Adam Martin Shoptaw

1861 - 1945  (84 years)

• Name	Adam Martin Shoptaw  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16]
  Birth	23 Nov 1861	Pleasantville, Greene, Indiana, USA   [1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	15 Jun 1880	Grant Township, Greene, Indiana, USA   [1]
  Residence	26 Jun 1900	Stafford Township, Greene, Indiana, USA   [3]
  Residence	18 Apr 1910	Jefferson Township, Sullivan, Indiana, USA   [5]
  Residence	19 Jan 1920	Jefferson Township, Sullivan, Indiana, USA   [6]
  Residence	28 Apr 1930	Jefferson Township, Sullivan, Indiana, USA   [7]
  Residence	1 Apr 1935	Jefferson Township, Sullivan, Indiana   [9]
  Residence	10 Apr 1940	Jefferson Township, Sullivan, Indiana, USA   [9]
  Death	9 Dec 1945	Paxton, Sullivan, Indiana, USA   [10, 12]
  Burial	11 Dec 1945	Dugger, Sullivan, Indiana, USA   [10, 12]
  	Mount Moriah Cemetery
  Person ID	I21456	McKelleb
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	Adam Hoke Shoptaw,   b. 14 May 1820, Kentucky, USA d. 15 Dec 1886, Switzerland, Sullivan, Indiana, USA (Age 66 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Susan M. E. Holder,   b. 9 Mar 1830, North Carolina, USA d. 1 Sep 1914, Lyons, Greene, Indiana, USA (Age 84 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	30 Dec 1848	Greene County, Indiana, USA   [17]
  Family ID	F6424	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Elizabeth Bedwell,   b. 25 May 1870, Sullivan County, Indiana, USA d. 3 Feb 1935, Jefferson Township, Sullivan, Indiana, USA (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	18 Mar 1904	Sullivan County, Indiana, USA   [4]
  Marriage License	18 Mar 1904	Sullivan County, Indiana, USA   [4]
  Children	1. Louie Tresea Shoptaw,   b. 3 Dec 1911, Pleasantville, Sullivan, Indiana, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Keith Shoptaw,   b. 3 Jun 1905, Linton, Greene, Indiana, USA d. 31 Jul 1964, Linton, Greene, Indiana, United States (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Delmar Shoptaw,   b. 22 Mar 1909, Indiana, USA d. 26 Jan 1983, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Living
  Family ID	F6422	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Stephens,   b. 24 Jun 1866, Greene County, Indiana, USA d. 22 Mar 1900, Stafford Township, Greene, Indiana, USA (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	6 Sep 1884	Greene County, Indiana, USA   [2]
  Children	1. George William Shoptaw,   b. 16 Jan 1887, Greene County, Indiana, USA d. 3 Oct 1930, Cass, Sullivan, Indiana, USA (Age 43 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Alfred Harrison Shoptaw,   b. 30 Jul 1888, Switzerland City, Sullivan, Indiana, USA d. 7 Jan 1973, Linton, Greene, Indiana, USA (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Sanford Theodore Shoptaw,   b. 29 Dec 1889, Bucktown, Sullivan, Indiana, USA d. 7 Oct 1938, Sullivan, Sullivan, Indiana, USA (Age 48 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Ora E. Shoptaw,   b. 27 May 1894, Indiana, USA d. 24 Jun 1979, Washington, Daviess, Indiana, USA (Age 85 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Mary Emma Shoptaw,   b. Feb 1896, Indiana, USA d. 13 Jun 1953, Dugger, Sullivan, Indiana, USA (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Oscar Ramond Shoptaw,   b. 20 Dec 1897, Sullivan County, Indiana, USA d. 28 Jul 1917, Jefferson Township, Sullivan, Indiana, USA (Age 19 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Charlie Mack Shoptaw,   b. 22 Feb 1900, Indiana, USA d. 23 Jul 1900, Greene County, Indiana, USA (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F6423	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 6 Sep 1884 - Greene County, Indiana, USA Residence - 26 Jun 1900 - Stafford Township, Greene, Indiana, USA Marriage - 18 Mar 1904 - Sullivan County, Indiana, USA Marriage License - 18 Mar 1904 - Sullivan County, Indiana, USA Residence - 18 Apr 1910 - Jefferson Township, Sullivan, Indiana, USA Residence - 19 Jan 1920 - Jefferson Township, Sullivan, Indiana, USA Residence - 28 Apr 1930 - Jefferson Township, Sullivan, Indiana, USA Residence - 10 Apr 1940 - Jefferson Township, Sullivan, Indiana, USA Death - 9 Dec 1945 - Paxton, Sullivan, Indiana, USA Burial - 11 Dec 1945 - Dugger, Sullivan, Indiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Age Variation: Adam is listed as being born in 1864 in the 1880 Census; November 1863 in the 1900 Census; Adam is listed as being 52 years old in the 1910 Census making him born in 1858. He is listed as being 50 in the 1920 Census, making his birth year as 1870; he is listed as being born in 1860 (age 70) in the 1930 Census; he is listed as being born in 1861 in the 1940 Census. Occupation: Adam is listed as being a Appretice Blacksmith in the 1880 Census; A Farmer in the 1900 Census; A Blacksmith in the 1910, 1920, 1930 & 1940 Census Name Variation: Adam is listed as Martin in the 1880 Census.; A. M. in the 1920 Census; AN in the 1930 Census, Martin in the 1940 Census. Notes: It is unknown where Adam is with his parents in the 1870 Census. I have been unable to locate him or his parents in the 1870 Census

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Grant Township, Greene, Indiana; Roll: T9_280; Page: 14; Enumeration District: 300; Dwelling #134, Family #134, Martin Shoptaw, Line #50 (Reliability: 3). [S65] Indiana, U.S., Marriage Certificates, 1960-2012, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;) (Reliability: 2). https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DDD2-D5N2 [S205] 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Stafford, Greene, Indiana; Roll: T623_374; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 0035; Dwelling #250, Family #251; Adam M Shoptaw, Line #57 (Reliability: 3). [S4] Indiana Marriages, 1811 - 2019, (Name: Family Search; Location: Salt Lake City, Utah; Date: 2024;), "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-2019", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXFK-WXD : Sat Jul 06 02:17:02 UTC 2024), Entry for A M Shoptaw and Mary E Hedrick, 18 Mar 1904.; Page #424, Entry #1 (Reliability: 4). https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXFK-WXD?lang=en [S206] 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Jefferson, Sullivan, Indiana; Roll: T624_381; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0175; FHL microfilm: 1374394; Dwelling #39, Family #39; Martin Shoptaw, Line #85 (Reliability: 3). [S26] 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Jefferson, Sullivan, Indiana; Roll: T625_466; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 266; Dwelling #176, Family #177, A. M. Shoptaw, Line #77 (Reliability: 3). [S31] 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Jefferson, Sullivan, Indiana; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0023; FHL microfilm: 2340364; Roll T626; Dwelling 167, Family #173, A.N. Shoptow; Line #39 (Reliability: 3). [S208] Indiana, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1907-1944, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, Indiana; Birth; Year: 1911; Roll: 020; Louie Tresea Shoptaw, Certificate #49686 (Reliability: 4). [S22] 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Jefferson, Sullivan, Indiana; Roll: T627-01097; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 77-24; Visit #141; Martin Shoptaw, Line #70 (Reliability: 3). [S209] Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011; Year: 1945; Roll: 14; Adam Martin Shoptaw, Certificate #39292 (Reliability: 4). [S210] Newspapers.com - Linton Daily Citizen - 10 Dec 1945 - Page 1, (Name: Linton Daily Citizen; Location: Linton, Indiana; Date: 10 Dec 1945;), Adam Shoptaw's Obituary - 10 Dec 1945; Linton Daily Citizen, Linton, IndianaPage #1 (Reliability: 4). https://www.newspapers.com/article/linton-daily-citizen-obituary-for-adam-s/171365967/?xid=637 [S207] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;) (Reliability: 3). https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21757635/adam-martin-shoptaw [S4] Indiana Marriages, 1811 - 2019, (Name: Family Search; Location: Salt Lake City, Utah; Date: 2024;), "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-2019", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXNM-4BH : Sat Jan 18 16:46:02 UTC 2025), Entry for Alfred Harrison Shoptaw and Cecil Irene Mccorery.; Marriage License; Page #119 (Reliability: 4). https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXNM-4BH?lang=en [S28] Indiana, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), "Indiana, Marriages, 1780-1992", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF44-9FJ : 13 January 2020), Lulu Followell in entry for Alfred H. Shoptaw, 1916. (Reliability: 2). https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF44-9FL [S4] Indiana Marriages, 1811 - 2019, (Name: Family Search; Location: Salt Lake City, Utah; Date: 2024;), "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-2019", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8TBX-V9PZ : Sat Mar 09 01:42:19 UTC 2024), Entry for Alfred H Shoftaw and Cora Addiline Core, 14 Mar 1920. (Reliability: 2). https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8TBX-VSW2?lang=en [S239] Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011; Year: 1973; Roll: 01. [S33] Indiana, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1941, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Family History Library; Salt Lake City, Utah; Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892; Page: 1317803; Adam H Shoptaw & Susannah M E Holder (Reliability: 2).