William Owen (Sheffield) Shuffield (abt. 1868 - 1938)

Born about 15 Apr 1868 in Bismarck, Hot Spring, Arkansas, United States

Ancestors

Died 24 Jan 1938 at about age 69 in Howard, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

Birth

Note: FAG and his tombstone says he was born on April 15, 1868 but the 1880 Census shows he was born in 1873. Not sure which one is correct.

Death

William Owen died on January 25, 1938 in Howard County, Arkansas. He was buried in Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery in Nashville, Howard, Arkansas.Find A Grave: Memorial #52198769

Timeline

Marriages

FAG has his children listed as Rosie Jane Shuffield Dowling; Janie Shuffield Morphew and Argus Caleb Shuffield.

Census

:1880 Census. Newman Shuffield was living with his spouse, Sarah, along with seven of their children in De Roche, Hot Spring, Arkansas. He was a farmer. This Census shows they were both 36 and he was born in TN and Sarah was b. in Alabama. The children in the home were as follows: Minty age 13; Henry age 11; Thomas age 9; William age 7; Hardy age 5; John age 3 and Richard Shuffield less than one year old.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNW4-F6S : 19 February 2021), Newman Sheiffield, De Roche, Hot Spring, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 76, sheet 524D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,046.