MARTHA ELLEN CASNER

AND

WILLIAM SHIPP

Martha Ellen Casner married William Shipp. She was the only member of the Martin Casner family to stay in Texas.

She married William Shipp and they remained ( or returned ) and settled in Willow City  Gillespie Co.,  TX. He was also a  Texas Ranger. Texas Ranger Service record-below.

He served in the 16th Texas Confederate Infantry Regiment  Lucketts Brigade Company C -Bowers company (regimental history and timeline) from March 1862- April 1863.

For his service in the Civil War he received a pension as follows.

Shipp, W. A. 12848Claimant: Shipp, W. A.
   Pension Number: 12848
   County: Gillespie

Note : Lyndon Baines Johnson's (President of US) father;  Samuel Johnson lived with the WA Shipp family In Willow City in 1897. He lived there while he taught at Rocky School, and in his memoirs he said that he spent many hours around the fire at the Shipp house listening to the experiences of frequent guest, Captain Rufus Perry, the Indian fighter. He may have several family connections including serving with Jessie Billingsley at Battle of San Jacinto.

 Captain Rufus Perry cabin

Captain Perry Texas Ranger Museum
Located west of Johnson City on
Hwy. 290 at 404 W. Main

Birth: 15 SEP 1850 in TX