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Ruth Shepherd 1914 – 1916 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 Apr 1914

Birth Location: Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, USA

Death Date: Abt. 1916

Death Location: Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, USA

Father: Joseph Shepherd

Mother: Eva McGhee

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Ruth Shepherd was born in 1914 in Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, USA, the child of Joseph Matthew Callahan Shepherd and Eva Mae McGhee. Ruth Shepherd passed away in 1916 in Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Ruth Shepherd was born in 1914 in Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, USA, the child of Joseph Matthew Callahan Shepherd and Eva Mae McGhee.
  • Ruth Shepherd passed away in 1916 in Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, USA.

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Ruth Shepherd's Ancestors

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Ruth Shepherd
1914 – 1916
Birth Place: Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, USA
Parents
Joseph Matthew Callahan Shepherd
1892 – 1969
Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, USA
Eva (Mae) McGhee
1898 – 1976
Radford, Montgomery County, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
John (C) McGhee
1870 – 1938
Floyd County, Virginia, USA
Malinda (Alice) Richards
1871 – 1936
Floyd County, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
William McGhee
1834 – 1907
Elizabeth Conner
1853 – 1924
William Richards
1850 – 1927
Melvina Epperly
1852 – 1915
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Jacob Conner
1825 – 1912
Elizabeth Martin
1820 – 1904
Daniel Epperly
1833 – 1910
Malinda Poff
1835 – 1911

Ruth Shepherd's Timeline

2 Records

1914
10 Apr 1914
Birth of Ruth Shepherd in Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, USA
Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, USA
1916
Abt. 1916
Age 2
Death of Ruth Shepherd in Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, USA
Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 Apr 1914
    Event Place: Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Abt. 1916
    Event Place: Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, USA

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