Louisa Childs

Notes:

Louisa was the daughter of Daniel, Jr and Sally (Benjamin) Childs. Her paternal grandparents were Daniel and Molly Child, and her maternal grandparents were William and Beulah (Child) Benjamin - all of Massachusetts.

Louisa married Mr. Rosewell Shepherd with whom she had one daughter, Louisa Shepherd born December 18, 1832. Her daughter grew to maturity and married Eli T Ross, son of Samuel and Thankful Ross. Louisa and Eli had one daughter, Maud Ross born abt 1858. Louisa (Shepherd) Ross, like her mother, did not live to experience old age, she having passed away on March 17, 1875 at the age of 42. Eli Ross passed away January 11, 1868.

Subsequent to his wife's death, Rosewell Shepherd married Anna Maria (Leek) Dow.

Record of Louisa's Childs family (Daniel and Molly) is found on page 559 of the book "Genealogy of the Child, Childs and Childes Families …" by Elias Child.
Buried in Bigelow Cemetery in Schuyler Co.

Louisa married Roswell Shepherd about 1830. Roswell was born on 11 Feb 1803 in Connecticut; died on 20 Jul 1888 in Reading, Schuyler County, New York; was buried in Reading Center Burying Ground, Reading, Schuyler County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Eli T. Ross. Eli was born on 30 Jul 1832; died on 11 Jan 1868; was buried in Reading Center Burying Ground, Reading, Schuyler County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]