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William H Shapleigh 
  Rank: Pvt Co: G Age: 19 Residence: Eliot Birthplace: Eliot Occupation: farmer Married/Single: S Height: 5' 11 Eyes: Bl Hair: Lt Complexion: Lt 

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WILLIAM H SHAPLEIGH was born on 26 Nov 1842 in Eliot, Maine [Descriptive Roll], the son of William and Susan F (Johnson) Shapleigh [NEHGR v95 p273]. He died on 26 Aug 1864 [NEHGR v95 p273] and is buried in the family graveyard on Goodwin Rd in Eliot, Maine [YCCI, p675].

Around 1863, he was married to MARY E SHOREY, the daughter of Charles Shorey. She was born 5 Apr 1844, and died on 31 Jan 1923. She is buried in the Shorey family cemetery on Old Fields Rd in South Berwick [YCCI, p2081]. After her husbands death, she had remarried to Alfred Proctor. The 1900 census numbers give her 2 children, both dec'd, but the 1910 census has "ch 3/3". Records say that William died "d.s.p." [NEHGR v95 p273], so these children perhaps belonged to her 2nd husb. 

In the genealogy Alexander Shapleigh and Some of His Descendants [NEHGR v95 p272-273], the following ancestry for William is given as: William (William, Oliver, John, Dependence, John3)




Additional Source Data:
1860 Eliot, York, ME (pg 2); hh 17/17: William H, age 16, laborer
1870 Eliot
1880 Eliot (p4): Mary E Proctor, age 34 w/Alfred
1900 South Berwick: Mary and Alfred Proctor
1910 So Berwick (pg 7A), hh 111/121, Portsmouth Rd: Mary E Proctor (age 66), a widow, liv w/father Charles Shorey (age 90). A Hattie Proctor, age 26, with them, called adopted daughter
- Civil War Pension Index: father William Shapleigh filed in July 1870 (445,498); widow Mary E Proctor filed 4 Jan 1892 (app #567,789, cert #409,333)


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