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Generation: 2
| 2. | Ernest E. Fisher was born 26 May 1908, Indiana, USA (son of Alec Fisher and Ethel Jackson); died Jul 1967; was buried , Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
- Reference Number: 255
- Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA
Notes:
Died:
Age: 59
Ernest married Catherine Neoma Melvin 20 Feb 1933, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Catherine (daughter of Clarence D. Melvin and Luetta Catherine Shepard) 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. [Group Sheet]
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| 3. |  Catherine Neoma Melvin was born 26 Jul 1915, Indiana, USA (daughter of Clarence D. Melvin and Luetta Catherine Shepard); died 18 Feb 2016, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA; was buried 27 Feb 2016, Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
- Maternal DNA: U5a1b1: found in most of Europe and in Kyrgyzstan
- Reference Number: 252
- Residence: 1930, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA
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Generation: 3
| 5. | Ethel Jackson died , USA. Other Events:
Children:
- 2. Ernest E. Fisher was born 26 May 1908, Indiana, USA; died Jul 1967; was buried , Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
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| 6. | 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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| 7. | 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:
- 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.
- 3. 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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| 13. | Mary Wagner died , USA. Other Events:
Children:
- 6. 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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| 14. |  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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| 15. |  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:
- 7. 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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