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Author: sharpchick13
Surnames: chapin, shephard, lebolt, carr, finn
Classification: queries
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I've found more on Essie, including her grave listing at FindaGrave.
As I have been able to track her, she first married Joseph Shephard, who was the father of
Broshia and Elbert. After his death, she married Elbert C Carr, and was widowed before
the 1900 census, where I found her and her children back in Ft Scott (Bourbon Co) Kansas.
(I figured she went home there after Elbert Carr died to be closer to her family, some of
whom were still there in the 1895 Kansas census.)
Then, she married Joseph H LeBolt and I found them in the 1910 census in Altoona, Blair
Co., PA, as well as a 1910 Miracode index for the household. Broshia and Elbert were
shown with the LeBolt surname in both documents. Finally, she married Daniel Finn and
they were the only members of the household in the 1920 census.
Oddly enough, she was apparently buried as a LeBolt in Rose Hill Cemetery in Altoona, PA.
(See this FAG listing for her:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSvcid=66998&GRi...;).
I have emailed the contributor that the maiden name is incorrect, and supplied additional
biographical details. You may be able to get the FAG contributor to let you manage the
memorial, since you are a direct descendant. (You'd need to create a free account, if
you do not already have one.)
You can email me directly at sharpchick13(a)yahoo.com if you would like.
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