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 552 SHILLABER. SHORES. SHILLABER, BENJAMIN PENHALLOW ("Mrs. Partington"), son of William Shilla- ber and Sally (Cutts) Sawyer, was born in Portsmouth, Rockingham county, N. H., July 12, 1 814. His education was obtained in the public schools of those days. At sixteen, in 1830, he was an appren- tice on the " New Hampshire Palladium," Dover, N. H. He went back to Ports- mouth in 1832 and worked on the "Chris- tian Herald" and "Courier." He worked as a book printer in Boston from 1833 to '36, and from 1836 to '38 on the " Royal Gazette," Demerara, British Guiana, having gone to the tropics for his health. He returned from Guiana in 1838. Prom 1840 to '55 he was on the "Boston Post," excepting two years spent on the "Carpet Bag," 185 1 to '53, and on the "Saturday Evening Gazette" from 1856 to '67. His present vocation is that of miscel- laneous writer and general newspaper cor- respondent. Mr. Shillaber was married in Boston, August 15, 1838, to Ann Tappan, daugh- ter of Maximilian John de Rochemont and Sarah Ham Moses. Of this union were eight children : Ann Maria, William, Ben- jamin Penhallow, Caroline Wheeler, Emma Prances, Louis Ira, Lucy Grace and Lizzie Chase (twins) Shillaber. Mr. Shillaber was a member of the school board, Chelsea, nine years. He has been connected since 1843 with the I. O. O. P., the Franklin Typographical Society since 1847, and the Masonic fraternity since 1857. He has filled the various positions incident to a literary life as printer, reporter, editor and publisher. He has brought out eight books which have been successful, viz. : " Rhymes with Reason and With- out," " Life and Sayings of Mrs. Part- ington," " Mrs. Partington's Knitting Work," "Partingtonian Patchwork," "Lines in Pleasant Places," " Ike Partington and His Friends," " Cruises with Captain Bob," and "The Double Runner Club," — with one completed and ready for publi- cation. He is liberal in his religious belief and a Democrat in politics. He is an honorary member of the Dartmouth chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. While suffering latterly from painful and protracted disease, he has been, as ever, sunny and unsoured, the consciousness of his having tried to make the world happier enabling him to smile at the inevitable and make no wry faces at fate. SHIPLEY, JOSEPH LUCIEN, son of John and Rebekah (Dickey) Shipley, was born in Londonderry, Rockingham county, N. H., March 31, 1836. By making the most of every facility offered at the district school, while work- ing upon the farm and at the carpenter's trade, he succeeded in entering Kimball Union Academy, at Meriden, N. H., and there fitted for Yale College, where he was graduated in 1861. Immediately after graduating, he ac- cepted the position of principal of Bacon Academy at Colchester, Conn., which posi- tion he held for two years, resigning it in 1863 to become night editor of the "Springfield Republican." In 1S69 he became connected with the editorial staff of the " Boston Journal," which position he held for three years. For three years following he was connected with papers in Scranton and Allentown, Pa., and in 1S72 accepted an editorial position on the "Springfield Union." He has since then resided in Springfield, and since rS82 has been editor of the " Union " and president and treasurer of the company which owns that paper. Mr. Shipley is a deacon of the First church of Springfield, and in 1885 and '86 was vice-president of the Connecticut Valley Congregational Club, and a dele- gate from the Massachusetts general asso- ciation of Congregational churches to the national Congregational council in Chi- cago, in 1886. On the 4th of October, 1864, Mr. Ship- ley was married, in Maiden, to Margaret H., daughter of Captain Hiram and Mar- garet (Dunham) Weeks of Colchester, Conn. They have no children. SHORES, DAVID, son of Rev. Silas and Abigail (Stacy) Shores, was born in Falmouth, Barnstable county, November 27, 1823. His early training was under the per- sonal care of his parents, and the public school supplemented his home instruction until he had prepared himself in turn to give instruction in writing and vocal culture. Later in life he adopted farming as a vocation, and to this added the manu- facture of charcoal in kilns and the manu- facture of lumber. Mr. Shores was married in Shutesbury, December 7, 1845, to Emeline A., daugh- ter of Nathan and Melita (Fish) Paull. They have eight children : Silas S., Henry D., Benjamin, George H., Jonathan Ed- wards, Charles B., Mary A., and Nellie M. Shores.