Brief Life History of Priscilla Ann
When Priscilla Ann Shepherd was born on 4 May 1842, in Mount Pleasant Township, Delaware, Indiana, United States, her father, Moses Trader Shepherd, was 22 and her mother, Eliza Jane Adamson, was 19. She married Benjamin Franklin Barney on 8 April 1856, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1860 and Monroe, Sevier, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 20 September 1916, in Elsinore, Sevier, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Monroe, Sevier, Utah, United States.
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- Percilla Barney in household of Jacob Barney, "United States Census, 1910"
- Percillia Shepherd, "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941"
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
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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