Shuffield/Sheffield Family Reunion

On Saturday, October 11, 2003, the “Descendants of James S. Shuffield” will assemble for the “Annual Shuffield/Sheffield Family Reunion” at Bea’s Kitchen, 101 E. Main St. in Cameron, Milam County, Texas from 9am to 3pm. Catered lunch will be served at noon.

James S. Shuffield was born in 1824 and was married to Martha Speed. There were eight children:

1) Harmon Jasper [m. Sletha Jane McGee]

2) Marcus Newton “Mark” [m. (1) Jane/Jennie Unknown (2) Ada Donaldson]

3) James [m. Lula Wingo]

4) Emranda E. [m. Jesse Griffin Sherrill]

5) Sally (Mary) [m. Columbus Clinton Hair]

6) Newton Andrew [m. (1) Rose Lindsey (2) Sarah Newberry]

7) Frannie W. [m. Jacob P. French]

8) Elvira Abbie [m. William Newton McMillan]

James and his family moved to Milam County, Texas in about 1869 from Bartow County, Georgia. There is no information on the parents of James or his wife, Martha. The couple is buried in the Little River Cemetery, near Jones Prairie, with many of their children and other descendants.

For more information on the Shuffield/Sheffield family history, visit the “My Loose Ends database posted on the World Connect Project at RootsWeb.com [two-line URL]:

< http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?d... >.

If you have trouble with the URL, go to
< http://www.rootsweb.com/ > and type James Shuffield into the search boxes and click Search.

Sheffield/Shuffield DNA Project:

< http://www.geocities.com/lks_friday/Shuffield-001.htm >