Ruth Cheever Shepard

1820 - 1906  (86 years)

• Name	Ruth Cheever Shepard  [1]
  Born	6 Feb 1820	Salem, Essex, MA, USA   [1]
  Also known as	R Richardson  [2]
  Also known as	Ruth C Richarson  [3]
  Also known as	Ruth E Rullanson  [4]
  Census - 1850	22 Sep 1850	Naausay Township, Kendall, IL, USA   [3]
  1850 United States Federal Census , Illinois, Kendall, Naausay 22 Sep 1850, Dwellilng 17, Family 17 Richardson, Charles, F., 32, m, w, farmer, 1000?, MA --- (enumerated as Charles F. Richarson) Richardson, Ruth C., 30, f, w, MA --- (enumerated as Ruth C. Richarson) Richardson, Sarah L., 6, f, w, IL --- (enumerated as Sarah L. Richarson) Richardson, Louisa A., 1, f, w, IL --- (enumerated as Louisa A. Richarson) Richardson, William P., 37, m, w, Physician, 3000, MA --- (enumerated as William P. Richarson) Gordon Gray, 30, m, w, farmer, VT
  Census - 1860	15 Jun 1860	Aurora, Kane, IL, USA   [5]
  Post Office: Aurora
  1860 United States Federal Census, Illinois, Kane, Aurora 15 Jun 1860, Post Office: Aurora, Dwelling 901, Family 773 Richardson, Ruth C, 35, f, w, widow, MA Richardson, Sarah L, 16, f, w, IL, attended school within the year --- (enumerated as Sarah M) Richardson, Louise A, 11, f, w, IL, attended school within the year --- (enumerated as Louisa F) Richardson, Matilda C, 7,  f, w, IL, attended school within the year Margrett Whalen, 23, f, w, serving, Ireland
  Census - 1870	21 Jul 1870	Aurora, Kane, IL, USA   [2]
  Post Office: Aurora
  1870 United States Federal Census, Illinois, Kane, Aurora 21 Jul 1870, Post Office: Aurora, Dwelling 138, Family 138 Richardson, R, 50, f, w, housekeeper, MA Richardson, Sarah, 26, f, w, IL Richardson, Louise, 20, f, w, IL Richardson, M. C., 17, f, w, IL H Bryant, 23, f, w, domestic, Saxony, father and mother foreign born Shepard, R, 86, f, w, MA --- (enumerated as K Shepherd)
  Census - 1880	3 Jun 1880	Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN, USA   [6]
  1027 1st Avenue (or Street?) North
  1880 United States Federal Census, Minnesota, Hennepin, Minneapolis, District 241 3 Jun 1880, 1027 1st Avenue (or Street, not clear on census), Dwelling 76, Family 89 Phelps, Edmund J., w, m, 34, head, m, furniture dealer, OH, MA, MA -- (enumerated as Edmond J. Phelps) Phelps, Louise A., w, f, 28, wife, m, keeping house,  IL, MA, MA-- (enumerated as Louisa A. Phelps) Phelps, Ruth S., w, f, 3, daughter, s, IL, OH, IL Phelps, Joseph E., w, m, 74, father, wd, MA, MA, MA Richardson, Ruth C., w, f, 60, mother-in-law, wd, MA, MA, MA Richardson, Matilda C., w, f, 27, sister-in-law, s, IL, MA, MA Tina Gilbush, w, f, 22, servant, servant, Norway, Norway, Norway
  Census - 1900	7-15 Jun 1900	Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN, USA   [4]
  2323 Park Avenue
  1900 United States Federal Census, Minnesota, Hennepin, Minneapolis Ward 5, District 63 7-15 Jun 1900, 2323 Park Avenue, Ward 5, Dwelling 287?, Family 389 Phelps, Edmund, head, w ,m, , Jan 1845, 55, m, 26, OH, MA, MA, grain elevator builder, o, f, h Phelps, Lousa A, wife, w, f, June 1849, 50, m, 26, IL, MA, MA -- (indexed as Lovisa A Phelps) Phelps, Ruth S, daughter, w, f, June 1876, 23, s, IL, OH, IL -- (indexed as Rickardon s) Phelps, Richardson, son, w, m, Jan 1887, 13, s, IL, OH, IL Phelps, Edmund J, son, w, m, Dec 1881, 8, s, IL, OH, IL Ruth C, Richardson, mother-in-law, w, f, June 1819, 80, wd, -, 3, 3, MA, --- (indexed as Ruth E Rullanson) James M O Donnel, boarder, w, m, Sept 1864, 35, m, 2, MN, Ireland, Ireland, coachman, r M Stockhouse?, boarder, w, m, Jan 1858, 42, s, Sweden, Sweden, Sweden, servant cook --- (indexed as Prouse m Stock) Hulda Compton, boarder, w, f, Feb 1878, 22, s, Sweden, Sweden, Sweden, servant sweden?
  Died	1 Sep 1906
  Alt. Death	1907  [1]
  _CSTAT	Twin
  Buried	Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN, USA, Lakewood Cemetery, Phelps plot   [7]
  Notes	She was a twin; brother James C.  Death date given as 1907. Exact date given below. [The Shepard Families of New England] Her name spelled as CHEVER. Buried in Phelps family plot, Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.  ["The Richardson Memorial...," 1876, by J.A. Vinton, page 694] Lakewood records show death date as 1 Sep 1906. Living with daughter Louisa and Edmund J. Phelps, in Minneapolis, per 1880 & 1900 US Censuses for Minnesota. Both parents born in Mass. Picture of her headstone in the  Au Sable Cemetery, Naausay Township, Kendall, IL, provided by Elmer Dickson, Chico, CA. [1, 8]
  Person ID	I621	AC-Family
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	Jeremiah Shepard,   b. 26 Aug 1782, Salem, Essex, MA, USA ,   d. 7 Sep 1824, Salem, Essex, MA, USA  (Age 42 years)
  Mother	Ruth Chever,   b. 21 Feb 1784, Salem, Essex, MA, USA ,   d. 3 Jan 1878, Aurora, Kane, IL, USA  (Age 93 years)
  Married	9 Dec 1810	Salem, Essex, MA, USA   [1]
  	Family links: Children:   David Cheever Shepard (1813 - 1898)*   Andrew Jackson Shepard (1815 - 1899)*   Jeremiah Shepard (1817 - 1898)*   James C. Shepard (1820 - 1896)*   Ruth Cheever Shepard Richardson (1820 - 1906)* [9]
  Family ID	F587	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family / Spouse	Charles Frederick Richardson,   b. 11 Apr 1818, Salem, Essex, MA, USA ,   d. 24 May 1853, Naausay Township, Kendall, IL, USA  (Age 35 years)
  Married	22 Dec 1842	Salem, Essex, MA, USA   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Sarah Lang Richardson,   b. 7 Jan 1844,   d. 20 Jul 1920  (Age 76 years) + 2. Louisa Ann Richardson,   b. 30 Jun 1849, Naausay Township, Kendall, IL, USA ,   d. 10 May 1930, Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN, USA  (Age 80 years)   3. Matilda Clarke Richardson,   b. 12 Oct 1852,   d. 17 Nov 1913  (Age 61 years)
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2011
  Family ID	F304	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 6 Feb 1820 - Salem, Essex, MA, USA Married - 22 Dec 1842 - Salem, Essex, MA, USA Census - 1860 - Post Office: Aurora - 15 Jun 1860 - Aurora, Kane, IL, USA Census - 1870 - Post Office: Aurora - 21 Jul 1870 - Aurora, Kane, IL, USA Census - 1880 - 1027 1st Avenue (or Street?) North - 3 Jun 1880 - Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN, USA Census - 1900 - 2323 Park Avenue - 7-15 Jun 1900 - Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN, USA Buried - - Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN, USA, Lakewood Cemetery, Phelps plot  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S177] Surname / Shepard: Shepard Familes of New England, Gerald Faulkner Shepard, (New Haven, Connecticut: The New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1973.), 3: 309. [S52] Census/U.S. Federal: 1900, IL, Kane, Aurora, Ward9, Roll M593_236, P126 (202?). [S63] Census/U.S. Federal: 1850, IL, kendall, Naausay, Roll M432_113, Page 253. [S52] Census/U.S. Federal: 1900, MN, Hennepin, Minneapolis, Ward 5, ED 63, Page 18A. [S40] Census/U.S. Federal: 1860, IL, Kane, Aurora, Roll M653_191, Page 107. [S57] Census/U.S. Federal: 1880, MN, Hennepin, Minneapolis, ED 241, Page 241. [S67] Cemetery: MN, Hennepin, Minneapolis, Lakewood Cemetery, Lot 78, Section 10, Area 78. [S228] Surname / Richardson: Richardson Memorial, John Adams Vinton, (Portland, Maine: Brown Thurston & Co., 1876.), http://www.archive.org/details/richardsonmemori00vint., 694. [S446] Internet: Find A Grave, Jim Tipton, (Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/.), (http://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 13 Feb 2017); Find A Grave Memorial# 5899033; Created by: James Seidelman.