Person:Eleanor Shepherd (7)

m. 29 Sep 1808
  1. Eleanor Shepherd1809 - 1884
m. 20 Apr 1829
  1. Peter Chardon Brooks1831 - 1920
  2. Shepherd Brooks1837 - 1922
Facts and Events
Name Eleanor Shepherd
Alt Name Ellen Shepherd
Gender Female
Birth[1][2] 22 Aug 1809 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Marriage 20 Apr 1829 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Gorham Brooks
Death[2][3] 11 Aug 1884 Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Burial[2] Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M432)
    line 47 & 48, 1850.

    Gorham Brooks, 55
    Ellen Brooks, 40
    [Note: Ellen's birthplace is "La." but the curley-que on the L has caused it to be indexed as "Sea".]

  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Find A Grave: Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford, MA, in Find A Grave
    Ellen Shepherd Brooks.

    ELLEN SHEPHERD,
    WIDOW OF
    GORHAM BROOKS,
    BORN AUG. 22, 1809.
    DIED AUG. 11, 1884.

  3. Massachusetts, United States. Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915
    [1].

    Additions to and Corrections in the Copies of Records of Deaths returned to the Secretary of the Commonwealth from the Town of Medford for the Year eighteen hundred eighty-four.
    Date of Death: Aug. 11 [1884]
    Name: Brooks, Ellen / Shepherd
    Age: 74 y. 11 m. 11 d. [birth calculates to about 31 Aug 1809]
    Cause: Diarrhea
    Place of Residence/Death/Burial: 1,2,3 Medford
    Occupation: [blank]
    Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana
    Parents: R. D. Shepherd / Lucy Taylor Gorham
    Birthplace of Parents: Shepherdstown, W. Virginia / Barnstable
    [Note: uncorrected record has slightly less detail on parents.]