James S. Shoptaw

1866 - 1886  (20 years)

• Name	James S. Shoptaw  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	2 Jan 1866	Indiana, USA   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	15 Jun 1880	Grant Township, Greene, Indiana, USA   [1]
  Death	15 Dec 1886	Switzerland City, Sullivan, Indiana, USA   [2, 3]
  Burial	Aft 15 Dec 1886	Greene County, Indiana, USA   [3]
  	Hicks Cemetery
  Person ID	I21986	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   [4]
  Family ID	F6424	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 2 Jan 1866 - Indiana, USA Burial - Aft 15 Dec 1886 - Greene County, Indiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Age Variation: James is listed as being born in 1866 in the 1880 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: 15; Enumeration District: 300; Dwelling #134, Family #134, James Shoptaw, Line #2 (Reliability: 3). [S201] Newspapers.com - The Indianapolis Journal - 16 Dec 1886 - 2, (Name: The Indianapolis Journal; Location: Indianapolis, Indiana; Date: 16 Dec 1886;), The Indiapolis Journal, Thursday, December 16, 1886, Page #2; James Shoptaw (Reliability: 4). https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-journal/171194581/?xid=637 [S202] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;) (Reliability: 4). https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12940331/james-s-shoptaw [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).