Bertha Alice Shepherd

Female 1877 - 1940  (62 years)


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  • Name Bertha Alice Shepherd 
    Born 19 Sep 1877  near Reger, Sullivan, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Buried Aug 1940  Schrock Cemetery, S Reger, Sullivan, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 12 Aug 1940  Sullivan, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I6200  Wagner-Thomas | Hallmark
    Last Modified 11 Jan 2014 

    Family Marion Jacob Fields,   b. 30 Aug 1870, near Reger, Sullivan, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jun 1940, Kirksville, Adair, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 1 Sep 1898  Milan, Sullivan, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Children 
     1. Leo L Fields,   b. Abt 1901, Sullivan, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft Jan 1955  (Age ~ 54 years)
     2. Chloe C Fields,   b. Abt 1903, Sullivan, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft Jan 1955  (Age ~ 52 years)
     3. William P Fields,   b. Abt 1905, Sullivan, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft Jan 1955  (Age ~ 50 years)
     4. Mildred E Fields,   b. Abt 1908, Sullivan, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft Jan 1955  (Age ~ 47 years)
     5. Fields,   b. 15 Dec 1910, Duncan Township, Sullivan, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Dec 1910, Duncan Township, Sullivan, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     6. Robert Joel Fields,   b. 15 Dec 1910, Reger, Sullivan, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jan 1955, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years)
     7. Marion Wilson Fields,   b. 18 Jun 1914, Sullivan, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1941, Kirksville, Adair, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 26 years)
    Last Modified 22 Nov 2014 
    Family ID F1934  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 19 Sep 1877 - near Reger, Sullivan, Missouri Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1 Sep 1898 - Milan, Sullivan, Missouri, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 12 Aug 1940 - Sullivan, Missouri, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • BIR,MG,DTH,BUR: Obit of husband 20 Jun 1940 and own obit Browning Ldr-Rcd V4
      pg 10, 22 Aug 1940: dau of Wm & Comora E Shepherd, md Marion Joseph Fields
      lvs children, bur Schrock Cem

      Bertha Alice Fields dau of Wm & Comora Ellen Shepherd bn 19 Sep 1877 nr Reger dd 12 Aug 1940. Md 1 Sep 1898 Marion Joseph Fields who dd 13 Jun 1940. Lvs dau Mrs Leo Freeland-St Charles MO; Mildred DeWitt-Joplin MO; Chloe Fields-home; sons: Wm-KC; Robert-Humphreys; Marion-home; sis: Mrs Ruth Fields-Carrollton MO; bro Luther Shepherd-Milan; gchildren: Billie Jean Freeland; Linda Lou DeWitt; Robert & Charles Edward Fields. Bur Schrock Cem

      BIR: 1880,1900,1910,1920 Sullivan Co MO census: Bertha 3/MO dau of Wm & Comora;
      Bertha A Fields, wife of Marion J Sep 1877-22/MO; Bertha A 32/MO

      1900 CENSUS: MO,Sullivan Co-Duncan Twp: Anc.com pg 28,1 June, Dw 270/273:
      SHEPHERD, John-head 25/MO bn Apr 1875 (MO,MO) md 3 yrs, farmer;
      Comora E-wife 24/MO bn May 1876 (MO,VA) md 3 yrs, 1/1 child living;
      Oval P-dau 1/MO (MO,MO) bn Jan 1899

      1910 CENSUS: MO,Sullivan Co MO, Duncan Twp-Cora Vil: 3 May, Dw 185: Bertha A Fields age 32 bn Missouri, (MO,MO), 4/4 children living, wife of Marion J

      1920 CENSUS: MO,Sullivan Co-Duncan Twp ED 164: Anc.com Img 13-pg 55 (7A), 10 Jan, Farm 88 family 89: Bertha A Fields age 41 bn Missouri (MO,MO), wife of Marion J Fields

      1930 CENSUS: MO,Sullivan Co-Duncan Twp: Anc.com Img 17, pg 52, 22 April, Dw 195,198: Bertha Fields age 52 bn Missouri (MO,MO) md at 20-no occupation, wife of M Jake Fields

  • Sources 
    1. [S453] Cemetery Inscriptions of Sullivan County Missouri, 977.8235 V22e., 977.8235 V22e Vol 4, pg 93.
      Fields, Bertha A. 1877 -- 1940 Wife of Marion J. Fields
      Schrock Cemetery

    2. [S283] History of Sullivan Co Missouri, Vol 6, pg 707.
      Jacob M Fields md Bertha A Shepherd 1 Sep 1898

    3. [S422] Internet: Ancestry.com, Anc.com Img ... MG Lic Bk, pg 58.
      Marriage License, State of MIssouri, County of Sullivan, issued 1 Sept 1898 to Jacob M Fields of Cora, Sullivan Co MO, over 21; and Bertha A Shepherd of Cora, Sullivan Co MO, over 18...
      STATE OF MISSOURI, County of Sullivan: This is to certify that the undersigned E V Parr did at Milan in said County, on the first day of SEpt. AD 1898 unite in Marriage the above named persons... I am a citizen of the US and legally qualified under the laws of the State of Missouri to solemnize Marriages, signed E V Parr, Justice of the Peace.
      The foregoing Certificate of Marriage was filed for record in my office on the first day of Sept. AD 1898, signed Joe McCallister.
      Missouri Marriages 1805-2002, searched January 2009: copy of original marriage record pg 58

      Date: 1 September 1898