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 1912 - 1993 (81 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | Clarence Wagner Melvin was born 25 Feb 1912, Vigo, Indiana, USA (son of Clarence D. Melvin and Luetta Catherine Shepard); died 20 Aug 1993, Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Other Events:
- Maternal DNA: U5a1b1: found in most of Europe and in Kyrgyzstan
- Race: Black
- Occupation: Houseman
- Reference Number: 1670
- Residence: 1930, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 18; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
- Residence: 1935, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 28; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Notes:
Died:
Age: 81
Clarence married Ethel Elaine Blakeney 6 Dec 1974, Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Ethel (daughter of James Edward Newkirk and Orion Bertha Hunter) was born 21 Apr 1930. [Group Sheet]
Clarence married Juanita Frances Small 11 Nov 1939, New York, New York, USA; divorced 30 Sep 1974, Virginia, USA. Juanita was born 14 Feb 1911, New York, USA; died 27 Jan 1987, Bronx, Bronx, New York, USA. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- D. Melvin
- Clarence Small Melvin was born 18 Feb 1943, New York, USA; died 9 May 2003, Bronx, Bronx, New York, USA.
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Generation: 2
| 2. | Clarence D. Melvin was born 3 Mar 1886, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA (son of Sam Melvin and Mary Wagner); died 11 Sep 1919, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
- Race: Colored
- Reference Number: 253
- Residence: 1910, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA
Notes:
Died:
Age: 33
Clarence married Luetta Catherine Shepard. Luetta (daughter of Thomas Franklin Shepard and Elizabeth Bass) was born 28 Feb 1875, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 17 Aug 1939, Vigo, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 3. | Luetta Catherine Shepard was born 28 Feb 1875, Vigo, Indiana, USA (daughter of Thomas Franklin Shepard and Elizabeth Bass); died 17 Aug 1939, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
- Maternal DNA: U5a1b1: found in most of Europe and in Kyrgyzstan
- Race: Negro
- Reference Number: 254
- Residence: 1900, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1910, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1930, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 55; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Head
Children:
- 1. Clarence Wagner Melvin was born 25 Feb 1912, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 20 Aug 1993, Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
- James Arthur Melvin was born 20 Jun 1913, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 2 Mar 1979, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Catherine Neoma Melvin was born 26 Jul 1915, Indiana, USA; died 18 Feb 2016, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA; was buried 27 Feb 2016, Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Hilda Jane Melvin was born 26 Jul 1915, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
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Generation: 3
| 5. | Mary Wagner died , USA. Other Events:
Children:
- 2. Clarence D. Melvin was born 3 Mar 1886, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 11 Sep 1919, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
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| 6. |  Thomas Franklin Shepard was born 20 Jan 1852, Greene, Indiana, USA (son of Thomas Shepherd and Rebecca Dixson); died 30 May 1928, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
- Paternal DNA: I1 -> Northern Europe and Scotland
- Race: White
- Reference Number: 5049
- Residence: 1860, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana, USA; Age: 9
- Residence: 1870, Smith, Greene, Indiana, USA; Thomas Mitchell
- Occupation: 1887, Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Colored Barber
- Residence: 1900, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 48; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
- Occupation: 1907, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Saloon Owner
- Possessions: 1907, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Saloon - 2938 N. 16th Street,
- Residence: 1920, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 66; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Notes:
Tom Shepherd owned and operated, a grocery store, a barber shop in Burnett, Indiana, and a saloon in a settlement north of Terre Haute, known as Highland. Tom Shepherd, as well as many other Shepherds in the area, changed the spelling of their surname to Shepard, circa 1895.
Census data for years 1860 and 1870, show Thomas Franklin living in households with Catherine Finley. Catherine Finley's family were tenant farmers, living next to John Shepherd, in the 1850 and 1860 census. She is assumed to be his caretaker or guardian.
There is no DNA evidence that shows any relationship between Catherine Finley and Thomas F. Shepherd, through either the 23andme, AncestryDNA, or FamilyTreeDNA testing sites.
Thomas married Elizabeth Bass 28 Apr 1874, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Michael Bass and Catharine Foster) was born 17 Mar 1855, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 29 Jan 1929, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 7. |  Elizabeth Bass was born 17 Mar 1855, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA (daughter of Michael Bass and Catharine Foster); died 29 Jan 1929, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
- Maternal DNA: U5a1b1: found in most of Europe and in Kyrgyzstan
- Race: Mulatto
- Reference Number: 705
- Residence: 1870, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 15; Census Post Office: Terre Haute
- Residence: 1900, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 45; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
- Residence: 1910, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 56; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
- Residence: 1920, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 64; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
Notes:
Buried:
Highland Lawn Cemetery
Children:
- 3. Luetta Catherine Shepard was born 28 Feb 1875, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 17 Aug 1939, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- George Franklin Shepard was born 3 Nov 1877, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 29 May 1952, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Charles Frederic Shepard was born 6 Aug 1879, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 6 Sep 1948, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 16 Sep 1948, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Infant Shepherd was born 2 Jun 1881, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 2 Jun 1881, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Gertrude Elizabeth Shepard was born 7 Jun 1882, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 12 May 1920, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
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Generation: 4
| 12. | Thomas Shepherd was born 14 Jan 1832, Greene, Indiana, USA (son of Charles Garrison Shepherd and Lavina Bradford); died 2 Apr 1856, Greene, Indiana, USA; was buried 1856, Grandview Cemetery, Bloomfield, Greene, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
- Paternal DNA: I1 -> Northern Europe and Scotland
- Reference Number: 2237
- Residence: 1850, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana, USA; Age: 18
Thomas married Rebecca Dixson 18 May 1854, Greene, Indiana, USA. Rebecca (daughter of John Hart Dixson and Elizabeth J. Stalcup) was born 17 Dec 1841, Indiana, USA; died 4 Mar 1906, Booneville, Logan, Arkansas, USA; was buried , Booneville, Logan, Arkansas, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 13. | Rebecca Dixson was born 17 Dec 1841, Indiana, USA (daughter of John Hart Dixson and Elizabeth J. Stalcup); died 4 Mar 1906, Booneville, Logan, Arkansas, USA; was buried , Booneville, Logan, Arkansas, USA. Other Events:
- Race: White
- Reference Number: 2239
- Residence: 1860, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1870, Mount Prairie, Jasper, Iowa, USA
- Residence: 1880, Douglas, Shelby, Iowa, USA; Age: 46; Marital status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
- Residence: 1900, Crawford, Arkansas, USA
Children:
- 6. Thomas Franklin Shepard was born 20 Jan 1852, Greene, Indiana, USA; died 30 May 1928, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Lucelia Shepherd was born Abt 1855, Indiana, USA.
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| 14. | Michael Bass was born 10 Mar 1818, North Carolina, USA (son of Jethro Bass and Polly Mitchell); died 15 Jan 1875, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
- Race: Mulatto
- Reference Number: 713
- Residence: 1850, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 36
- Residence: 1870, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Post Office: Terre Haute; Age: 53
Michael married Catharine Foster 28 Aug 1840, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Catharine (daughter of George Washington Foster and Mary Summers) was born Abt 1821, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 15. | Catharine Foster was born Abt 1821, Ohio, USA (daughter of George Washington Foster and Mary Summers). Other Events:
- Maternal DNA: U5a1b1: found in most of Europe and in Kyrgyzstan
- Race: Mulatto
- Reference Number: 712
- Residence: 1830, Hardy, Holmes, Ohio, USA
- Residence: 1850, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 32
- Residence: 1870, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Post Office: Terre Haute; Age: 49
- Residence: 1880, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 59Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Self
Children:
- Robert Bass was born 1843, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- George H. Bass was born 1844, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Alonzo Bass was born 1847, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died Jul 1876, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Andrew Bass was born 1848, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Malissa Bass was born 1850, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Catherine Bass was born 12 Jan 1853, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 6 Feb 1902, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried Feb 1902, Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- 7. Elizabeth Bass was born 17 Mar 1855, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 29 Jan 1929, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Michael Bass was born 1860, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 15 Nov 1941, Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois, USA; was buried 19 Nov 1941, Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois, USA.
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