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Cora Viola (Strauch) Sheppard
(1874 - ? )

Cora Viola (Strauch) Sheppard was born in 1874 near Dawson, Fayette County, PA, the daughter of John H. and Catherine (Martin) Strauch. Annie's mother died in 1873, when Annie was a girl, and her father later married Mary Hester McKnight.

Cora married Harry Sheppard. They had three children -- Martha G. Crislip, Anna Bell Rock and Harry G. Sheppard.

Circa 1926-1955, the Sheppards resided in Dawson and Dickerson Run, Fayette County.

Their fates are unknown. 

Daughter Martha G. Sheppard (1902-1973) was born on Sept. 5, 1902 in Dawson. She married Herman A. Crislip, but the couple had no children. They moved to Youngstown, OH. Martha passed away in Youngstown at the age of 71 on Feb. 8, 1973.  

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