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Emily C Emma Harrison 1833 – 1908 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Mar 1833

Birth Location: Virginia, United States

Death Date: 1908

Death Location: Maury, Tennessee, United States

Father: Benjamin Harrison

Mother: Mary Vawter

Spouse(s): James Sheppard

Children(s): Ella Burnley, James Sheppard, Florence Maxwell, Joseph Sheppard, Katie Sheppard

Emily C Emma Harrison was born in 1833 in Virginia, United States, the child of Benjamin Wilbourne Harrison and Mary Bell Vawter. Emily C Emma Harrison married James Madison Sheppard, and had children including Ella B Burnley, James M Sheppard, Florence Maxwell, Joseph W Sheppard, Katie Sheppard. Emily C Emma Harrison passed away in 1908 in Maury, Tennessee, United States.

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Biography

  • Emily C Emma Harrison was born in 1833 in Virginia, United States, the child of Benjamin Wilbourne Harrison and Mary Bell Vawter.
  • Emily C Emma Harrison married James Madison Sheppard, and had children including Ella B Burnley, James M Sheppard, Florence Maxwell, Joseph W Sheppard, Katie Sheppard.
  • Emily C Emma Harrison passed away in 1908 in Maury, Tennessee, United States.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Emily Harrison's Ancestors

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Emily Harrison
1833 – 1908
Birth Place: Virginia, United States
Parents
Benjamin Wilbourne Harrison
1805 – 1885
Buckingham, Virginia, USA
Mary (Bell) Vawter
1808 – 1877
Pinetown, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States
Grandparents
Benjamin Harrison
1758 – 1811
Goochland, VA
Elizabeth Wilbourne
1770 – 1812
Charles City, Charles, Virginia, United States,
Edward Vawter
1756 – 1815
Buckingham, Virginia, United States
Sarah Lee
1770 – 1830
Cumberland, Cumberland, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Vawter
1738 – 1804
Mary Pitts
1735 – 1796
Joseph Lee
1741 – 1790
Nancy Nowell
1743 – 1794
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edward Vawter
1707 – 1779
Rachel Boulware
1700 – 1779
David Pitts
1702 – 1783
Jane Cruikshank
1704 – 1758
Charles Lee
1706 – 1799
Ann Dabbs
1712 –
John Noell
1717 – 1771
Anna Fogg
1723 – 1767

Emily Harrison's Descendants

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Emily (C Emma) Harrison (Mar 1833 – 1908) m. James (Madison) Sheppard (11 February 1829 – 23 January 1916)
  1. 1. Ella (B) Burnley (1859 – 1934)
  2. 2. James (M) Sheppard (1861 – 1938)
  3. 3. Florence Maxwell (February 1865 – 30 August 1951)
  4. 4. Joseph (W) Sheppard (20 August 1866 – 11 April 1868)
  5. 5. Katie Sheppard (6 September 1871 – 10 February 1873)

Emily Harrison's Timeline

2 Records

1833
Mar 1833
Birth of Emily C Emma Harrison in Virginia, United States
Virginia, United States
1908
1908
Age 75
Death of Emily C Emma Harrison in Maury, Tennessee, United States
Maury, Tennessee, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Mar 1833
    Event Place: Virginia, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1908
    Event Place: Maury, Tennessee, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

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