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Generation: 1

Zora Shepherd was born Nov 1896, Indiana, USA (daughter of William Perry Shepherd and Bessie Lee Ellett); died 1930; was buried , Linton, Greene, Indiana, USA.

Other Events:

Race: White
Reference Number: 7871
Residence: 1900, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana, USA; Age: 3; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter

Notes:

Died:
Age: 33

Zora married Ray W Bedwell. Ray was born 4 Nov 1897, Sullivan, Sullivan, Indiana, USA; died 18 Dec 1932, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA; was buried , Dugger, Sullivan, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

Generation: 2

William Perry Shepherd was born 22 Sep 1869, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana, USA (son of Charles Shepherd and Mary Mariah Hicks); died 27 Oct 1944, Linton, Greene, Indiana, USA; was buried 1944, Fairview Cemetery, Linton, Greene, Indiana, USA.

Other Events:

Reference Number: 7440
Residence: 1870, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana, USA; Age: 9/12; Census Post Office: Switz
Residence: 1880, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana, USA; Age: 10; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
Residence: 1900, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana, USA; Age: 39; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Residence: 1910, Stockton, Greene, Indiana, USA; Age in 1910: 40; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Residence: 1920, Linton, Greene, Indiana, USA; Age: 50; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Residence: 1930, Linton, Greene, Indiana, USA; Age: 60; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Residence: 1935, Linton, Greene, Indiana, USA
Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Linton, Greene, Indiana, USA; Age: 70; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Residence: 1944, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana, USA; Road Construction steam roller killed him

Notes:

Died:
Steam roller from road work caught his pant leg. He went under the roller and died later that day from the wounds.

William married Bessie Lee Ellett 7 Jul 1891, Greene, Indiana, USA. Bessie (daughter of Delane Ellett and E. McHenry) was born 7 Jul 1873, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana, USA; died 15 Jun 1970, Linton, Greene, Indiana, USA; was buried , Linton, Greene, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

Bessie Lee Ellett was born 7 Jul 1873, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana, USA (daughter of Delane Ellett and E. McHenry); died 15 Jun 1970, Linton, Greene, Indiana, USA; was buried , Linton, Greene, Indiana, USA.

Other Events:

civil: Indiana, USA
Race: White
Reference Number: 7441
Residence: 1900, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana, USA; Age: 26; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
Residence: 1910, Stockton, Greene, Indiana, USA; Age in 1910: 37; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
Residence: 1920, Linton, Greene, Indiana, USA; Age: 47; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
Residence: 1930, Linton, Greene, Indiana, USA; Age: 54; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
Residence: 1935, Linton, Greene, Indiana, USA
Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Linton, Greene, Indiana, USA; Age: 66; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

Notes:

Died:
Age: 97

Children:

Charles Ellett Shepherd was born 29 Jun 1906, Linton, Greene, Indiana, USA; died 27 Jan 1986, Clearwater, Pinellas, Florida, USA.
1. Zora Shepherd was born Nov 1896, Indiana, USA; died 1930; was buried , Linton, Greene, Indiana, USA.

Generation: 3

Charles Shepherd was born 28 Aug 1842, Greene, Indiana, USA (son of Charles Garrison Shepherd and Lavina Bradford); died 30 May 1910, Greene, Indiana, USA; was buried 1910, Hicks Cemetery, Greene, Indiana, USA.

Other Events:

Race: White
Reference Number: 8200
Residence: 1850, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana, USA; Age: 7
Residence: 1860, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana, USA; Age: 17; Occupation: Farmer; AttendedSchool: Yes
Residence: 1870, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana, USA; Age: 27; MaleCitizenOverTwentyone: Y; PersonalEstateValue: 300; Occupation: Farmer
Residence: 1880, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana, USA; Age: 38; Occupation: Farmer; EnumerationDistrict: 301; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Self
Residence: 1900, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana, USA; Age: 57; Occupation: Farming; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0025; HomeMortgaged: F; HomeOwnership: O; MonthsUnEmployedPastYear: 0; YearsMarried: 35; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Head
Residence: 1910, Bloomfield, Greene, Indiana, USA; Age: 67; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Head

Charles married Mary Mariah Hicks 13 Oct 1864, Greene, Indiana, USA. Mary (daughter of William Christopher Hicks and Winna "Winny" Alford) was born 24 Jun 1844, Montgomery, Indiana, USA; died 16 Dec 1919, Greene, Indiana, USA; was buried 1919, Hicks Cemetery, Greene, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

Mary Mariah Hicks was born 24 Jun 1844, Montgomery, Indiana, USA (daughter of William Christopher Hicks and Winna "Winny" Alford); died 16 Dec 1919, Greene, Indiana, USA; was buried 1919, Hicks Cemetery, Greene, Indiana, USA.

Other Events:

Reference Number: 7439
Residence: 1870, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana, USA
Residence: 1880, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana, USA
Residence: 1900, Greene, Indiana, USA; Age: 54; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
Residence: 1910, Bloomfield, Greene, Indiana, USA

Children:

2. William Perry Shepherd was born 22 Sep 1869, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana, USA; died 27 Oct 1944, Linton, Greene, Indiana, USA; was buried 1944, Fairview Cemetery, Linton, Greene, Indiana, USA.

6.	Delane Ellett was born 20 Oct 1830, Indiana, USA (son of Samuel Ellett and Catherine Secrest); died 1880, Greene, Indiana, USA. Other Events: Reference Number: 9998 Delane married E. McHenry [Group Sheet]

7.
E. McHenry
Children:

3. Bessie Lee Ellett was born 7 Jul 1873, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana, USA; died 15 Jun 1970, Linton, Greene, Indiana, USA; was buried , Linton, Greene, Indiana, USA.

Generation: 4

Charles Garrison Shepherd was born 15 Nov 1815, Kentucky, USA (son of John Shepherd and Sarah Brandenburg); died 18 Jan 1853, Greene, Indiana, USA; was buried , Bloomfield, Greene, Indiana, USA.

Other Events:

Paternal DNA: I1 -> Northern Europe and Scotland
Reference Number: 5664
Residence: 1840, Greene, Indiana, USA; Age: 25
Residence: 1850, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana, USA; Age: 33

Charles married Lavina Bradford 6 Oct 1836, Greene, Indiana, USA. Lavina (daughter of Thomas Bradford, Jr. and Martha A Garrison) was born 5 Nov 1811, Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina, USA; died 8 Jun 1847, Bloomfield, Greene, Indiana, USA; was buried , Bloomfield, Greene, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

Lavina Bradford was born 5 Nov 1811, Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina, USA (daughter of Thomas Bradford, Jr. and Martha A Garrison); died 8 Jun 1847, Bloomfield, Greene, Indiana, USA; was buried , Bloomfield, Greene, Indiana, USA.

Other Events:

Reference Number: 5671

Children:

4. Charles Shepherd was born 28 Aug 1842, Greene, Indiana, USA; died 30 May 1910, Greene, Indiana, USA; was buried 1910, Hicks Cemetery, Greene, Indiana, USA.
William Garrison Shepherd was born 10 Mar 1846, Greene, Indiana, USA; died 26 Aug 1939, Greene, Indiana, USA.
John Shepherd was born 1839, Indiana, USA; died 6 Jan 1914, Kirkwood, Warren, Illinois, USA.
Martha A Shepherd was born 1841, Indiana, USA.
Almira Shepherd was born 1 Jan 1845, Greene, Indiana, USA; died 26 Apr 1907, Greene, Indiana, USA.
James Shepherd was born 1847, Indiana, USA.
Thomas Shepherd was born 14 Jan 1832, Greene, Indiana, USA; died 2 Apr 1856, Greene, Indiana, USA; was buried 1856, Grandview Cemetery, Bloomfield, Greene, Indiana, USA.

10.

William Christopher Hicks was born 2 Nov 1809, Sumner, Tennessee, USA (son of Arthur Hicks and Mary Polly Lemmon); died 30 Jan 1877, Bloomfield, Greene, Indiana, USA; was buried Feb 1877, Bloomfield, Greene, Indiana, USA.

Other Events:

Reference Number: 8203
Residence: 1840, Greene, Indiana, USA
Residence: 23 Sep 1850, Richland City, Greene, Indiana, USA; Age: 42
Bond date: Oct 1850, Wake, North Carolina, USA
Residence: 23 Jul 1860, Richland City, Greene, Indiana, USA
Ordained Cumberland Presbyterian Minister: 1868, Greene, Indiana, USA
Residence: 18 Jul 1870, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana, USA; Age: 60Census Post Office: Switz

Notes:

Buried:
Headstone in Hicks Cemetery

William married Winna "Winny" Alford 24 Feb 1829, Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, USA. Winna was born 11 Jan 1810, Franklin, Tennessee, USA; died 6 Apr 1856, Greene, Indiana, USA; was buried , Bloomfield, Greene, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

11.

Winna "Winny" Alford was born 11 Jan 1810, Franklin, Tennessee, USA; died 6 Apr 1856, Greene, Indiana, USA; was buried , Bloomfield, Greene, Indiana, USA.

Other Events:

Reference Number: 8204
Residence: 1850, Greene, Indiana, USA; Age: 41

Notes:

Buried:
Hicks Cemetary

Died:
Age at Death: 46

Children:

5. Mary Mariah Hicks was born 24 Jun 1844, Montgomery, Indiana, USA; died 16 Dec 1919, Greene, Indiana, USA; was buried 1919, Hicks Cemetery, Greene, Indiana, USA.

12.

Samuel Ellett was born 12 Aug 1790, Flemingsburg, Fleming, Kentucky, USA (son of Edward Ellett and Eleanor); died 20 Aug 1833, Ellettsville, Monroe, Indiana, USA.

Other Events:

Reference Number: 10001

Samuel married Catherine Secrest 1 Mar 1814, Fleming, Kentucky, USA. Catherine was born 1 Mar 1790, Mason, Kentucky, USA; died Aft 1833, Ellettsville, Monroe, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

13.

Catherine Secrest was born 1 Mar 1790, Mason, Kentucky, USA; died Aft 1833, Ellettsville, Monroe, Indiana, USA.

Other Events:

Reference Number: 10002

Children:

6. Delane Ellett was born 20 Oct 1830, Indiana, USA; died 1880, Greene, Indiana, USA.

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