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Nellie Roberts Burnett Shepard

Nellie Roberts Burnett Shepard

Female Abt 1898 - 1962  (~ 64 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Nellie Roberts Burnett ShepardNellie Roberts Burnett Shepard was born Abt 1898, Vigo, Indiana, USA (daughter of George Franklin Shepard and Leslie Roberts); died 11 Jan 1962, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried 16 Jan 1962, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: Negro
    • Reference Number: 598
    • Residence: 1920, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 22Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
    • Residence: 1930, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 32; Marital Status: Divorced; Relation to Head of House: Head
    • Residence: 1935, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 41; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Wife

    Nellie married George McAfee. George was born 22 Aug 1893, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Goma McAfee was born Abt 1915, Indiana, USA.
    2. George McAfee was born 16 Jun 1921, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 13 May 1973; was buried , Homewood, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    3. Clarence Herbert McAfee was born 15 Jan 1925, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    4. Daisy McAfee was born 5 Apr 1923, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Nellie married Luther W Ligon. Luther was born 10 Dec 1884, Tennessee, USA; died 12 Dec 1972, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Ina Deloris Ligon was born 7 Oct 1931, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 17 Jan 1946, Butlerville, Jennings, Indiana, USA.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  George Franklin ShepardGeorge Franklin Shepard was born 3 Nov 1877, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA (son of Thomas Franklin Shepard and Elizabeth Bass); died 29 May 1952, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Maternal DNA: U5a1b1: found in most of Europe and in Kyrgyzstan
    • Paternal DNA: I1 -> Northern Europe and Scotland
    • Reference Number: 1
    • Residence: 1900, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1910, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1920, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1930, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA

    George married Leslie Roberts Not Married. Leslie (daughter of Joseph Roberts and Lucy Emily Estell) was born 5 Dec 1882, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 28 Jan 1931, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Leslie Roberts was born 5 Dec 1882, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA (daughter of Joseph Roberts and Lucy Emily Estell); died 28 Jan 1931, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: Colored
    • Reference Number: 703
    • Residence: 1900, Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1920, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 37Marital Status: Divorced; Relation to Head of House: Mother-in-law

    Notes:

    Died:
    Age: 48

    Children:
    1. 1. Nellie Roberts Burnett Shepard was born Abt 1898, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 11 Jan 1962, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried 16 Jan 1962, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Thomas Franklin ShepardThomas 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]


  2. 5.  Elizabeth BassElizabeth 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:
    1. Luetta Catherine Shepard was born 28 Feb 1875, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 17 Aug 1939, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    2. 2. 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.
    3. 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.
    4. 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.
    5. 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.

  3. 6.  Joseph Roberts was born 1837, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA (son of Kinchen Roberts and Nancy Chavis).

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 1361
    • Residence: 1850, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1900, Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA

    Joseph married Lucy Emily Estell 25 Apr 1861, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Lucy (daughter of Abraham Estell and Selina Jane Poston) was born 5 Mar 1844, Illinois, USA; died 4 Apr 1914, Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Lucy Emily Estell was born 5 Mar 1844, Illinois, USA (daughter of Abraham Estell and Selina Jane Poston); died 4 Apr 1914, Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: Black
    • Reference Number: 1360
    • Residence: 1850, Darwin, Clark, Illinois, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1900, Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1910, Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA

    Children:
    1. James Albert Roberts was born 6 Sep 1863, Burnett, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 24 Aug 1913, Burnett, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    2. Richard T. Roberts was born 1864, Indiana, USA; died 21 Sep 1913, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    3. Anna J. Roberts was born 1866, Indiana, USA; died 1933, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    4. Sarah C. Roberts was born 1870, Indiana, USA.
    5. Mary Mamye Roberts was born Jul 1874, Indiana, USA; died 1953; was buried , Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    6. Joseph T. Roberts was born 1877, Indiana, USA.
    7. 3. Leslie Roberts was born 5 Dec 1882, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 28 Jan 1931, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    8. Lora Ervin Roberts was born 4 Dec 1883, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    9. Susan Eva Roberts was born 28 Sep 1888, Indiana, USA.
    10. Ruth B. Roberts was born 3 Dec 1889, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 30 Jan 1960, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 2 Feb 1960, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Thomas Shepherd was born 14 Jan 1832, Greene, Indiana, USA (son of Charles Garrison Shepherd and Lavina Bradford); died 2 Apr 1856, Greene, Indiana, USA; was buried 1856, Grandview Cemetery, Bloomfield, Greene, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Paternal DNA: I1 -> Northern Europe and Scotland
    • Reference Number: 2237
    • Residence: 1850, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana, USA; Age: 18

    Thomas married Rebecca Dixson 18 May 1854, Greene, Indiana, USA. Rebecca (daughter of John Hart Dixson and Elizabeth J. Stalcup) was born 17 Dec 1841, Indiana, USA; died 4 Mar 1906, Booneville, Logan, Arkansas, USA; was buried , Booneville, Logan, Arkansas, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Rebecca Dixson was born 17 Dec 1841, Indiana, USA (daughter of John Hart Dixson and Elizabeth J. Stalcup); died 4 Mar 1906, Booneville, Logan, Arkansas, USA; was buried , Booneville, Logan, Arkansas, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: White
    • Reference Number: 2239
    • Residence: 1860, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1870, Mount Prairie, Jasper, Iowa, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Douglas, Shelby, Iowa, USA; Age: 46; Marital status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
    • Residence: 1900, Crawford, Arkansas, USA

    Children:
    1. 4. Thomas Franklin Shepard was born 20 Jan 1852, Greene, Indiana, USA; died 30 May 1928, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    2. Lucelia Shepherd was born Abt 1855, Indiana, USA.

  3. 10.  Michael Bass was born 10 Mar 1818, North Carolina, USA (son of Jethro Bass and Polly Mitchell); died 15 Jan 1875, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: Mulatto
    • Reference Number: 713
    • Residence: 1850, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 36
    • Residence: 1870, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Post Office: Terre Haute; Age: 53

    Michael married Catharine Foster 28 Aug 1840, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Catharine (daughter of George Washington Foster and Mary Summers) was born Abt 1821, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Catharine Foster was born Abt 1821, Ohio, USA (daughter of George Washington Foster and Mary Summers).

    Other Events:

    • Maternal DNA: U5a1b1: found in most of Europe and in Kyrgyzstan
    • Race: Mulatto
    • Reference Number: 712
    • Residence: 1830, Hardy, Holmes, Ohio, USA
    • Residence: 1850, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 32
    • Residence: 1870, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Post Office: Terre Haute; Age: 49
    • Residence: 1880, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 59Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Self

    Children:
    1. Robert Bass was born 1843, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    2. George H. Bass was born 1844, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    3. Alonzo Bass was born 1847, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died Jul 1876, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    4. Andrew Bass was born 1848, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    5. Malissa Bass was born 1850, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    6. Catherine Bass was born 12 Jan 1853, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 6 Feb 1902, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried Feb 1902, Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    7. 5. Elizabeth Bass was born 17 Mar 1855, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 29 Jan 1929, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    8. Michael Bass was born 1860, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 15 Nov 1941, Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois, USA; was buried 19 Nov 1941, Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois, USA.

  5. 12.  Kinchen RobertsKinchen Roberts was born Abt 1785, Virginia, USA (son of Ishmael Roberts and Silvia); died 30 Jun 1870, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: Colored
    • Reference Number: 1722
    • Residence: 1810, Chatham, North Carolina, USA
    • Residence: 1830, Orange, Indiana, USA
    • Civil1: 1 Oct 1835, Vigo, Indiana, USA; 40 acres
    • Civil1: 20 Mar 1837, Vigo, Indiana, USA; 40 acres
    • Residence: 1840, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1850, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 65
    • Residence: 1860, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 86
    • Probate: 9 Jul 1870, Vigo, Indiana, USA

    Notes:

    Kinchen2, born say 1784, head of a Chatham County household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [NC:195]. On 15 August 1821 he purchased 154 acres in Chatham County on the south side of Cape Fear River near the Ferry Road and Drake's land for $430 and sold this land seven years later on 25 December 1828 for $200. On 3 April 1829 he sold the 150 acres on Bush Creek which he received as one of the heirs of (his father?) Ishmael Roberts [DB X:320; AB:134, 186]. He was head of a Lost Creek Township, Vigo County, Indiana, household in 1850. He was a sixty-five-year-old, born in Virginia, with $3,000 estate, living with Nancy, fifty-eight years old, born in North Carolina [Household no. 202].

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    The buying power of a $3,000 in 1850, would be equal to over $500,000 in value in 2012. The property value of 200+ acres in 2012, would be close to $1, 000,000. Kinchen was affluent in North Carolina, before coming to Lost Creek, and even more so after settling here. The Roberts family resided on Indian Reservation property in Robeson County, North Carolina, and are counted as Indian, on the Lumbee Tribal rolls. Being affluent, the Roberts family were also slave OWNERS, while residing in North Carolina.

    Kinchen married Nancy Chavis. Nancy was born Abt 1792, Virginia, USA; died 7 Feb 1866, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Nancy Chavis was born Abt 1792, Virginia, USA; died 7 Feb 1866, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: Colored
    • Reference Number: 1725
    • Residence: 1850, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 58
    • Residence: 1860, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 87

    Children:
    1. Lucinda Roberts was born 1809, Wake, North Carolina, USA; died Dec 1885, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    2. Banister Roberts was born Abt 1811; died 13 Aug 1832, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    3. Redden Roberts was born Abt 1825, North Carolina, USA; died 14 Dec 1883, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    4. 6. Joseph Roberts was born 1837, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    5. Jane Roberts was born Abt 1812, North Carolina, USA.
    6. Hezekiah Roberts was born 1812, North Carolina, USA; died 14 Feb 1902, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    7. Benjamin Roberts was born 1815, North Carolina, USA.

  7. 14.  Abraham Estell died , USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 1613

    Abraham married Selina Jane Poston 15 May 1844, Clark, Illinois, USA. Selina (daughter of Daniel Poston and Lucy Jackson) was born Abt 1825, North Carolina, USA; died 19 May 1905. [Group Sheet]


  8. 15.  Selina Jane PostonSelina Jane Poston was born Abt 1825, North Carolina, USA (daughter of Daniel Poston and Lucy Jackson); died 19 May 1905.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 987
    • Residence: 1850, Darwin, Clark, Illinois, USA; Age: 25
    • Residence: 1880, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA

    Children:
    1. 7. Lucy Emily Estell was born 5 Mar 1844, Illinois, USA; died 4 Apr 1914, Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    2. James D Estell was born 1848, Illinois, USA; died 20 Sep 1899, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.


  

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