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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- Mary Sheperd in household of Harrison Sheperd, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary Lou Shepherd - Published information: Family genealogies: birth-name: Mary Lou Shepherd
- M. M. Sheppherd, "California Marriages, 1850-1945"
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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 · The First Skyscraper
The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Shepherd .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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