Brief Life History of Nellie G
When Nellie G Reid was born in 1863, in Wyandotte Township, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States, her father, Hugh Frances Reid, was 39 and her mother, Jane Butler, was 32. She married Orrin W. Shepherd on 1 January 1884, in Wyandotte, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Manhattan, Manhattan, Riley, Kansas, United States in 1900 and Wyandotte, Kansas, United States for about 15 years. She died in 1928, in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Highland Park Cemetery, Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States.
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- Nellie Shepherd in household of O W Shepherd, "Kansas State Census, 1915"
- Legacy NFS Source: Nellie Reid - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Nellie Reid
- Nellie R Shepherd, "BillionGraves Index"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872
Historical Boundaries: 1872: Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
Scottish: variant of Reed , of which Reid is the common modern Scots spelling.
History: Samuel Chester Reid (1783–1861), the sea captain who designed the stars and stripes form of the present the American flag, was born at Norwich, CT. His father, Lt. John Reid, a former British naval officer of a distinguished Glasgow family, had resigned his commission and joined the cause of the American Revolution.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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