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James Wesley Sheffield 1780–1860 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1780

Birth Location: Fayetteville, Lincoln, Tennessee, United States

Death Date: 1 Jun 1860

Death Location: Corinth, Mississippi, USA

Father: Arthur Sheffield

Mother: Lucretia Hogan

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The story of James Wesley Sheffield began in 1780 in Fayetteville, Lincoln, Tennessee, United States. James Wesley Sheffield passed away in 1860 in Corinth, Mississippi, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of James Wesley Sheffield began in 1780 in Fayetteville, Lincoln, Tennessee, United States.
  • James Wesley Sheffield passed away in 1860 in Corinth, Mississippi, USA.

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James Sheffield's Ancestors

Self
James Sheffield
1780–1860
Birth Place: Fayetteville, Lincoln, Tennessee, United States
Parents
Arthur Bagby Sheffield
1750–1824
Duplin County, North Carolina, United States of America
Lucretia Hogan
1756–1837
Virginia, United States of America
Grandparents
John (Sheffield) Shuffield
1728–1790
Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Mary (Elizabeth) West
1722–1778
Duplin, North Carolina, United States
Great-Grandparents
WILLIAM SHEFFIELD
1700–1770
Mary Adams
1699–1754
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Amos Sheffield
1627–1708
Anna Pearce
1674–1706

James Sheffield's Timeline

2 Records

1780
1780
Birth of James Wesley Sheffield in Fayetteville, Lincoln, Tennessee, United States
Fayetteville, Lincoln, Tennessee, United States
1860
1 Jun 1860
Age 80
Death of James Wesley Sheffield in Corinth, Mississippi, USA
Corinth, Mississippi, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1780
    Event Place: Fayetteville, Lincoln, Tennessee, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 Jun 1860
    Event Place: Corinth, Mississippi, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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