Margaretta L. (Shepard) Cyphers (abt. 1848 - bef. 1874)

Born about 1848 in Wisconsin, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Albert Cheasboro — married 4 Aug 1872 in Muskegon, Muskegon, MI

Descendants

Died before 1 Jul 1874 before about age 26 in Muskegon County, Michigan, USA [uncertain]

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Biography

Name

Mary L. Shepard

Birth

Date: about 1848

Place: Wisconsin, USA^[1]

Residence

Residence:

Date: 1850

Place: Ottawa County, Michigan, USA^[1]

Residence:

Date: 1860

Place: Dalton Township Muskegon, Michigan, USA^[2]

Residence:

Date: 1870

Place: Michigan, USA^[3]

Marriage

Husband: Albert Cheasboro

Wife: Mary L. Shepard

Date: 4 AUG 1872

Place: Muskegon, Muskegon, MI^[4]

Research Notes

Husband Joseph Cyphers died on 29 Mar 1872 in Cedar Creek Michigan due to consumption at the age of 35 years 2 months and 4 days per the Muskegon County Clerks office death record. It is not known where joseph Cyphers is buried. The death record from familysearch.org is listed below:

Name: Joseph Cyphers Event Type: Death Event Date: 29 Mar 1872 Event Place: Cedar Creek, Muskegon, Michigan Gender: Male Age: 35 Marital Status: Married Occupation: Farmer Birth Date: Birth Year (Estimated): 1837 Birthplace: New York Father's Name: Mother's Name: Reference ID: p 100 rn 616 GS Film Number: 2363450 Digital Folder Number: 004207820 Image Number: 01256^[5]

It is not known where husband joseph Cyphers or his son John William Cyphers is buried at. His wife Margaretta (May) Shepard is buried in an unmarked grave in Evergreen Cemetery, Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan USA. ^[6] They did live next to John & Betsie (Elizabeth) Shepard in 1870 per the US Census. Their daughter, Josephine Shepard, and her husband John Harkness adopted Minnie I. Cyphers at some point as noted in the Muskegon Chronicle Newspaper article dated December 22, 1928. The adoption was most likely informal in nature.

Minnie Isabell Cyphers was born in 1869 to parents Joseph & Margaretta Cyphers according to the 1870 US census for Dalton, Muskegon County, Michigan.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF8L-CHV : 12 April 2016), Mary L Shepherd in household of Tama Allen, Muskegon, Ottawa, Michigan, United States; citing family 535, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWDD-46T : 14 December 2017), Mary Shepard in entry for John Shepard, 1860.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHC4-YB3 : 12 April 2016), Margaretta Cyphers in household of Joseph Cyphers, Michigan, United States; citing p. 1, family 3, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,191.
4. ↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCYG-Q3P : 10 February 2018), Albert Cheasboro and Mary L. Shepard, 04 Aug 1872; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 2,342,454.
5. ↑ "Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N36W-3DM : 10 March 2018), Joseph Cyphers, 29 Mar 1872; citing p 100 rn 616, Cedar Creek, Muskegon, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,363,450.
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/95193208/margaretta-l.-cyphers : accessed 28 July 2021), memorial page for Margaretta L. “May, Mary” Shepard Cyphers (1848–1873), Find a Grave Memorial ID 95193208, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan, USA ; Maintained by jamerichy (contributor 48151335) .