Nancy A. SHEPHERDs parents
Wanted !!Parents of Nancy Ann SHEPHERD[spelling most commonly used for Nancy]b.12 Dec,1815 [WHERE ? see why
below*] d. 2 Dec,1891 (at a dau. of hers) Eureka,KS Married
David SMYTH/SMITH (1810-1864)
Nancy SMITH/SMYTH in the federal census of the last half of the 19th century are as follows ----
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1850 Cass Co,MO [16th dist] Nancy SMITH (age) 40 b. VA
1860 Greenwood Co (Pleasent Grove twp) Nancy SMITH (age) 45
b. MO.
1870 Greenwood Co(Pleasent Grove twp) Nancy SMITH (age) 54
b. W.V.
1880 Greenwood Co (Quincy) Nancy SMYTH (age) 65 b. NC.
[parents born North Carolina]
1891 Nancy's obit -born Rush Co,NC
Now family genealogist believe she was born in Lee Co,VA
Nancy's obit does NOT show when she moved to Missouri with her parents. Only that on 2nd of July,1837 Jackson Co,MO
we find her married to David SMYTH/SMITH
There is NO Rush Co,NC, nor a Rush,North Carolina.
She moved with her parents to Mo. This is the same county that James SHEPHERD [1767-1853] moved to ca1825 from Lee Co,VA, he lived previously in North Carolina
Nancy does NOT seem to be a direct descendant of James
SHEPHERD & is NOT named in his estate papers.
HOWEVER, Nancy named one of her daughters Cedelia Ann for
possibility named AFTER Cedelia SHEPHERD named in the estate
papers of James SHEPHERD.
This Cedelia SHEPHERD md. twice , 1st Edwin HICKS, 2nd Wm.
THURMAN. This same Cedelia THURMAN is found in the 1880
census of Greenwood Co [Quincy], KS almost next door to
Nancy SMYTH & certianly next door to one of Nancy's daus.
Rob VanDYNE