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Charles Elisha SHEPHERD

Charles Elisha SHEPHERD

Male 1840 - 1908  (67 years)


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  • Name Charles Elisha SHEPHERD
    Birth 22 Nov 1840  Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Military Pvt, Co D, 6th W.Va. Infantry, Civil War  [4, 5, 6] 
    Census 1850, 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1880, 1900  Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [7] 
    Death CA 1908  [6] 
    • His wife, Sarah A. Shepherd, filed for a widow's pension on January 23, 1908. His military grave marker has no birth or death dates, only his name and military unit.
    Burial Buck Run (aka Dotson) Cemetery, near Pennsboro (Co Rd 74/9), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I102986  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 27 Dec 2024

    Father Ezekiel SHEPHERD,   b. 19 Feb 1813, Washington Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Mar 1899, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    Mother Delila ___,   b. CA 1813
    Family ID F61902  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Ann JONES,   b. Aug 1841   d. 1915 (Age ~ 73 years)  [8]
    Marriage CA 1861  [2] 
    Children 
    +1. Mary D. SHEPHERD,   b. 12 Apr 1862, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Apr 1929, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    +2. Elizabeth Ellen SHEPHERD,   b. 3 Jan 1869, Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Aug 1938, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    +3. Catherine J. SHEPHERD,   b. 7 Apr 1871, Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Aug 1935 (Age 64 years)
    +4. Creed Collins SHEPHERD,   b. 2 Nov 1873, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jul 1941 (Age 67 years)
    +5. Amanda Louise "Mandy" SHEPHERD,   b. 2 May 1876, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Mar 1958, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     6. Ethelbert SHEPHERD,   b. CA 1879
    >7. Charles H. SHEPHERD,   b. 28 Sep 1882, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1970, Sunnyside (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    Family ID F42906  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    2. [S2140] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District).

    3. [S2066] 1850 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA.

    4. [S2619] U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    5. [S2624] Military Grave Marker.

    6. [S2588] U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    7. [S2203] 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay Twp).

    8. [S1590] Death record of daughter.