Brief Life History of Cynthia Celestia
When Cynthia Celestia Shepard was born on 17 August 1812, in New Marlborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Daniel Shepard, was 36 and her mother, Lucy Cady, was 32. She married Jarvis Judson Moger in 1839, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Iowa, United States in 1870 and Logan Township, Ottawa, Kansas, United States in 1880. She died on 21 June 1897, in Ottawa, Kansas, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Lamar, Ottawa, Kansas, United States.
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- Cynthia Moger in household of Judson Moger, "United States Census, 1880"
- Celestia C Shepard Shepard, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
- Celestia C. Shepard in entry for James Franklin Moger, "Oregon, Deaths and Burials, 1903-1947"
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World Events (8)
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.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
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
English: variant of Shepherd .
Americanized form (translation into English) of French Berger .
Americanized form of French Chabot and Chaput .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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