"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND MARTINSVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
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HENRY SHIREMAN, SR., is a native of Lincoln County, N.C., was born December
18, 1823, and is a son of MICHAEL and ELIZABETH (SHUFFORD) SHIREMAN, both
natives of North Carolina--the former born in 1783, the latter in 1789.
They were married in Lincoln County, and in 1835 emigrated to Morgan County,
Ind., where they made a local habitation. Mrs. Shireman died March 31,
1846, after which Mr. Shireman married CATHERINE CLODFELTER, and died in
Washington Township, the father of the following family: POLLY, ANNA,
BARBARA, DANIEL, ELIZABETH, RHODA, MAXVILLE, CATHERINE, MICHAEL, SUSAN, JOHN
S. and HENRY. Our subject, Henry Shireman, on the 13th of April, 1854,
married MISS MARIA, a daughter of ISAAC and LYDIA DETURK. After his
marriage, Mr. Shireman purchased and located on the farm he yet holds. He
is now owner of more that 500 acres of land, and is comfortably and
independently situated. Mr. and Mrs. Shireman have been the parents of ten
children--MARY E., LOUISA A., WILLIAM A., ELLEN A., ISAAC (deceased),
CHARLES E., HARRIET C., MAXVILLE, FLORA B. and EUGENE C.
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