
| NAME | BIRTH DATE | DEATH DATE | COMMENTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shipley, Emory | 23 Sep 1868 | 08 Jan 1947 | |
| Shipley, Dr. J. E. | 01 Jan 1858 | 20 Oct 1916 | |
| Shipley, Susan | 1835 | 17 Oct 1913 | |
| Shipley, Peter E. | 1827 | 31 Mar 1908 | |
| Shipley, A. M. | 01 Feb 1863 | 26 Jun 1896 | [Masonic emblem] |
| Shipley, Landon E. | 24 Sep 1853 | 06 Jun 1859 | Son of Peter E. H. & Susanna Shipley AE 5 Years, 8 Mos & 12 Days |
| Shipley, John H. | 19 Mar 1855 | 24 May 1859 | Son of Peter E. H. & Susanna Shipley |
Surveyed, transcribed and donated to the Washington County TNGen Web March 2003 by Betty Jane Hylton member of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee.
Copyrighted 2013 by the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee. No part of this work may be copied without written permission from the Cemetery Survey Team.
Additional information:
From Washington County Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions by Charles M. Bennett and the Watauga Association of Genealogists, Vol. III, p.73 with permission from Loraine B. Rae.
The following markers were found in 1973 but not in 2003:
Shipley, Emma, dau. of P.E. & Susan Shipley, May 12, 1852 – [date beneath ground]
Shipley, Manta, dau. of P.E. & Susan Shipley, Sept. 3, 1871 – July 13, 1890. [Her name was Semantha.]
Peter Shipley was the son of Enoch and Elizabeth Hoss Shipley who married 1 Jul 1819.
Susan Shipley was the daughter of James & Almira Bacon Hale who were married March 31, 1830.
Peter E. Shipley married Susannah Hale, 6 Jan 1851.
Peter E. Shipley used the name Elkanah Shipley.
From Washington County Tennessee Death Record Abstracts 1908-1916, by Eddie M. Nikazy, p.256″
Joseph E. Shipley, born: 1 Jan 1857, single, physician, parents: Elkana Shipley and Susana Hale, death cause: “Diabetes,” informant: M.C. Jones (Jonesboro), buried Shipley Cemetery, died: 20 Oct 1916, record (1916): 480