Mollie (Shepherd) Deaver (1884 - 1910)

Born 24 Aug 1884 in Yancey County, NC

Ancestors

Wife of Phillips Burgin Deaver — married about 18 Jun 1905 in Buncombe County, NC

Died 1 Sep 1910 at age 26 in Asheville, Buncombe County, NC

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Biography

Mollie Shepherd was a daughter of Mitchell Wilson Shepherd and Clerissa Arrowood Shepherd. She was born 24 August 1884 in Yancey County, NC. ^[1]

She moved to north Buncombe County in the late 1890's along with her parents, her siblings, and the parents and siblings of Henry Taylor Shepherd, husband of Mollie's sister Magaret Jane Shepherd.

She married Philips Burgin Deaver 18 Jun 1905 in Buncombe County, NC. ^[2]

On 19 Jun 1907, Mollie gave birth to their son John Mitchell Deaver, who died on 28 Mar 1972. (See the image of his death certificate.)

The federal census of 1910, listed on 4 May, found the family residing in the Mars Hill township of Madison County.^[3] Phillips B. Deaver was 27; Mollie Shepherd Deaver was 26; son Osborne was 5; son Johnie M. was 3; and daughter Blanche was 11 months.

Mollie Shepherd Deaver died 1 Sep 1910. Burial was at the cemetery of Piney Mountain Baptist Church, Ivy township, Buncombe County, NC. ^{[4] [5]}

Sources

1. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKW-J6G3 : 13 December 2015), Phillip Burgin Deaver, 1951; Burial, Weaverville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States of America, Piney Mountain Baptist Church Cemetery; citing record ID 31862517, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML9C-HZ7 : accessed 4 February 2019), Blanche Deaver in household of Phillips B Deaver, Mars Hill, Madison, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 85, sheet 11B, family 163, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1107; FHL microfilm 1,375,120.
4. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 December 2018), memorial page for Mollie Shepherd Deaver (24 Aug 1884–1 Sep 1910), Find A Grave Memorial no. 31862454, citing Piney Mountain Baptist Church Cemetery, Weaverville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Christine Bumby Allen (contributor 47016532) .
5. ↑ North Carolina State Archives; Raleigh, North Carolina; North Carolina Death Certificates Ancestry.com. North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.

• Account of Bergie Shepherd Hobson in an audio interview recorded in 1974.