Zora
Bay Bell
Davis Sheffield
formerly Rees
Born in Gage, Nebraska, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Levi Marion Rees
and Sarah (Andrews) Rees
Sister of
Viola (Rees) Davis, Verney Rees, Nora (Rees) Tolliver [half], Perlina (Rees) Hicks [half], Arazona (Rees) Nolta [half], King Lemuel Rees [half], Della Faye (Rees) Mooney [half], Jeanette Cynthia (Rees) Lawson [half] and Benjamin Harrison Rees [half]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 70
in Rosenburg, Douglas, Oregon, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Aug 2010
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Biography
Sources
- Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Year: 1880; Census Place: Clinton, Douglas, Missouri; Roll: 685; Page: 525B; Enumeration District: 030.
- Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Year: 1920; Census Place: Comstock, Douglas, Oregon; Roll: T625_1494; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 141.
- Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Year: 1930; Census Place: Sutherlin, Douglas, Oregon; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0029; FHL microfilm: 2341677.
- Ancestry.com. Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO, USA; Missouri Marriage Records [Microfilm]. Verifies marriage to T.R. Davis on 3 Jul 1887 in Douglas, Missouri.
- Ancestry.com. Oregon, U.S., Marriage Indexes, 1906-2009 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2000. Oregon State Library; Salem, Oregon; Reel: 3. Verifies a marriage on 8 Jan 1919 in Douglas, Oregon. It appears to be the marriage to Charles A. Sheffield.
- Ancestry.com. Oregon, U.S., Death Index, 1898-2008 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Oregon State Library; 1966-1970 Death Index; Reel Title: Oregon Death Index A-L; Year Range: 1931-1941.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32829111/zora_belle-sheffield : accessed 08 April 2022), memorial page for Zora Belle Rees Sheffield (16 Nov 1866–15 May 1937), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32829111, citing Douglas County Cemetery, Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon, USA ; Maintained by Robert K. and Frances L. Frasier (contributor 46906464).
- Ancestry.com. Oregon, U.S., State Deaths, 1864-1968 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2021. Oregon State Archives; Salem, Oregon; Oregon, Death Records, 1864-1967.
- Ancestry.com. Oregon, U.S., State Marriages, 1906-1968 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2018. Ancestry.com. Oregon, U.S., State Marriages, 1906-1968 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2018.
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