Mary May Shephard

Brief Life History of Mary May

When Mary May Shephard was born on 7 April 1864, in Mendon, Adams, Illinois, United States, her father, William Harrison Shepherd, was 30 and her mother, Ruth Ann Bassett, was 26. She married Robert Willis Turner on 7 April 1884, in Polk, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Walker Township, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1880 and North Heppner Election Precinct, Morrow, Oregon, United States in 1940. She died on 28 October 1940, in Heppner, Morrow, Oregon, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Heppner, Morrow, Oregon, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Willis Turner
1861–1942
Mary May Shephard
1864–1940
Marriage: 7 April 1884
Frank Wilford Turner
1885–1974
Loy Monroe Turner
1887–1963
Willis Harrison Turner
1889–1937
Jesse Ogden Turner
1892–1961
Samuel Jackson Turner
1894–1956
Robert L. Turner
1897–1898
Anita Mae Turner
1904–1983
John Winnard Turner
1907–1987

Sources (28)

  • Mary Sheperd in household of Harrison Sheperd, "United States Census, 1870"
  • May Turner Turner, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Births, 1842-1917"
  • M. M. Sheppherd, "California Marriages, 1850-1945"

World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1866 · Married Women's Property Act

Married Women’s Property Act protected women’s rights protected property for women in Oregon upon the death of her husband. 

1885

Historical Boundaries: 1885: Morrow, Oregon, United States

Name Meaning

English: variant of Shepherd .

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

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