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- Craig, Stanley H., comp. Salem County New Jersey Genealogical Data, Volume Two. Merchantville, NJ: H. Stanley Craig, 1931.
[p.65] Family of Andreas and Margaretha Shimp. Hanna, b. Dec. 20, 1794. Anna, b. Sept, 12, 1797. David, b. Feb. 10, 1800. Sarah, b. Apr. 6, 1803. Samuel, b. Oct. 10, 1805. Andreas, b. May 26, 1810. Anna Sarah, b. June 24, 1811. Jacob, b. June 16, 1812.
Was a farmer in Olive Township, St Joseph County IN
Biographical sketches of the Schimpf family "At an early age Jacob went west, and secured work on a farm in LaPorte County, IN, where he met his wife and he was married on 22 Feb 1838, to Hannah Drollinger by the Reverand John Bowell of LaPorte, she was born 16 June 1810. They settled after their marriage in Olive Township, St Joseph County and there were four children ..."
Jacob Shimp, the last Jackson voter in St. Joseph county, died at 4:30 Tuesday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Cyrus B. Miller at the corner of Monroe and Franklin streets, his death being painless, having been unconscious about a day. His death was due to a general breaking down of the system, but his last illness lasted but two days. Mr. Shimp would have been eighty-nine years old June 16, and he had resided in this county sixty-eight years. He bore his years remarkably well and retained his faculties to a remarkable degree. The deceased was a Mason, and was buried under the auspices of the Terre Coupee Lodge, No. 204, of New Carlisle, the services being held at the New Carlisle Christian church.
"The deceased had long been a familiar figure in this city and county, and was a citizen of most excellent repute and a Democrat of unwavering integrity.His death took the last Jackson voter from St. Joseph county. Few men were prouder of a deed that was the deceased in the fact that he had voted once for Old Hickory. Mr. Shimp was a Jacksonian.
He was one of ten children born to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Shimp, both of whom were natives of New Jersey. Andrew Shimp was born in New Jersey, February 18, 1767, and when quite a young man married Margaret Wendyell, who was born November 12, 1771. Their children were: Susan, born August 1, 1782; Hannah, December 20, 1794; Anna, September 12, 1797; David, February 10, 1800; Elizabeth, April 8, 1802; Sarah, April 6, 1803; Samuel, October 18, 1805; Andrew, May 27, 1810; Jacob, June 16, 1811; and John, May 28, 1817."
"Jacob, the ninth child, was born in Salem county, New Jersey, but removed with his parents to Ohio in 1825, settling in Warren county, one of the old Abolition and Republican strongholds of that state. He lived there until 1833, when he removed to St. Joseph county, where he has since resided. Jacob's grandfather and grandmother were natives of Germany. His father was a prosperous farmer until the era of depreciated continental money came upon him, causing him to lose the farm which he had worked hard to develop. In 1838 Jacob married Ann Druliner, who died in 1840. Two years later he took for his second wife Hannah Graham, of Warren county, Ohio, who died March 15, 1889. To them seven children were born, and all but two survive. The survivors are: Mrs. Lewis Kirby, Of Warren county, Ohio; Mrs. Cyrus B. Miller of this city; ex-Trustee John M. Shimp of Harris township; ex-County Recorder William D. Shimp of this city; and Mrs. Joseph Burden of Olive township."
"The entire Shimp family, beginning with Andrew, the father of Jacob, have been Democrats to the backbone. The woman have been as loyal and enthusiastic as the men and would gladly have voted had the law allowed. Jacob Shimp cast his first vote for Andrew Jackson, in 1832, and had voted the straight Democratic ticket ever since until the last when he was too ill to go to the polls. He took great pride in his long record of unswerving allegiance to the Democratic party and in the fact that his sons tread in the same path. One of the latter, William D., has served as recorder of St. Joseph county and is a leading citizen of South Bend."
Throughout the long period of his residence in St. Joseph county, Mr. Shimp was ever true to the trusts reposed in him. He commanded the respect of all by his upright life, and engraved his name indelibly on the pages of the county's history.
1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Jacob Shimp
Age: 37
Birth Year: abt 1813
Birthplace: New Jersey
Home in 1850: Olive, St Joseph, Indiana
Gender: Male
Family Number: 500
Household Members: Name Age
Jacob Shimp 37
Hannah Shimp 35
Phebe Ann Shimp 7
Margarette E Shimp 4
John M Shimp 3
William Shimp 0
1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Jacob Shimp
Age in 1860: 48
Birth Year: abt 1812
Birthplace: New York [New Jersey (NJ)]
Home in 1860: Olive, St Joseph, Indiana
Gender: Male
Post Office: Richardson
Household Members: Name Age
Jacob Shimp 48
Hanah Shimp 46
Phebe Shimp 17
Margret Shimp 14
John Shimp 11
Wm Shimp 9
Rebecca Shimp 7
Samuel Shimp 5
Edman West 24
1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Jacob Shimp
Age: 67
Birth Year: abt 1813
Birthplace: New Jersey
Home in 1880: South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Father-in-law
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Hannah Shimp
Father's Birthplace: Prussia
Mother's Birthplace: Prussia
Occupation: Dealer-Agric'L Impl.
Household Members:
Name Age
Isaac Hollowell 37
Maggie Hollowell 34
Ralph Hollowell 6
Jacob Shimp 67
Hannah Shimp 64
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1812 - 1901 (88 years)
