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Nancy Sarah Shepherd 1804–1846 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 May 1804

Birth Location: Cane River, Yancey, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 19 March 1846

Death Location: Cowee, Macon, North Carolina, USA

Father: Thomas Sr

Mother: Nancy Stanton

Spouse(s): Andrew Hurst

Children(s): Harriet Hurst, George Hurst, Elizabeth Hurst, Lucinda Hurst, Joseph Hurst

Nancy Sarah Shepherd was born in 1804 in Cane River, Yancey, North Carolina, USA, the child of Thomas Shepherd Sr And Nancy Elizabeth Stanton. Nancy Sarah Shepherd married Andrew Martin Hurst, and had children including Elizabeth Hurst, George Matterson Hurst, Harriet M Hurst, Joseph Barnard Hurst, Lucinda Matilda Hurst. Nancy Sarah Shepherd passed away in 1846 in Cowee, Macon, North Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • Nancy Sarah Shepherd was born in 1804 in Cane River, Yancey, North Carolina, USA, the child of Thomas Shepherd Sr And Nancy Elizabeth Stanton.
  • Nancy Sarah Shepherd married Andrew Martin Hurst, and had children including Elizabeth Hurst, George Matterson Hurst, Harriet M Hurst, Joseph Barnard Hurst, Lucinda Matilda Hurst.
  • Nancy Sarah Shepherd passed away in 1846 in Cowee, Macon, North Carolina, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Sr
1761–1842
Birth Location: Endinburg, Scotland
TS
Nancy Stanton
1765–1835
Birth Location: Virginia, USA
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Spouses(s)

Andrew Hurst
1797–1883
Birth Location: Surry County, North Carolina, USA
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Children(s)

Harriet Hurst
1842–1942
Birth Location: , Macon, North Carolina, USA
HH
George Hurst
1835–1908
Birth Location: –
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Elizabeth Hurst
1828–1908
Birth Location: , Buncombe, North Carolina, USA
EH
Lucinda Hurst
1822–1884
Birth Location: , Buncombe, North Carolina, USA
LH
Joseph Hurst
1832–1883
Birth Location: Macon County, North Carolina, USA
JH

Nancy Shepherd's Ancestors

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Nancy Shepherd
1804–1846
Birth Place: Cane River, Yancey, North Carolina, USA
Parents
Thomas Shepherd Sr
1761–1842
Endinburg, Scotland
Nancy (Elizabeth) Stanton
1765–1835
Virginia, USA
Grandparents
James Shepherd
1730–1805
Scotland
Lucy Sheppard
1735–1810
Halifax, Halifax, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Nancy Shepherd's Descendants

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Nancy (Sarah) Shepherd (16 May 1804–19 March 1846) m. Andrew (Martin) Hurst (1797–1 Jan 1883)
  1. 1. Harriet (M) Hurst 1842–1942
  2. 2. George (Matterson) Hurst 1835–1908
  3. 3. Elizabeth Hurst 1828–1908
  4. 4. Lucinda (Matilda) Hurst 1822–1884
  5. 5. Joseph (Barnard) Hurst 1832–1883 m. Margaret (L) Raby 1833–1883
    1. 1. Edward (A) Hurst 1875–1894
    2. 2. Margaret (Jane) Hurst 1869–1959
    3. 3. Joseph (H) Hurst 1867–1943
    4. 4. Carrie (Ann) Hurst 1864–1888
    5. 5. Burnett (J) Hurst 1859–1889
    6. 6. John (Columbus) Hurst 1857–1944
    7. 7. William (Thomas) Hurst 1854–
    8. 8. Nancy (L) Hurst 1852–1910
    9. 9. Nancy (E) Hurst 1852–1889

Nancy Shepherd's Timeline

2 Records

1804
16 May 1804
Birth of Nancy Sarah Shepherd in Cane River, Yancey, North Carolina, USA
Cane River, Yancey, North Carolina, USA
1846
19 March 1846
Age 42
Death of Nancy Sarah Shepherd in Cowee, Macon, North Carolina, USA
Cowee, Macon, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 May 1804
    Event Place: Cane River, Yancey, North Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 March 1846
    Event Place: Cowee, Macon, North Carolina, USA
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