When Melvina Shepherd was born on 12 October 1873, in Floyd, Kentucky, United States, her father, John C Shepherd, was 24 and her mother, Elizabeth Holbrook Shepherd, was 19. She married Alexander Dotson on 26 January 1893, in Floyd, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Ivyton, Magoffin, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years and Roundhead, Hardin, Ohio, United States in 1930. She died on 14 December 1949, in Hardin, Ohio, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Jumbo, Hardin, Ohio, United States.
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In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Historical Boundaries 1883: Magoffin, Kentucky, United States
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): occupational name from Middle English schepeherde ‘shepherd’ (Old English scēaphyrde, scēap‐weard).
Americanized form (translation into English) of surnames meaning ‘shepherd’, for example German and Jewish Schäfer (see Schaefer ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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