Families of James Adams Shedd

JAMES ADAMS SHEDD, son of EUNICE AUGUSTA ADAMS and JAMES ADAMS SHEDD, was born August 21, 1837 in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio,^{1498, 456} and died June 8, 1876 in Wathena, Doniphan, Kansas.^{456, 6226} He is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas.^{456, 4566}

He married (1) MARY ELIZABETH TURNER on March 28, 1865 in Denmark, Lee, Iowa.¹⁷¹⁰ She was born December 15, 1838 in Denmark, Lee, Iowa,⁴⁵⁶ and died September 24, 1868 in Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas.^{456, 6292} She is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas.⁴⁵⁶

He married (2) ALICE BIDWELL MCVEY on January 4, 1871 in Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas.⁴⁵⁶⁴ She was born September 27, 1841 in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania,¹⁷¹⁰ and died July 11, 1922 in Los Angeles County, California.⁴⁵⁶ She is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas.⁴⁵⁶

Biography of James A. Shedd
Education
Military Service
Marriage Announcements and News
Obituaries

Census Records

Children of MARY ELIZABETH TURNER and JAMES ADAMS SHEDD:

GEORGE SHEDD, b. February 12, 1866;⁴⁵⁶ d. September 8, 1868, Kansas;⁴⁵⁶ bur. Evergreen Cemetery, Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas.⁴⁵⁶

Children of ALICE BIDWELL MCVEY and JAMES ADAMS SHEDD:

MATTIE MCVAY SHEDD, b. January 31, 1873; d. July 10, 1873; bur. Evergreen Cemetery, Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas.⁴⁵⁶

Education

Mary Elizabeth Turner graduated from Denmark Academy, Lee County, Iowa, 1860.²⁸⁹⁰

Military Service

Civil War

James A. Shedd

Mustered in October 31, 1861 as a 1st Sergeant in Company I, Engineer Regiment of the West
Discharged November 2, 1862 due to illness (bilious fever)⁷⁶⁵⁹

Marriage Announcements and News

Fort Scott Daily Monitor, January 5, 1871⁴⁵⁶⁴

MARRIED.

SHEDD-McVEY.—On the 4th instant, at the residence of Mr. J. R. Morley, by the Rev. J. C. Plumb. J. A. Shedd, Jr., of this city, to Miss Alice B. McVey, of Pittsburgh, Pa.

No cards.

Obituaries

Fort Scott Weekly Press, September 26, 1868⁶²⁹²

DIED.

On Tuesday, September 24th inst., of typhoid fever, Mary E. wife of J. A. Shedd, jr., of this place in the 30th year of her age.

We cannot insert the above announcement without offering a few words of sympathy for our friend and neighbor, our fellow citizen and brother, who has at this time a heavy burden of grief to bear. His infant and only son was taken from him but a few days ago, and now he is bereft of wife and left alone in this cold world. We but speak the feelings of this whole community in offering sympathy and condolence, but words of man are weak and empty sounds—he still must suffer alone, and seek consolation only in the hope of a re-union above.

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Fort Scott Daily Monitor, June 10, 1876⁴⁶⁷⁴

We are pained to hear of the death of our former and highly respected townsman, Mr. J.A. Shedd. His remains arrived here by the Gulf Road last night.

The funeral will be from the residence of Mr. J. R. Morley at 10 o'clcok to-day. Friends of the family are invited to attend.

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Wathena Reporter, June 10, 1876⁶²⁹¹

OBITUARY.

Death of James A. Shedd.

Died, at the residence of Mr. E. V. Snively, in Wathena, Kansas, Thursday evening, June 8th, 1876, James A. Shedd, of encephaloid tumor, in the 39th year of his age.

Mr. Shedd came to Wathena three weeks ago, where he could receive kind attention and sympathy among his relatives until the result of his affliction could be determined. He had been an invalid for more than two years, during which time tow surgical operations were performed upon the tumor; the first, last August at Boonville, Mo., and the other at St. Louis just twelve weeks before he died. At the last operation the surgeons would give him no assurance that he would ever rise from the table alive, or that the tumor, which involved the tissues of the stomach, would not reappear; yet he submitted to the operation with a great deal of fortitude. The surgeons said that if the tumor returned it would do so within two months, in which case there was no hope for his recover, whereupon he came to Wathena to await the critical period. He was able to ride out and go to his meals until within ten days of his death, and he has always been able to attend to business except for one month of last year and three months of this. His death was occasioned by the third growth of the tumor. He bore his affliction with unusual patience, and died in full consciousness of mind and peace of soul, with the Christian's hope that a mansion had been prepared to receive his spirit in the Father's house on high.

Mr. Shedd was a brother of Mrs. Snively, of this place, and a partner of Mr. Snively in the lead mining business near Boonville, Mo. He leaves a wife, whose attentions were most devoted to him, to mourn his loss. A man of regular and temperate habits, he had a wide circle of friends and was respected and esteemed for his manly worth and many virtues by all who knew him.

Funeral services were held at Mr. Snively's residence yesterday, and largely attended by sympathizing friends, after which his remains, accompanied by his wife and Mr. Snively, were taken to St. Joseph and started for interment to Fort Scott, where he has children and friends buried. He had no children living.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
September 12, 1850¹⁷¹²	Division 28, Lee, Iowa	James Adams Shedd Caroline LaVallette Smith James Adams Shedd Emily Rebecca Shedd Charles Frederick Shedd George Curtis Shedd Harriet Augusta Shedd
June 20, 1860⁴	Denmark, Lee, Iowa	James Adams Shedd Caroline LaVallette Smith George Curtis Shedd James Adams Shedd Emily Rebecca Shedd Charles Frederick Shedd Harriet Augusta Shedd
June 1, 1870⁴³⁷³	Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas	James Adams Shedd
June 11, 1880⁴³⁸⁴	Washington, Doniphan, Kansas	Harriet Augusta Shedd Ezra Victor Snively Howard Victor Snively Emily Carolyne Snively Alice Henshaw Snively Helen Adams Snively Alice Bidwell McVey