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From: Sally <>
Subject: Re: [OHLORAIN] Roll Call: SHEPARD and CARTER families of Oberlin
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 23:46:14 -0400

I have Elon Shepard married to Lois Wellman She died in 1850. She is
buried in Henrieta (Sanders Hill Cemetery)
Any connection?
Sally
At 06:24 PM 10/22/1999 EDT, you wrote:
>Hello! I'm seeking actual, official records for--as well
>as any anecdotal additional information about--the SHEPARD
>family of Oberlin, namely:
>
>1. birth of Anna Maria SHEPARD (b. 31 July 1846 in Oberlin)
>
>2. life and death of William Marinus SHEPARD [father of
>#1 - above] I think he was "a tanner" (d. 10 Apr. 1850
>in Oberlin)
>
>3. life and death of Delia Ann SHEPARD [mother of #1 and
>wife of #2 - above] (d. 26 Oct. 1885, in Highland Park,
>Illinois)
>
>4. marriage of Anna Maria SHEPARD (#1 - above) to William
>Lafayette CARTER (m. 5 Sep. 1870 in Oberlin)
>
>5. birth of Helen Emily CARTER (b. 2 Mar. 1875 in Oberlin)
>[daughter of couple #4 - above)
>
>William Marinus SHEPARD was born 3 Mar. 1804 in Greene Co,
>New York. His wife, Delia Ann (nee Morse) SHEPARD was born
>3 Mar. 1810 in Westerlo, New York. They moved to Oberlin,
>Ohio, in 1843, after meeting the Reverend Charles Finney
>in NYC.
>
>On 31 July 1846, Anna Maria SHEPARD was born in Oberlin to
>the above parents. She was wed to William LaFayette CARTER
>in Oberlin, on 5 Sep. 1870. His family owned a hardware store.
>Anna Maria SHEPARD died in Pasadena, CA in 1888.
>
>I have an obituary of Delia Ann SHEPARD (6 Nov. 1885, Oberlin
>Weekly News). I do not have an obituary or any records at all
>of her husband, William Marinus Shepard, except that he died
>"after a long a painful illness" (i.e., consumption). (That
>info from "Mortality Schedule: Ohio, 1850," p. 201).
>
>Delia Ann SHEPARD ran a stop on the Underground Railroad
>at some point. The SHEPARD family was part of the congregation
>of First Church. First Church keeps its archives at Oberlin
>College--they told me they don't have baptismal or marriage
>records tho!
>
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This thread:

• [OHLORAIN] Roll Call: SHEPARD and CARTER families of Oberlin by "Susan Doran" <>

  • Re: [OHLORAIN] Roll Call: SHEPARD and CARTER families of Oberlin by Sally <>

  • Re: [OHLORAIN] Roll Call: SHEPARD and CARTER families of Oberlin by "Wayne French" <>
  • Re: [OHLORAIN] Roll Call: SHEPARD and CARTER families of Oberlin by Sally <>
  • Re: [OHLORAIN] Roll Call: SHEPARD and CARTER families of Oberlin by "Wayne French" <>
  • Re: [OHLORAIN] Roll Call: SHEPARD and CARTER families of Oberlin by "The Hartline's" <>