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From: "The Hartline's" <>
Subject: Re: [OHLORAIN] Roll Call: SHEPARD and CARTER families of Oberlin
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 07:54:06 -0400


Wayne French wrote:
>
> Sally,
>
> I'm afraid I can't help you on the decendants you are looking for, as my
> research goes back two generations to the marriage of Jacob Shepard and
> Grace Perry. Your line decended from Philemon Shepard and Betsey Barnes,
> while mine decended from his sister Mindwell Shepard and Gideon Waugh who
> settled in the Camden area of Lorain County. Why don't you e-mail me
> directly at and we can exchange what information we
> do have? I'm sure we can help each other fill in some blanks.
>
> Wayne French
> Decatur, Illinois
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sally <>
> To: <>
> Date: Saturday, October 23, 1999 2:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [OHLORAIN] Roll Call: SHEPARD and CARTER families of Oberlin
>
> >Was happy to hear from you. Do you have any information on Lois Wellman
> >Shepard? She was a sister to my great great grandmother Rebecca Parson
> >Wellman. She is buried in Sanders Hill Cemetery in Henrietta. I have a
> >photo of her tombstone. When we were there it was laying on the ground
> >(don't know if was vandals or wear.
> >Hope to hear from you again. Do you by any chance have any information on
> >Lois's sister or a picture of Lois?
> >Sally
> > At 02:23 PM 10/23/1999 -0500, you wrote:
> >>Sally,
> >>
> >>You may not make a connection with whom you were corresponding with, but
> you
> >>have made another as I am a 1st Cousin, 4 times Removed of Elon Shepard.
> >>See below and please respond back.
> >>
> >>Wayne French,
> >>Decatur, Illinois
> >>
> >>ELON GALUSHA8 SHEPARD (PHILEMON7, JACOB6, NATHANIEL5, ISAAC4, THOMAS3,
> >>RALPH2, ISAAC1) was born July 08, 1826 in Sturbridge, Massachusetts1, and
> >>died 1871 in Osawatomie, Kansas1. He married (1) LOIS WELLMAN. He married
> >>(2) AMARILLA WASHBURN.
> >>
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Sally <>
> >>To: <>
> >>Date: Friday, October 22, 1999 10:44 PM
> >>Subject: Re: [OHLORAIN] Roll Call: SHEPARD and CARTER families of Oberlin
> >>
> >>
> >>>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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Hello, Subject: SHEPARD::
Can you good people connect with this data?

George David Riggs 16 Aug 1924 17 Nov 1989
Helen Marie Shepard living
in 1993, residence: 554 East 5th Stret, Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio
Helen was born in Wellington; George Riggs was my cousin.

Helen's parents:
Charles Sidney Shepard 24 Dec 1887 25 Jul 1976
Lu Etta Allison 28 May 1896 24 Apr 1985
lived at: 116 West street, Wellington, buried Greenwood cemetery

Helen's grandparents:
Theodore Shepard __ ___ _____ - __ ___ _____
Altha Laborie __ ___ _____ - __ ___ ______
Can you fill in the blanks?
Thank you, Jim Hartline, Sterling Heights, Michigan

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