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Rebecca Jane Shaw 1799 – 1888 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1799

Birth Location: Halifax, Halifax, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 1888

Death Location: Rutherford, TN

Father: Miner Shaw

Mother: Wilmoth Bomar

Spouse(s): John Vaughan

Children(s): Mary Vaughn, Edward Vaughan, Eliza Wilson, Mary Vaughan, Harriet Vaughan, Charles Vaughan, Lucy Vaughan, Margaret Ferguson, Mary Ferguson, Malinda Ferguson, Jeremiah Ferguson, James Ferguson

According to available records, Rebecca Jane Shaw was born in 1799 in Halifax, Halifax, Virginia, United States, the child of Miner Shaw and Wilmoth Bomar. Following those early years, Rebecca Jane Shaw married John Vaughan, and their family grew to include Mary Jane Vaughn, Edward J Vaughan, Eliza A Vaughan* Wilson, Mary J Vaughan, Harriet T Vaughan, Charles Vaughan, Lucy W Vaughan, Margaret Ferguson, Mary W Ferguson, Malinda Ferguson, Jeremiah Ferguson and James Ferguson. In the later years of life, Rebecca Jane Shaw died in 1888 in Rutherford, TN.

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Parents

Miner Shaw
1774 – 1856
Birth Location: Halifax Co., Virginia, USA
MS
Wilmoth Bomar
1774 –
Birth Location: Halifax Co., Virginia, USA
WB

Spouses(s)

John Vaughan
1795 – 1882
Birth Location: Virginia
JV

Children(s)

Mary Vaughn
1828 – 1867
Birth Location: Virginia
MV
Edward Vaughan
1830 – 1907
Birth Location: Virginia, United States of America
EV
Eliza Wilson
1831 – 1927
Birth Location: Virginia, United States of America/ten
EW
Mary Vaughan
1832 – 1914
Birth Location: VA, Hancock, West Virginia, United States
MV
Harriet Vaughan
1837 –
Birth Location: Virginia, United States
HV
Charles Vaughan
1841 –
Birth Location: North Carolina, United States
CV
Lucy Vaughan
1842 – 1914
Birth Location: Virginia, United States
LV
Margaret Ferguson
1818 – 1873
Birth Location: Cabell County, Virginia, West Virginia, United States
MF
Mary Ferguson
1819 – 1877
Birth Location: Buckingham, Buckingham, Virginia, United States
MF
Malinda Ferguson
1820 – 1876
Birth Location: Cabell, West Virginia, United States
MF
Jeremiah Ferguson
1823 – 1901
Birth Location: Cabell, West Virginia, United States
JF
James Ferguson
1829 – 1910
Birth Location: Cabell, West Virginia, United States
JF

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1799
    Event Place: Halifax, Halifax, Virginia, United States
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Geneanet Community Trees Index, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1888
    Event Place: Rutherford, TN
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Geneanet Community Trees Index, Ancestry Family Tree

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