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Theophilus Sheppard, Sr.

Male 1791 - 1840  (49 years)


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  • Name Theophilus Sheppard  [1, 2
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth 1791  Reagantown, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Census 6 Aug 1800  S. Huntingdon Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    1800 
    • Henry Lenox Sheppard Household:
      free white males under 10 - 2; (Theophilus, Ebenezer)
      free white males 10 thru 15 - 2; (Timothy, Paoli)
      free white males 16 thru 25 - 1; (Henry, Jr.)
      free white males 45 and over - 1; (Henry, Sr.)
      free white females 16 thru 25 - 1; (Elizabeth)
      free white females 26 thru 44 - 1; (Phoebe)
      slaves - 0.
    Census 6 Aug 1810  E. Huntingdon Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    1810 
    • Phebe Sheppard Household:

      free white males 16 thru 25 - 2 (Theophilus & Ebenezar);
      free white females 16 thru 25 - 1 (Elizabeth);
      free white females 45 and over - 1 (Phoebe);
      slaves - 0.


      Timothy Sheppard Household:

      free white males 16 thru 25 - 1;
      free white females under 10 - 1;
      free white females 10 thru 15 - 1;
      free white females 16 thru 25 - 1;
      slaves - 0.


      Lennox Sheppard Household:

      free white males under 10 - 2;
      free white males 10 thru 15 - 1;
      free white males 26 thru 44 - 1;
      free white females under 10 - 1;
      free white females 16 thru 25 - 1;
      slaves - 0.
    Census 7 Aug 1820  Bullskin Twp. (Connellsville), Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    1820 
    • James Stafford, Theophilus' father-in-law, is listed along with Theo.
      Theophilus Sheppard:


      Free White Males:
      Under 10 - 2;
      Of 10 and under 16 - 1;
      Of 26 and under 45 - 1;
      Free White Females:
      Under 10 - 3;
      Of 26 and under 45 - 2;
      engaged in manufacturing - 2;
      slaves - 0.


      James Stafford:

      Free White Males:
      Of 45 and up - 3;
      Free White Females:
      Of 45 and up - 2;
      slaves - 0.
    Occupation 1828  Connellsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Borough Street Commissioner 
    Theophilus Sheppard - Street Commissioner
    Theophilus Sheppard, Borough Street Commissioner
    Census 1 Jun 1830  Connellsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    1830 
    • James Stafford, Theophilus' father-in-law, is listed next to Theo.
      Theophilus Sheppard Household:


      Males under 5 - 3;
      Males 10-15 - 2;
      Males 30-40 - 1;
      Females 5-10 - 1;
      Females 10-15 - 2;
      Females 15-20 - 1;
      Females 30-40 - 1.

      James Stafford Household:

      Males 50-60 - 1;
      Females 60-70 - 1.
    Census 1 Jun 1840  Connellsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    1840 
    User ID 92.0 
    Death Sep 1840  Connellsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 9
    Burial Sep 1840  Connellsville (Connell Cemetery), Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Theophilus Sheppard
    Theophilus Sheppard
    Theophilus Sheppard Sr. Memorial and Photos
    Theophilus Sheppard Sr. Memorial and Photos
    Created by: Mary Green Kerr
    Record added: Nov 15, 2012
    Find A Grave Memorial# 100762455
    Person ID I1628  FLINT
    Last Modified 11 Feb 2015 

    Father Henry Lenox Sheppard,   b. 8 May 1753, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Sep 1804, Reagantown, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Mother Phoebe Brown,   b. Abt 1754, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1850 (Age ~ 95 years) 
    Marriage 6 Mar 1781  [1
    Family ID F540  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Stafford,   b. 1795, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1875 (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 1813  Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Children 
     1. Mary Sheppard,   b. Abt 1814, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +2. James Sheppard,   b. 1815, Connellsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1899, Carroll County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    +3. Phoebe Ann Sheppard,   b. 2 Apr 1817, Connellsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 May 1898, Connellsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    +4. Henry Lenox Sheppard,   b. 13 Dec 1818, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Apr 1882, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    +5. Elizabeth Sheppard,   b. 24 Apr 1820, Connellsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1903, Connellsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     6. Sarah A. Sheppard,   b. 1825, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     7. Catharine Sheppard,   b. 1825, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1825 (Age 0 years)
    +8. Theophilus Sheppard, Jr.,   b. 1831, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1860 and 1870 (Age 29 years)
     9. Robert W. Sheppard,   b. 1833, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     10. John Sheppard,   b. 1834, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +11. Joseph Paoli Sheppard,   b. 13 Aug 1833, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Sep 1913, Tarrs, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     12. Athanasia Sheppard,   b. 1839, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     13. George Sheppard,   b. 1841, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F541  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Oct 2007 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1791 - Reagantown, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1800 - 6 Aug 1800 - S. Huntingdon Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1810 - 6 Aug 1810 - E. Huntingdon Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1813 - Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1820 - 7 Aug 1820 - Bullskin Twp. (Connellsville), Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Borough Street Commissioner - 1828 - Connellsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1830 - 1 Jun 1830 - Connellsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1840 - 1 Jun 1840 - Connellsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Sep 1840 - Connellsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Sep 1840 - Connellsville (Connell Cemetery), Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S405] David Patrick Parker, Rootsweb dprkrnfl - My Parker Family and Those Allied to it, (David Patrick Parker, 9/4/2004).

    2. [S183] Herrin, Cynthia, ed., Vital - Fayette County, Pennsylvania Vital Records ,1750-1890, (Ancestry.com [database online] Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 1999.).

    3. [S407] 1800 US Census - PA, Westmoreland, S. Huntingdon/Henry Sheppard, (Township: South Huntingdon County: Westmoreland State: Pennsylvania Year: 1800 Roll: M32_41 Page: 1139 Image: 280), 1800henrysheppard.

    4. [S408] 1810 US Census - PA, Westmoreland, E. Huntingdon/Phoebe & Timothy Sheppard, (Township: East Huntingdon County: Westmoreland State: Pennsylvania Year: 1810 Roll: M252_51 Page: ?? Image: 225), 1810phebesheppard.jpg.

    5. [S409] 1820 US Census - PA, Fayette, Bullskin Twp., Connellsville/Theophilus Sheppard, (Township: Connellsville in Bullskin County: Fayette State: Pennsylvania Year: 1820 Roll: M33_103 Page: 89 Image Number: 95), 1820theosheppard.

    6. [S532] Bio - Centennial history of the borough of Connellsville, Pennsylvania, 1806-1906 - page 96, (Evansville, Ind., Unigraphic, 1978 Notes: Reprint. Originally published: Columbus, Ohio : Champlin Press, c1906. 565 pages; includes index. Reel/Fiche Number:Genealogy and local history ; LH10157), page 96 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S410] 1830 US Census - PA, Fayette, Connellsville/Theophilus Sheppard, (Township: Connellsville County: Fayette State: Pennsylvania Year: 1830 Roll: M19_162 Page: 238 Image: 459), 1830theosheppard.

    8. [S554] 1840 US Census - PA, Fayette, Connellsville/Theophilus Sheppard, (Township: Connellsville County: Fayette State: Pennsylvania Roll: 460 Page: 405).

    9. [S749] Compiled by Ken O'Neal, Transcribed by Beverly Sellers-Niel, Edited by E M Whetsel, Cemeteries: PA, Fayette Co, Connellsville - Connell Graveyard, Connellsville, Pa, (2006, Fayette County Genealogy Project, http://www.pagenweb.org/~fayette/cemetery/connell_graveyard.html).

    10. [S183] Herrin, Cynthia, ed., Vital - Fayette County, Pennsylvania Vital Records ,1750-1890, (Ancestry.com [database online] Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 1999.) (Reliability: 3).
      Name: Sheppard, Theophilus Sr.
      Birth Date: 1791
      Birth Place: Westmoreland co., PA
      Father's Name: 
      Mother's Name: 
      Spouse: Elizabeth Stafford
      Marriage Date: 1813
      Marriage Place: Westmoreland co., PA
      Children: Mary, James, Phoebe, Henry, Elizabeth, Sarah, Catherine, Theophilus, Robert, John, Joseph, Paoli, Athanasia, George
      Date of Death: Before 1889
      Place of Death: Fayette co., PA
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