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Thomas Bradford, Jr.

Male 1780 - 1841  (61 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Thomas Bradford, Jr. was born 28 Mar 1780, Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina, USA; died 16 Apr 1841, Greene, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 5673
    • Residence: 1812, Orange, North Carolina, USA
    • Residence: 1819, Greene, Indiana, USA; Moved to area that would become Greene County.
    • Residence: 1830, Greene, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1840, Greene, Indiana, USA; Age: 60; Age: 60

    Thomas married Martha A Garrison 13 Feb 1804, Orange, North Carolina, USA. Martha (daughter of Jacob Garrison and Anna Shepard) was born 1782, Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina, USA; died 26 Jan 1840, Greene, Indiana, USA; was buried , Bloomfield, Greene, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Martha Bradford  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1815, Kentucky, USA; died 1881, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana, USA.
    2. 3. Lavina Bradford  Descendancy chart to this point was born 5 Nov 1811, Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina, USA; died 8 Jun 1847, Bloomfield, Greene, Indiana, USA; was buried , Bloomfield, Greene, Indiana, USA.
    3. 4. Margaret Bradford  Descendancy chart to this point was born 8 Mar 1810; died 11 Dec 1837, Indiana, USA.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Martha Bradford Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born 1815, Kentucky, USA; died 1881, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 5672
    • Residence: 1850, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1860, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1870, Jackson, Sullivan, Indiana, USA

    Martha married William Shepherd 6 Jan 1840, Greene, Indiana, USA. William (son of John Shepherd and Sarah Brandenburg) was born 7 Jan 1814, Ohio, USA; died 18 Jan 1861, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Lavina Bradford Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born 5 Nov 1811, Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina, USA; died 8 Jun 1847, Bloomfield, Greene, Indiana, USA; was buried , Bloomfield, Greene, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 5671

    Lavina married Charles Garrison Shepherd 6 Oct 1836, Greene, Indiana, USA. Charles (son of John Shepherd and Sarah Brandenburg) was born 15 Nov 1815, Kentucky, USA; died 18 Jan 1853, Greene, Indiana, USA; was buried , Bloomfield, Greene, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

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

  3. 4.  Margaret Bradford Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born 8 Mar 1810; died 11 Dec 1837, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 9223

    Margaret married William Shepherd 9 Feb 1837, Indiana, USA. William (son of John Shepherd and Sarah Brandenburg) was born 7 Jan 1814, Ohio, USA; died 18 Jan 1861, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 12. Hamilton Shepherd  Descendancy chart to this point was born Dec 1837, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana, USA; died 23 Feb 1906, East St. Louis, St Clair, Illinois, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 5.  Charles Shepherd Descendancy chart to this point (3.Lavina2, 1.Thomas1) was born 28 Aug 1842, Greene, Indiana, USA; 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]

    Children:
    1. 13. William Perry Shepherd  Descendancy chart to this point 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.

  2. 6.  William Garrison Shepherd Descendancy chart to this point (3.Lavina2, 1.Thomas1) was born 10 Mar 1846, Greene, Indiana, USA; died 26 Aug 1939, Greene, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Paternal DNA: I1-P109 -> Scandinavian - Viking origin
    • Reference Number: 10042

    William married Mary Ann Lehmen 29 Sep 1868, Greene, Indiana, USA. Mary was born 1851, Pennsylvania, USA; died 24 Oct 1938, Greene, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 14. William Emery Shepherd  Descendancy chart to this point was born 15 May 1873, Greene, Indiana, USA; died 30 Jul 1952, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA.

  3. 7.  John Shepherd Descendancy chart to this point (3.Lavina2, 1.Thomas1) was born 1839, Indiana, USA; died 6 Jan 1914, Kirkwood, Warren, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 10340
    • Residence: 1850, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana, USA; Age: 11

    John married Matilda Ruth Palmer 7 Nov 1861, Warren, Illinois, USA. Matilda was born 22 Apr 1844, Peoria, Illinois, USA; died 26 Oct 1922, Warren, Illinois, USA; was buried 29 Oct 1922, Greenbush, Warren, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet]


  4. 8.  Martha A Shepherd Descendancy chart to this point (3.Lavina2, 1.Thomas1) was born 1841, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: White
    • Reference Number: 10341
    • Residence: 1850, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana, USA; Age: 9
    • Residence: 1870, Bloomfield, Greene, Indiana, USA; Age: 27; Occupation: Keeping House

    Martha married William Pluskey 23 Feb 1865, Indiana, USA. William was born 1832, Germany. [Group Sheet]


  5. 9.  Almira Shepherd Descendancy chart to this point (3.Lavina2, 1.Thomas1) was born 1 Jan 1845, Greene, Indiana, USA; died 26 Apr 1907, Greene, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 10342
    • Residence: 1850, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana, USA; Age: 7

    Almira married David Neidigh. David was born 5 Oct 1835, Pennsylvania, USA; died 14 May 1903, Greene, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]


  6. 10.  James Shepherd Descendancy chart to this point (3.Lavina2, 1.Thomas1) was born 1847, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 10344
    • Residence: 1850, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana, USA; Age: 3


  7. 11.  Thomas Shepherd Descendancy chart to this point (3.Lavina2, 1.Thomas1) was born 14 Jan 1832, Greene, Indiana, USA; 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]

    Children:
    1. 15. Thomas Franklin Shepard  Descendancy chart to this point 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. 16. Lucelia Shepherd  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1855, Indiana, USA.

  8. 12.  Hamilton Shepherd Descendancy chart to this point (4.Margaret2, 1.Thomas1) was born Dec 1837, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana, USA; died 23 Feb 1906, East St. Louis, St Clair, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 7447
    • Residence: 1850, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1870, Mount Prairie, Jasper, Iowa, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Mount Prairie, Jasper, Iowa, USA

    Hamilton married Selucia D. Thomas 2 Jul 1865, Indiana, USA. Selucia was born 21 Jul 1847, Bloomfield, Greene, Indiana, USA; died 4 Dec 1932, East St. Louis, St Clair, Illinois, USA; was buried 6 Dec 1932, Canteen, St Clair, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 17. Napoleon Shepherd  Descendancy chart to this point was born 11 Oct 1866, Indiana, USA; died 4 Jan 1930, Florida, USA.
    2. 18. Flora May Shepherd  Descendancy chart to this point was born 17 Jul 1878, Colfax, Jasper, Iowa, USA; died 11 May 1962, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA; was buried , Glendale, Los Angeles, California, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 13.  William Perry Shepherd Descendancy chart to this point (5.Charles3, 3.Lavina2, 1.Thomas1) 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.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 19. Charles Ellett Shepherd  Descendancy chart to this point was born 29 Jun 1906, Linton, Greene, Indiana, USA; died 27 Jan 1986, Clearwater, Pinellas, Florida, USA.
    2. 20. Zora Shepherd  Descendancy chart to this point was born Nov 1896, Indiana, USA; died 1930; was buried , Linton, Greene, Indiana, USA.

  2. 14.  William Emery Shepherd Descendancy chart to this point (6.William3, 3.Lavina2, 1.Thomas1) was born 15 May 1873, Greene, Indiana, USA; died 30 Jul 1952, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Paternal DNA: I1-P109 -> Scandinavian - Viking origin
    • Race: White
    • Reference Number: 10044
    • Residence: 1910, Linton, Greene, Indiana, USA; Age: 34; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Head

    William married Zoe Ella Greene 30 Jan 1901, Greene, Indiana, USA. Zoe was born 26 Sep 1882, Greene, Indiana, USA; died 26 Jun 1943, Greene, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 21. Beulah Virginia Shepherd  Descendancy chart to this point was born 15 Mar 1918, Greene, Indiana, USA; died 16 Nov 2000, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA.
    2. 22. Mary E Shepherd  Descendancy chart to this point was born 31 Jul 1901, Indiana, USA; died 27 Feb 1996, Plainfield, Hendricks, Indiana, USA.
    3. 23. Margarete Shepherd  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1904, Indiana, USA.
    4. 24. Lee Otha Shepherd  Descendancy chart to this point was born 4 Mar 1905, Indiana, USA; died 4 Mar 1996, Volusia, Florida, USA.
    5. 25. Geneva Shepherd  Descendancy chart to this point was born 11 Nov 1907, Linton, Greene, Indiana, USA; died 11 Mar 1998, Beech Grove, Marion, Indiana, USA.

  3. 15.  Thomas Franklin ShepardThomas Franklin Shepard Descendancy chart to this point (11.Thomas3, 3.Lavina2, 1.Thomas1) 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.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 26. Luetta Catherine Shepard  Descendancy chart to this point was born 28 Feb 1875, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 17 Aug 1939, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
    2. 27. George Franklin Shepard  Descendancy chart to this point 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. 28. Charles Frederic Shepard  Descendancy chart to this point 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. 29. Infant Shepherd  Descendancy chart to this point 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. 30. Gertrude Elizabeth Shepard  Descendancy chart to this point 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.

  4. 16.  Lucelia Shepherd Descendancy chart to this point (11.Thomas3, 3.Lavina2, 1.Thomas1) was born Abt 1855, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: White
    • Reference Number: 5066
    • Residence: 1870, Mount Prairie, Jasper, Iowa, USA; Age: 15; Census Post Office: Prairie City


  5. 17.  Napoleon Shepherd Descendancy chart to this point (12.Hamilton3, 4.Margaret2, 1.Thomas1) was born 11 Oct 1866, Indiana, USA; died 4 Jan 1930, Florida, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 7449
    • Residence: 1880, Mount Prairie, Jasper, Iowa, USA

    Napoleon married Nelli Honan. Nelli was born , Missouri, USA; died Abt 1892, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 31. Joseph Marshall Shepherd  Descendancy chart to this point was born 18 Mar 1888, East St. Louis, St Clair, Illinois, USA; died 11 Jul 1965, Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida, USA.

  6. 18.  Flora May Shepherd Descendancy chart to this point (12.Hamilton3, 4.Margaret2, 1.Thomas1) was born 17 Jul 1878, Colfax, Jasper, Iowa, USA; died 11 May 1962, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA; was buried , Glendale, Los Angeles, California, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: White
    • Reference Number: 9874
    • Residence: 1880, Mount Prairie, Jasper, Iowa, USA; Age: 3; EnumerationDistrict: 096; MaritalStatus: Single; RelationToHead: Daughter

    Flora married Ocie Oscar Traver 18 Aug 1898, St Clair, Illinois, USA. Ocie was born 22 Dec 1874, Lacon, Marshall, Illinois, USA; died 18 Aug 1957, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA; was buried , Glendale, Los Angeles, California, USA. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 32. Richard Thomas Traver  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1 Jan 1907; died 1957, North Chili, Monroe, New York, USA.


  

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