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  1. Birth Certficiate Edward John Shepherd.
  2. Death Certificate of Edward John Shepherd, 0700-2087.
  3. Antioch Ledger, July 1977.
  4. Personal knowledge of Carol Shepherd Kirkpatrick.
  5. Birth Certificate Richard Earl Shepherd, 10082.
  6. Death Certificate of Richard Earl Shepherd, 64015.
  7. Death Certificate of Richard Earl Shepherd.
  8. Marriage License of Richard Earl Shepherd and Elsie Michaels, (IA)33-005903.
  9. Birth Certificate Elsie Alma Mickels, 096580.
  10. Death Certificate of Elsie A. Medaus, 89 022066.
  11. Verbal from Lucile Shepherd Zolczynski.
  12. Rootsweb.Com.
  13. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987.
  14. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 98.
  15. Birthday and Autograph book of May B. Smith.
  16. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 232.
  17. Verbal from Ila Jeanne Smith Shepherd Bauer.
  18. Social Security Death Index.
  19. Phone call from Anna Mary Harrington to Ila Jeanne (Smith) Shepherd Bauer.
  20. Funeral card of Ema Harrington.
  21. Citation Text: #485-03-6747 Footnote: Brøderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 4, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Social Security Death Index, Surnames from M through Z, Date of Import: 10 Mar 1998, Internal Ref. #1.112.4.77488.110 Index: U.S., Social Security Death Index, Surnames from M through Z, Date of Import: 10 Mar 1998, Internal Ref. #1.112.4.77488.110.
  22. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 104.
  23. Obituary from Waterloo, Iowa Newspaper.
  24. Letter from Railroad Retirement Board.
  25. 1900 Census Jackson Co., Kentucky, T623, Roll 527, Sheet 18, Page 11.
  26. Death Certificate of William Floyd Shepherd, 52433.
  27. Death Certificate of William Floyd Shepherd.
  28. Marriage License of Floyd Stergil and Lucy Hays, Book 1901-1903 page 33.
  29. Death Certificate of Sarah Lucile Shepherd, 12316/12326.
  30. Phone conversation with Rudy Cliff, caretaker of North East United Methodist Cemetery.
  31. Pedigree chart by Georgia Shepherd Biddle.
  32. The Melchor Engle Family History & Genealogy 1730-1940 By Winfield S. H. Engle, Page 301, #1232.
  33. Phone interview with James Shepherd.
  34. Death Certificate of Roy Clyde Shepherd.
  35. Cecil Whig, Elkton, Maryland, Obituary of Georgia M. Biddle.
  36. Death Certificate of William Bruce Shepherd, 09417.
  37. Verbal from Wilma Lee Shepherd Vant Hoff.
  38. Death Certificate of John Gustaf Mickels.
  39. Immigration record of John Gustaf Mickels.
  40. Ancestry.com, U. S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project) (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online.
  41. Death Certificate of John Gustaf Mickels, 33-1-77.
  42. Letter from Eva Neumann.
  43. 1925 Census Fayette Co., Iowa, Book 180.
  44. Death Certificate of Martha Augusta Mickels, 33-1-63.
  45. Footnote: Brøderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 4, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Social Security Death Index, Surnames from M through Z, Date of Import: Jun 26, 1997, Internal Ref. #1.112.4.18842.75 Index: U.S., Social Security Death Index, Surnames from M through Z, Date of Import: Jun 26, 1997, Internal Ref. #1.112.4.18842.75.
  46. Albert Lea Tribune, Feb. 12, 1975 p. 12 C2.
  47. Footnote: Brøderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 4, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Social Security Death Index, Surnames from M through Z, Date of Import: Jun 26, 1997, Internal Ref. #1.112.4.18842.75 Index: U.S., Social Security Death Index, Surnames from M through Z, Date of Import: Jun 26, 1997, Internal Ref. #1.112.4.18842.75.
  48. 1920 Census Fayette Co., Iowa.
  49. Oelwein Area Genealogical Society, Oelwein, Fayette Co., Iowa.
  50. Tombstone of Edward John Michaels.
  51. Tombstone of Vernie Mickels at Woodlawn Cemetary, Oelwein, IA.
  52. Death Certificate of Vernie Mickels, 33-00577.
  53. Hintz Funeral Home, Oelwein, Fayette Co., Iowa.
  54. Letter & Map from Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, Oelwein, Fayette County, Iowa.
  55. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 231.
  56. Marriage Certificate of William W. Smith to Emma Hosier.
  57. Obituary of Charles E. Smith.
  58. Death Certificate of Ruth Castle.
  59. Obituary of Ruth Castle, San Diego Union Newspaper, 6 October 1928.
  60. Obituary of Ruth Castle.
  61. 1885 Iowa State Census, Vol. 182, Page 118, Line 10, Dubuque Co.
  62. 1900 Census St. Louis City, Missouri, Roll 895, Book 1, page 2309.
  63. Missouri State Archives.
  64. Pulaski County Democrat, Obituary of Huldah Smith (Name: March 1954;).
  65. Death Certificate of Roy John Smith.
  66. 1895 Iowa State Census, Vol. 324, page 255, line 21.
  67. Death Certificate of Raymond F. Smith.
  68. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 94.
  69. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 93.
  70. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 96.
  71. Michael, Roseland Park Cemetery Fax (Name: 30 December 2003;).
  72. Telegram dated 4 March 1959.
  73. Obituary of Clyde C. Brisco.
  74. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 106.
  75. Footnote: Brøderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 4, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Social Security Death Index, Surnames from A through L, Date of Import: 18 Mar 1998, Internal Ref. #1.111.4.29546.9 Index: U.S., Social Security Death Index, Surnames from A through L, Date of Import: 18 Mar 1998, Internal Ref. #1.111.4.29546.9.
  76. Obituary of Benjamin H. Brisco.
  77. 1900 Census Jackson Co., Kentucky.
  78. 1860 Census Jackson Co., Kentucky.
  79. The Melchor Engle Family History & Genealogy 1730-1940 By Winfield S. H. Engle, Section II, Page 269, #78.
  80. Pedigree chart of James Everett Hays.
  81. The Melchor Engle Family History & Genealogy 1730-1940 By Winfield S. H. Engle.
  82. Research from Jerry W. Dean.
  83. Cemetery Listings, Jackson County, Kentucky Volume I, 1990, by Jean Smith, Page 88.
  84. E-Mail from Debra Wake-Williams.
  85. Marriage Bond of Richard Hays & Sarah Mildred Engle.
  86. E-Mail from Debra Wake-Williams, August 1999.
  87. 1870 Census Jackson Co., Kentucky.
  88. The Melchor Engle Family History & Genealogy 1730-1940 By Winfield S. H. Engle, Page 270, #344.
  89. Kentucky Death Index 1911-2000.
  90. Cemeteries of Jackson County [Kentucky] 1858-1995 by Pauline Kerby & Judy Ball, Gray Hawk Section page 1.
  91. 1880 Census Jackson Co., Kentucky.
  92. E-mail from Paulette Hays Kelley (Name: Started Oct. 22, 2008;).
  93. Ohio Department of Health Death Index.
  94. Cemeteries of Jackson County [Kentucky] 1858-1995 by Pauline Kerby & Judy Ball, Page 12.
  95. Photo of Tombstone.
  96. Cemeteries of Jackson County [Kentucky] 1858-1995 by Pauline Kerby & Judy Ball, Page 13.
  97. The Melchor Engle Family History & Genealogy 1730-1940 By Winfield S. H. Engle, Page 270, #347.
  98. Kentucky Death Index 1911-2000, Vol. 58, certificate 28565.
  99. Footnote: Brøderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 4, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Social Security Death Index, Surnames from A through L, Date of Import: 17 May 2000, Internal Ref. #1.111.4.101172.129 Index: U.S., Social Security Death Index, Surnames from A through L, Date of Import: 17 May 2000, Internal Ref. #1.111.4.101172.129.
  100. Cemeteries of Jackson County [Kentucky] 1858-1995 by Pauline Kerby & Judy Ball, Tyner Section Page 15.
  101. Cemetery Listings, Jackson County, Kentucky Volume I, 1990, by Jean Smith, Page 135.
  102. The Melchor Engle Family History & Genealogy 1730-1940 By Winfield S. H. Engle, Page 270, #348.
  103. The Melchor Engle Family History & Genealogy 1730-1940 By Winfield S. H. Engle, Page 270.
  104. Kentucky Death Index 1911-2000.
  105. The History of Patrick Hays and his Decendants by Wayne Hays, Oxford, Ohio, 1992, Page 50.
  106. Ancestry.com.
  107. Kentucky GenWeb, Jackson County Cemetery Listings.
  108. Cemeteries of Jackson County [Kentucky] 1858-1995 by Pauline Kerby & Judy Ball, Page 62.
  109. 1900 Census Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin.
  110. Civil War Pension File.
  111. Wisconsin Vital Records, Death Certificate of Ira E. Smith.
  112. 1900 Census Grant Co., Wisconsin.
  113. 1900 Census Jo Daviess Co., Illinois.
  114. 1910 Census Jo Daviess Co., Illinois.
  115. Galena Daily Gazette, Obituary of Mrs. Mary M. Smith (Name: November 29, 1930;).
  116. Jo Daviess County Clerk, Death Certificate of Ara Edward Smith.
  117. Grant County Genealogical Society, Platteville, Wisconsin.
  118. E-mail from Kathleen Wolfe (Name: August 2010;).
  119. 1900 Census Sheridan Co., Nebraska.
  120. Find A Grave.
  121. South Dakota Death Index, 1905-1955.
  122. E-Mail from James L. Carns, September 2000.
  123. Grant County Genealogical Society, Platteville, Wisconsin, Page 45, Feb. 2005, Vol. 28, No. 4.
  124. The Dubuque Times Journal, Obituaries of Mrs. Almira Parkin (Name: May 16, 1919, Page 10 and May 17, 1919 page 3;).
  125. Probate of Henry Parkin (Name: #1732;).
  126. 1900 Census Burt Co., Nebraska.
  127. E-mail from Debbie deHoog.
  128. Washington State Digital Archives (Name: www.digitalarchives.wa.gov;).
  129. Bellingham Herald, Obituary of Mrs. Ruth Smith (Name: Aug. 30, 1920, Page 10;).
  130. 1850 Census Mercer Co., Pennsylvania.
  131. 1900 Census Big Horn Co., Wyoming.
  132. Daily Grit, Obituary of John J. Smith (Name: Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming;).
  133. US Gen-Web Site.
  134. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 211.
  135. Fredonia Censor Newspaper, September 30, 1845.
  136. Iowa Gravestone Photo Project.
  137. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 212.
  138. Manchester Press, Obituary of F. M. Hosier (Name: Thursday April 9, 1903, Page 1;).
  139. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 213.
  140. Compiled by Delaware Co. Genealogical Society, Delaware County Iowa Oakland Cemetery (Name: 1990, Book 2, page 12;).
  141. Hosier Bible Pages.
  142. 1880 Census York Co., Nebraska.
  143. Genealogical Society of Linn County, Iowa (Name: Funeral Home Records & Cedar Rapids Death Records;).
  144. Manchster Press, Death Notice of C. E. (Charles Edward) Hosier (Name: Thursday, 8 March 1900;).
  145. 1900 Census Kossuth Co., Iowa.
  146. Funeral card of John Wesley Hosier.
  147. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 215.
  148. Research of Richard Dale Hosier (Name: Received 21 May 2003;).
  149. 1885 Iowa State Census.
  150. Dalbydata.com, Dalby Database.
  151. Minnesota Historical Society.
  152. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 216.
  153. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 203.
  154. 1850 Census Monroe Co., Indiana.
  155. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.
  156. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 204.
  157. The Iowa Recorder, Obituary of John Briscoe (Name: Wednesday, February 17, 1904;).
  158. 1860 Census Winneshiek Co., Iowa.
  159. Chippewa Co., Wisconsin Genealogical Society.
  160. The Iowa Recorder, Obituary of Mary Ann Briscoe Reams (Name: 20 May, 1914;).
  161. 1900 Census Chehalis Co., Washington.
  162. 1880 Census Floyd Co., Iowa.
  163. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 205.
  164. Iowa Cemetery Records.
  165. 1880 Census Monroe Co., Indiana, Page 72C.
  166. 1900 Census Monroe Co., Indiana.
  167. E-mail from Monroe Co. Indiana Look Up.
  168. 1900 Census Chippewa Co., Wisconsin.
  169. Saskatchewan Genealogical Society (Name: December 2, 2006;).
  170. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 91.
  171. Illinois Dept. of Public Health Death Index.
  172. 1870 Census Fayette Co., Iowa.
  173. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 75.
  174. The Nashua Reporter, Obituary of Mrs. A. S. Coler (Name: Thursday, 24 January 1918;).
  175. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 92 and 110.
  176. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 110.
  177. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 92 and 109.
  178. Death Certificate of Alta Luverne Schrankel.
  179. 1880 Census Buchanan Co., Iowa.
  180. Death Certificate of Mrs. Avis Dalton.
  181. Obituary of Avis Clason Dalton.
  182. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 109.
  183. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 111.
  184. Death Certificate of Myrtle Marie Clason Curtin, #121.
  185. 1900 Census Hennipin Co., Minnesota, Roll 768, Book 2, page 216a.
  186. Letter from Town Clerk of Winthrop, Massachusetts.
  187. Death Certificate of Myrtle Marie Clason Curtin.
  188. 1850 Census Laurel Co., Kentucky, Microfilm Roll #209, page 41.
  189. The History of Patrick Hays and his Decendants by Wayne Hays, Oxford, Ohio, 1992.
  190. Kentucky Death Records 1852-1953.
  191. Family Tree Maker Marriage Index CD 2, Section IV, Chapter 41.
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  194. The Melchor Engle Family History & Genealogy 1730-1940 By Winfield S. H. Engle, Page 260.
  195. 1850 Census Laurel Co., Kentucky.
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  197. Cemeteries of Jackson County [Kentucky] 1858-1995 by Pauline Kerby & Judy Ball, Tyner Section page 13.
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  199. 1880 Census Jackson Co., Kentucky, Page 482A.
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  201. Cemetery Listings, Jackson County, Kentucky Volume I, 1990, by Jean Smith, Page 233.
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  203. Cemeteries of Jackson County [Kentucky] 1858-1995 by Pauline Kerby & Judy Ball, Sand Gap Section page 26.
  204. E-Mail from Virginia Anders Honeycutt, June-July 1999.
  205. The Melchor Engle Family History & Genealogy 1730-1940 By Winfield S. H. Engle, Page 251, #11.
  206. Family Tree Maker Marriage Index CD 229 (Name: Marriage Index: KY, NC, TN, VA, WV 1728-1850;).
  207. The Melchor Engle Family History & Genealogy 1730-1940 By Winfield S. H. Engle, Page 260, #79.
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  209. 1870 Census Jackson Co., Kentucky, McKee District, Family 67.
  210. 1880 Census Chautauqua Co., New York.
  211. November 10, 1999 to Fay Medhaug, Chautauqua Co. Genealogical Society.
  212. Family Tree Maker.
  213. 1850 Census Adams Co., Illinois.
  214. Research of Tom Black.
  215. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 210.
  216. Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (Name: Burial Records;).
  217. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 22.
  218. William B. Lapham, Stephen Clason of Stamford, Connecticut, in 1654 & Some of His Descendants (Name: Augusta Kennebec Journal Print, 1892;), Page 58.
  219. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 22, 60, & 63.
  220. Family Tree Maker, Vol. 14, Tree 582.
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  225. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 125.
  226. 1900 Census Hubbard Co., Minnesota, Page 39.
  227. Hubbard Co. Minnesota Genealogical Society.
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  233. Footnote: Brøderbund Family Archive #164, Ed. 1, Mortality Index: United States, Tennessee Mort Sch, SHELBY CO., TN 1850, Date of Import: 25 Apr 1999, Internal Ref. #1.164.1.7105.35 Tennessee Mort Sch, SHELBY CO., TN 1850, Date of Import: 25 Apr 1999, Internal Ref. #1.164.1.7105.35.
  234. E-mail from Josh Boyd in Texas, Research of Harald Reksten (Name: June 2003;).
  235. Transcribed Will of Amstead Parrott received by E-Mail July 1999.
  236. Transcribed 1850 Laurel Co. KY Census with notations, received by E-Mail July 1999.
  237. 1880 Census Knox Co., Kentucky, Page 18D.
  238. E-Mail from Jeff Engle, August 1999.
  239. Family Tree Maker Marriage Index CD 2.
  240. The Melchor Engle Family History & Genealogy 1730-1940 By Winfield S. H. Engle, Page 247, #1.
  241. The Melchor Engle Family History & Genealogy 1730-1940 By Winfield S. H. Engle, Page 250.
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  243. Cemeteries of Jackson County [Kentucky] 1858-1995 by Pauline Kerby & Judy Ball, Page 26.
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  247. The Melchor Engle Family History & Genealogy 1730-1940 By Winfield S. H. Engle, Page 251, #16.
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  249. The Melchor Engle Family History & Genealogy 1730-1940 By Winfield S. H. Engle, Page 261.
  250. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 20.
  251. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 16.
  252. Ness County Historical Society.
  253. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 37.
  254. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 134.
  255. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 135.
  256. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 144.
  257. Home Page of Jeff Engle, July 1999.
  258. The Melchor Engle Family History & Genealogy 1730-1940 By Winfield S. H. Engle, Page 39.