When Eliza Jane Adamson was born on 31 August 1822, in Perry Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States, her father, Isaac Adamson, was 28 and her mother, Nancy Garner, was 26. She married Moses Trader Shepherd on 22 March 1840, in Muncie, Center Township, Delaware, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 12 August 1897, in Huntington, Emery, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Spanish Fork City Cemetery, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.
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English and Scottish: patronymic from the personal name Adam + Middle English son, meaning ‘son of Adam’. The surname is especially common in Scotland, where it is borne by a sept of clan McIntosh. In North America, this surname has absorbed some Polish and possibly also other European patronymics and other derivatives from the personal name Adam. Compare Adams .
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Possible Related NamesThe following are excepts from the book, "Moses Trader Shepherd: His Family and Ancestors" by Bliss Brimley Jarvis Hansen. If you are a descendant of Moses Trader Shepherd, you should download a copy …
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