Born in Nebraska, United States
Daughter of Richard Brown
and Nancy Selina (Cauffman) Brown
Sister of
Wanda E. Brown, Roy O. Brown, Cora Elvertie (Brown) Sheffield, Mary May Brown and Theodore Robert Brown
Wife of
Jesse Alfred Sheffield
— married
1911 (to 28 Sep 1977) [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Samuel Sheffield, Cleo Iola (Sheffield) Bailey, Willodean Mae (Sheffield) Anderson, Violet Leota (Sheffield) Bailey and Verlo Earl Sheffield
Died
at age 85
in Gothenburg, Dawson, Nebraska, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 5 May 2012
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Biography
Opal Brown, daughter of Richard Brown and Nancy Cauffman, was born on the 30 Jan 1892 in Nebraska.[1]
Opal married Jesse Sheffield in 1911.
Children of Opal and Jesse:
- Samuel Sheffield 1909-
- Cleo Sheffield Bailey 1912-1978
- Willadean Mae Sheffield Anderson 1915-1996
- Violet Leota Sheffield Bailey 1921-1999
- Verlo Sheffield 1924-1984
Cleo passed away on the 28 Sep 1977 in Gothenburg, Dawson, Nebraska.[1]
Jesse, Opal Brown Sheffield and daughter Cleo ca. 1912
US Census Collection
Sources
Death
- Name: OPAL SHEFFIELD
- SSN: 508-66-2488
- Last Residence: 69138 Gothenburg, Dawson, NE
- Born: 30 Jan 1892
- Last Benefit:
- Died: Sep 1977
- State (Year) SSN issued: NE (1965 )
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30906463/opal-cleo-sheffield : accessed 14 December 2021), memorial page for Opal Cleo Brown Sheffield (30 Jan 1892–28 Sep 1977), Find a Grave Memorial ID 30906463, citing Gothenburg Cemetery, Gothenburg, Dawson County, Nebraska, USA ; Maintained by Tom Brown (contributor 47543454)
- ↑ Jesse, Opal Brown Sheffield and daughter Cleo Photograph ca. 1912 -courtesy FIndAGrave
Special Thanks to: Naomi Koehn and Alice Soller
Acknowledgements
- WikiTree profile created through the import of Thomas Sheffield Descendants.ged on Dec 21, 2011 by Michael Sheffield
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Opal by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Opal:
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~12.50%
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