Biography

12/28/1788 - 03/02/1839

SHIPPEN, Henry, a Representative from Huntingdon County; born, December 28, 1788 in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pa.; graduated, Dickenson College, 1808; captain, First Brigade, 4^th Division, Pennsylvania Militia (1812-1814, War of 1812); attorney (1811-1839); engaged, real estate; appointed, deputy attorney general, Huntingdon County (1819-1821, 1824); elected as a Democrat for the 1823-1824 and 1824-1825 terms; resigned from the House, January 25, 1825; elected, delegate, State Democratic Convention (1824); appointed, president judge, Erie District (1825-1839); owner, hotel, Shippenville, Clarion County (1827); trustee, Allegheny College (1839); died, March 2, 1839 in Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania; interred, Greendale Cemetery, Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.