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Ellen Lassiter 1854–1925 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 February 1854

Birth Location: North Carolina

Death Date: 29 June 1925

Death Location: Rockingham, Richmond County, North Carolina, United States of America

Father: John Lassiter

Mother: Sarah Lovin

Spouse(s): John Shepard

Children(s): David Shepard, John Shepard, Pearl Shepherd, Fannie Shepherd, Ida Shepherd, Reb Sheppard, Green Shepard

Ellen Lassiter was born in 1854 in North Carolina, the child of John Daniel Lassiter And Sarah Jane Sallie Lovin. Ellen Lassiter married John Buren Shepard, and had children including David Franklin Shepard, Fannie Shepherd, Green S Shepard, Ida Elizabeth Shepherd, John W Shepard, Pearl Shepherd, Reb Leak Sheppard. Ellen Lassiter passed away in 1925 in Rockingham, Richmond County, North Carolina, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Ellen Lassiter was born in 1854 in North Carolina, the child of John Daniel Lassiter And Sarah Jane Sallie Lovin.
  • Ellen Lassiter married John Buren Shepard, and had children including David Franklin Shepard, Fannie Shepherd, Green S Shepard, Ida Elizabeth Shepherd, John W Shepard, Pearl Shepherd, Reb Leak Sheppard.
  • Ellen Lassiter passed away in 1925 in Rockingham, Richmond County, North Carolina, United States of America.

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Ellen Lassiter's Ancestors

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Ellen Lassiter
1854–1925
Birth Place: North Carolina
Parents
John Daniel Lassiter
1826–1897
North Carolina
Sarah (Jane "Sallie") Lovin
1834–1888
Richmond County, North Carolina
Grandparents
Joseph (Lassiter) III
1790–1856
Rockingham, Richmond, North Carolina, United States
Elizabeth (M. Allen) Deaton
1815–1880
Cane Creek, Chatham County, North Carolina
William LOVIN
1799–1845
Richmond County, North Carolina, USA
Elizabeth Livingston
1802–1884
Richmond, North Carolina, United States
Great-Grandparents
Samuel Allen
1778–1855
Elizabeth Barbee
1775–1861
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Christopher Kit
1739–1832
Francis Jones
1739–1823

Ellen Lassiter's Descendants

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Ellen Lassiter (16 February 1854–29 June 1925) m. John (Buren) Shepard (16 September 1856–04 Oct 1925)
  1. 1. David (Franklin) Shepard 1883–1960 m. Lula (Isabelle Simpson) Shepard 1895–1948
    1. 1. Myrtle (Juanita Shepard) Morgan 1926–2006 m. Jethro Morgan 1925–2004
      1. 1. Samuel (Ray) Morgan 1949–1980
    2. 2. Henry (Franklin) Shepherd 1918–1977
    3. 3. Lois (Virginia Shepard) Elms 1922–1998
    4. 4. Mildred Sheppard 1925–2013
    5. 5. Bettie Sheppard 1929–2005
    6. 6. Nell Sheppard 1939–2001
    7. 7. David (Hubert) Shepard 1934–2012
    8. 8. Ruth (Eugenia Shepard) Hargett 1914–2005
    9. 9. Paul (Cornelius) Sheppard 1912–1964
    10. 10. Edith (Shepard) Mitchke 1916–1979
    11. 11. William (Howard Taft) Shepard 1920–1973
    12. 12. Nell (De Vonn) Sheppard 1938–2011
  2. 2. John (W) Shepard 1880–1945
  3. 3. Pearl Shepherd 1883–
  4. 4. Fannie Shepherd 1889–
  5. 5. Ida (Elizabeth) Shepherd 1892–1927
  6. 6. Reb (Leak) Sheppard 1894–1918
  7. 7. Green (S) Shepard 1881–1950

Ellen Lassiter's Timeline

2 Records

1854
16 February 1854
Birth of Ellen Lassiter in North Carolina
North Carolina
1925
29 June 1925
Age 71
Death of Ellen Lassiter in Rockingham, Richmond County, North Carolina, USA
Rockingham, Richmond County, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 February 1854
    Event Place: North Carolina

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 June 1925
    Event Place: Rockingham, Richmond County, North Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Rockingham, Richmond County, North Carolina, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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