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SAMUEL E. SHIPP, son of Colonel Samuel Shipp, was born in 185o at Pleasant Ridge, Princess Ann County, Virginia.
He was educated at Columbian College, Washington, D. C. Mr. Shipp was deputy state treasurer of Virginia several
years, and for ten years connected with the post office in Richmond and Norfolk. He came to Newburgh and organized
the present real estate and insurance firm of Shipp & Osborn in 1888, associating himself with Mr. David A.
Osborn. This business had been established in 1873 by E. S. Turner. Mr. Shipp is also president of the Shipp &
Osborn Realty Company. In 1900 he was appointed by the governor of New York State a member of the Board of Managers
of the Middletown State Hospital and served four years as president of the board. He was elected in 1898 a member
of the Board of Education of Newburgh and has been president of the board six years. Mr. Shipp is prominent in
club, social and business circles. He is a member of Hudson River Lodge, a Knight Templar and was one of the organizers
of the Wilbur H. Weston Shriner Association and has been its vice president and president. He is a charter member
and director of the Newburgh City Club and for many years a member of the Powelton (Country) Club. Mr. Shipp has
always taken an active part in all matters pertaining to the growth and prosperity of his home city.
From:
The History of Orange County New York
Edited by: Russel Headley
Van Deusen and Elms, Publishers
Middletown, N. Y. 1908
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