1850 Census - Fayette Co, Illinois.
1860 Census - Vandalia, Fayette, Illinois.
1870 Census - Otego, Fayette, Illinois.
Obituary of Seth Shippy - states that his Mother died when he was an infant and that his Father died when he was age 10, that he was left with no Brothers and Sisters. Mr. & Mrs. Stoddard of Ramsey, Ill gave him a home.
1820 Census - Seneca Twp., Sandusky, Ohio.
1830 Census - Hopewell, Seneca, Ohio.
1840 Census - Seneca County, ohio.
1850, 1860 Censuses - Louden, Seneca, Ohio.
Seneca County Ohio Marriage Records.
Seneca County Ohio Land Records.
Seneca County Ohio Probate Records.
Sandridge Cemetery, Bascom, Seneca, Ohio.
Fountain Cemetery, Fostoria, Hancock, Ohio.
Seneca County Ohio Tax Records.
Seneca County Ohio Court Records.
"History of Seneca County: from the close of the Revolutionary War to July 1888: embracing many personal sketches of pioneers", 1880.
"The Story of a Family" by Ethel Thomas & Dorothy Thomas Cozart.
Seneca County Ohio Marriage Records.
1830 Census - Hopewell, Seneca, Ohio.
1840 Census - Seneca County, Ohio.
1850 Census - Cedar Creek, Allen, Indiana.
1860 Census - Virginia, Warren, Iowa.
1870 Census - Ohio, Madison, Iowa.
1880 Census - Ohio, Madison, Iowa.
Isaac Shippy, 1832 is not proven as a child, but everything points to he being a child of Robert and Hannah.
1840 Census - Seneca County, Ohio.
1850, 1860, 1870 Censuses - Louden, Seneca, Ohio.
Lorenzo Dow and Lydia Marie were never married.
1840 Census - Hancock County, Ohio.
1850, 1860, 1870 Censuses - Cass Twp., Hancock, Ohio.
Fountain Cemetery, Fostoria, Hancock, Ohio.
Hancock County Ohio Marriage Records.
Hancock County Ohio Land Records.
Moved to Kane County, Illinois in 1833
1850 Census - New Albion, Cattaragus, New York.
1860 Census - Hanover, Cook, Illinois.
14 Children.
A George Valentine Ballard also shown as one of the children.