Mays Family Tree - Person Sheet
Misc. Notes
Martha’s polygamist husband Moses was baptized in November of 1846. Eliza Jane [his first wife] was not baptized then. In fact, she returned to Delaware County, Indiana. Moses went on to Council Bluffs, Iowa, and affiliated with the Mormons settled there. He married Martha as his second wife.
Leaving Martha Amanda there, he went back to Indiana and persuaded Eliza Jane to go west with him. When they arrived at Council Bluffs, Martha had died giving birth to a baby boy, who was still born. 1114
Leaving Martha Amanda there, he went back to Indiana and persuaded Eliza Jane to go west with him. When they arrived at Council Bluffs, Martha had died giving birth to a baby boy, who was still born. 1114
Spouses
Birth Date9 Jan 1820
Birth PlaceFranklin, Franklin Co., OH, USA
Death Date19 Sep 1866 Age: 46
Death PlaceSpanish Fork, Utah Co., UT, USA
Burial Date22 Sep 18661113
Burial PlaceSpanish Fork Cemetery, Spanish Fork, Utah Co., UT, USA
OccupationIndian Agent for the Government1066
Cause of DeathTyphoid Fever1114
FatherPeter Burr SHEPHERD (1795-1839)
MotherMary BARKER (1795-1821)
Misc. Notes
Sometime during these years [see his wife Eliza Jane Adamson’s notes] they came in contact with members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Moses was baptized in November of 1846. Eliza Jane was not baptized then. In fact, she returned to Delaware County, Indiana. Moses went on to Council Bluffs, Iowa, and affiliated with the Mormons settled there. He married a second wife, Martha Amanda Bryant.
Leaving Martha Amanda there, he went back to Indiana and persuaded Eliza Jane to go west with him. When they arrived at Council Bluffs, Martha Amanda had died giving birth to a baby boy, who was still born.
Moses married two other wives, one a widow with two sons Hannah Garlic Hatch. She also bore two sons by Moses Shepherd, Joseph and Daniel. The other wife was Mary Christina Poulsen, a widow from Denmark with two children. She bore him a daughter Rhoda Shepherd.
Moses Trader Shepherd died of typhoid fever at the age of forty-six. [For more about Moses and his family see his wife Eliza Jane’s notes]. 1114
Moses Trader Shepherd fathered fifteen children. 3
Leaving Martha Amanda there, he went back to Indiana and persuaded Eliza Jane to go west with him. When they arrived at Council Bluffs, Martha Amanda had died giving birth to a baby boy, who was still born.
Moses married two other wives, one a widow with two sons Hannah Garlic Hatch. She also bore two sons by Moses Shepherd, Joseph and Daniel. The other wife was Mary Christina Poulsen, a widow from Denmark with two children. She bore him a daughter Rhoda Shepherd.
Moses Trader Shepherd died of typhoid fever at the age of forty-six. [For more about Moses and his family see his wife Eliza Jane’s notes]. 1114
Moses Trader Shepherd fathered fifteen children. 3
Family ID701
Marr Dateabt 1847
Marr PlaceKanesville, Pottawattamie Co., IA, USA
Children[Son] (Stillborn)