Mrs. Amanda (Gibbs) Shelland, wife of James E. Shelland, for many years a 

prominent farmer of Otsego County, now living in retirement in the village 

of Tuscalon, this county, and whose biography is given briefly in connection 

with that of James E. Shelland, Jr., was born in Connecticut, May 11, 1838. 

There she was carefully educated and reared by indulgent and intelligent 

parents. One of her brothers, John Gibbs, was born in the State of New York 

February 4, 1833, and now resides in Detroit, Mich. A sister, Harriet, was 

born in Schoharie County, June 12, 1835, is now the widow of George J. 

Bulson, and resides at Worcester. Mrs. Shelland is the daughter of Nelson 

and Adelia (Baldwin) Gibbs, both of whom were born in New England, and spent 

a part of their married lives on a farm in Connecticut. They lived to an 

advanced age. They led quiet, unpretentious lives, but were well known as 

being among the best people of the community. 
 
Mrs. Shelland was first married to Schuyler Crippin, in 1879. He was born in the town of 
Worcester, and was a general farmer, owning several good farms in his native town. He 
died in the village of Tuscalon at the age of seventy-two years. He was a Democrat in 
politics, and served two terms as Highway Commissioner. Mrs. Cripin was again 
married, her second husband being Joseph B. Robinson. He was a mason by trade, and 
was born in the town of Worcester, being a son of one of the early settlers of that 
town. Mr. Robinson died in his native town, at the age of sixty-seven. Her third 
marriage was to James E. Shelland, and took place October 19, 1892. They now reside 
in the village of Tuscalon, on a part of the old Grand-father Crippin farm, where 
they are very comfortably located.