Mary Ann Neeley

Brief Life History of Mary Ann

When Mary Ann Neeley was born on 6 January 1812, in Scott, Virginia, United States, her father, William Elijah Neeley, was 19 and her mother, Elizabeth Stewart, was 21. She had at least 4 sons and 2 daughters with George Washington Shepherd. She lived in Buck Creek, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States in 1880 and Sextons Creek, Clay, Kentucky, United States in 1900. She died on 28 September 1900, in Owsley, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Wilson Cemetery, Booneville, Owsley, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Washington Shepherd
1813–1887
Mary Ann Neeley
1812–1900
Samuel Cecil Shepherd
1843–1905
Amanda Shepherd
1845–
Christopher Columbus Shepherd
1852–1912
Napolean B. Shepherd
1854–1923
Henry A W Shepherd
1856–1921
Nancy M. Shepherd
1863–

Sources (11)

  • Mary Shepard in household of Columbus Shepard, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Mary Polly Neeley Shepherd, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Mary Shepherd in entry for Napoleon B Shepherd, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"

World Events (8)

1815

Historical Boundaries - 1815: Clay, Kentucky, United States

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

Irish: shortened form of McNeilly , from Mac an Fhilidh ‘son of the poet’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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