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Biography of William Shockley

From HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY
W. H. Beers [Chicago, 1883]


Page 1042

WILLIAM SHOCKLEY, farmer, P.O. South Solon, was born in Stokes Township, Madison County, Ohio, January 15, 1847, and is a son of Clement and Matilda (Briggs) Shockley, who are both natives of Ohio. Clement was born in May, 1823, and Matilda in May, 1825. They were married in Clark County, Ohio, in 1843 or 1844. William was united in marriage with Nancy J. Huffman October 10, 1871; she was a native of Greene County, Ohio, born in 1851. He bought 106 acres of land in Fayette County, Ohio, when twenty-five years of age, and engaged in farming. He sold that tract and purchased 111 3/4 acres of land in Madison County, where he resides. Mr. and Mrs. Shockley are the parents of three children, of whom three survive — Franklin P. and Martha M.



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