Lycinnius Sheplett

Submitted by: Jare Cardinal jarecard@earthlink.net

Comments: My family always said, “We're not related to the Shiffletts, never have been. They are a horse of a different color.” But through your work and others, there are now some of us that realize that we are Shiffletts--we just won't tell the elders! Here's what I know about my Shifflett/Sheplett ties. Lycinnius was my great-great grandfather. Both Lycinnius and his wife, Ginny, are buried at Prize Hill Cemetery, Boonesville, VA in unmarked graves.

The Church of the Good Shepherd, which is located across the road and creek (to the north) of Prize Hill is located on the George Sheplett farm. Before that, it was the property of his father Lycinnius. When my grandmother Gertrude Sheplett Musto was growing up, the property to the direct west of the cemetery belonged to her uncle Charlie Bruce and she knew the area by his house as “Bruce Hollow”. From looking at the maps, it looks like Uncle Charlie's property was once part of the Shiflett land that connected to the mill (?). Charlie Bruce (c1868-?) md Mary Ida Susan Sheplett (1871-?) on ll Nov 1891 in Albemarle Co. Mary Ida was a dau of Lycinnius and Jinny Bruce Sheplett--so there is a family connection. Charlie was the son of James H. and Frances A. Bruce. Charlie's sister Lucy B (17 Aug 1876-2 June 1959) md Noah W. Shiflett (1 May 1876-9Feb 1957) on 14 July 1894. Most all of these Bruces/Shifflets are buried at Prize Hill Cemetery. My grandmother also said that the log cabin in which she was born was located on the property where Prize Hill cemetery is located. But she got a little confused in her older age, so I'm not sure; My Aunt thinks the cabin was located on George Sheplett's present property and that Grandpa Sinny (Licinnius) and Grandma Jinny lived in it when she was little. So it is the presently used church that is on known George Sheplett family property and my family has told me that it will revert to the family if the church was to close. There is a possibility that the property once extended across the creek and roadway to include Prize Hill.

Other researchers on this line:
Lee Bruce clen99@yahoo.com

Create 3 Mar 1999
Updated 14 Oct 2002
Update by Bob Klein Nov 2019

2. Lycinnius (Sinny) H. Sheplett, b.c 1844, Albemarle Co., VA s/o 1. Isaac and Susan Jordan Shifflett

m. 17 Dec 1867 in Albemarle Co., VA

Emily J (Ginny) Bruce b. abt. 1845 in Washington City d/o Henry Minton Bruce and Mary Emily Adams.

3. George Lafyette Sheplett b. 17 June 1869 d. 10 Dec 1942, m. 20 Dec 1888 in Boonesville, Alice Susan Madison b. 28 Nov 1866 d. 27 Sept 1948, d/o William Brazeal Madison (1829-1906) and Mary Jane Sandridge (1838-1912). Both are bur at Prize Hill. Family is listed on the 1920 Albemarle census, Blackwell Precinct as Shiflett.

4. Violet Maude Sheplett b. 30 Oct 1889 d. 4 Apr 1991) m. 10 Dec 1911 Bryce Walton b. 29 Apr 1890 d. 30 Apr 1954, s/o Melvin Walton, a shoemaker in Boonesville. Both Buried: Prize Hill Cemetery, Boonesville, Albemarle Co., VA

5. Carletta Lucille Walton b. 6 Dec 1911, d. 21 Feb 1991, m. Leon H. Sullivan, b. 4 Jul 1912 in Greene Co., VA, d. 3 Nov 1997, Both Buried: Prize Hill Cemetery, Boonesville, Albemarle Co., VA

6. Joanne S. Sullivan m. Ray Hairfield
6. Ronald Sherwood Sullivan, b. 15 Dec 1935 in Baltimore, MD, d. 11 Feb 2006 in Harrisonburg, Rockingham Co., VA, m. 7 May 1953 to Charlotte A. Craig, b. 5 Apr 1934, d. 25 Jul 2017, Both Buried: Prize Hill Cemetery, Boonesville, Albemarle Co., VA

5. Hazel A. Walton b. 1 Sep 1914, d. 27 May 1996 Buried: Prize Hill Cemetery, Boonesville, Albemarle Co., VA, m(1) Harold Russell Halloway, b. 26 Sep 1905 in Rockingham Co., VA, d. 26 Oct 1941 due to an auto accident, he received a broken neck and crushed shoulder. m(2) unknown Graham
5. Claude Ashton "Pete" Walton b. 14 Aug 1918 in VA, d. 8 Oct 1978 in VA, m. 11 JUn 1938 in Free Union, Albemarle Co., VA to Lucille Lillie Davis, b. 13 Mar 1919 in Warwick Co., VA, d. 10 Oct 1995, Both Buried: Prize Hill Cemetery, Boonesville, Albemarle Co., VA

6. Kelly Claudette Walton
6. Richard L. "Tootsie" Walton, b. 7 May 1939 in Baltimore, MD, d. 5 Oct 1995 in Baltimore, MD, Buried: Prize Hill Cemetery, Boonesville, Albemarle Co., VA

5. Burnes "Mike" Walton b. 10 May 1920, d. 17 Aug 1994, m. 25 Mar 1940 in Harrisonburg, Rockingham Co., VA to Virginia Margaret McDonaldson b. 27 May 1916 in Rockingham Co., VA, d. 8 Jul 2011 in Rockingham Co., VA, Both Buried: Prize Hill Cemetery, Boonesville, Albemarle Co., VA
5. Wade H. Walton b. 11 Jan 1922 in Albemarle Co., VA, d. 9 Mar 1983 in Dundalk, Baltimore Co., MD, Buried: Prize Hill Cemetery, Boonesville, Albemarle Co., VA
5. Geneva Walton b. 9 Mar 1924 in Boonesville, Albemarle Co., VA, m(1) Leo Moore, m(2) 15 Jun 1963 in Shenandoah, VA to Martin Louis Hustead, b. 29 Nov 1934 in Wendel, WV, d. 2 Jul 2001, Geneva and Martin are both buried: Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Simpson, Taylor Co., WV
5. Bryce Edward Walton Jr. b. 7 Apr 1929 in Albemarle Co., VA, d. 12 Nov 1948, Buried: Prize Hill Cemetery, Boonesville, Albemarle Co., VA
5. Forrest Walton

4. Mary Gertrude Sheplett (my grandmother) b. 13 Aug 1893. d. 17 Jan 1981 m. 2 Jul 1913 in Cumberland, MD to Thomas Albert Musto, Jr., b. 17 Nov 1887, d. 21 May 1968, Both Buried: Cuba, Allegany, NY

5. Elizabeth Marie Musto b. 20 Nov 1924, d. 3 Nov 1998 (my mother, an only child); m. Robert N. Blodgett MD, b. 13 Aug 1921, d. 17 May 1981. 3 children

4. Ethel Frances Sheplett b. 7 Dec 1895, d. 15 Mar 1974) m. 28 Dec 1916 George E AUSTIN b. 8 July 1885 d. 28 Dec 1966, s/o Willie Austin (b.c. 1847 d. 22 Dec 1910) and Lucy Ann Patterson, both of Free Union.. Both are bur at Prize Hill. They had 2 children: Alvin and Pauline.

5. Alvin Austin b. 13 Jan 1918, d. of influenza 11 Dec 1918
5. Pauline b. 25 Nov 1919, d. 17 Mar 1996, m. Randolph Henry (Jack) Maupin b. 11 Mar 1915, d. 31 Aug 1984, s/o Willie and Sally Dunn Maupin, Both Buried: Prize Hill Cemetery, Boonesville, Albemarle Co., VA

4. Carrie Temple Sheplett b. 16 Nov 1897, d. Dec 1997 m. 27 Aug 1913 to Levi Lender Autin, George's brother, s/o Willie and Lucy Ann Patterson Austin. Both buried in Baltimore, MD. They had 2 children.
4. Maggie Pearl Sheplett b. 16 Mar 1901, d. 8 Dec 1997, m. 27 Aug 1918 to Dewey Wheeler Garrison. b. 24 Aug 1898 in Albemarle Co., VA, d. apr 1965 in Baltimore, MD, s/o Theophilus and Martha Dunn Garrison. Both buried in Baltimore. They had one child.

5. Lawrence W. Garrison, b. 1919 in Boonesville, Albemarle Co., VA, d. 9 Jul 2006 in Baltimore Co., MD, Buried: Moreland Memorial Park Cemetery, Parkville, Baltimore Co., MD, m. 1938 to Madeline Auvil

4. Laura Sheplett b. 20 Sep 1903 in Boonesville, Albemarle Co., VA, d. 20 Feb 2001, (was living on the homestead in Boonesville) m. 5 Oct 1921 to Daniel Sherwood MORRIS b. 18 Sept 1898, d. 14 Feb 1967, s/o Bluford (1853-1936 bur. Prize Hill) and Agnes (n.d. bur. Mission Home) Morris. Both Buried: Prize Hill Cemetery, Boonesville, Albemarle Co., VA.

5. Daniel Sherwood Morris Jr. b. 1 Jun 1936 in Albemarle Co., VA, d. 8 Dec 2003 in Albemarle Co., VA, m Frances Smith Buried: Prize Hill Cemetery, Boonesville, Albemarle Co., VA
5. Hensel Bentley Morris, b. 24 Apr 1938 in VA, d. 18 Apr 2008 in Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., VA, m. 18 JUn 1955 in Person Co., NC to Charlotte Beatrice Sharp, b. 23 Jan 1937 in Albemarle Co., VA, Buried: Holly Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., VA

3. Mary Ida Susan Sheplett b. 1871 in Rockingham Co., VA, m. 11 Nov 1891 in Albemarle Co., VA to Charles Middleton Bruce b.c. 1868 son of James H. Bruce and Frances Shiflett

4. Charles Homer Bruce, b. 28 Jul 1893 in Rockingham Co., VA, d. 31 Dec 1977 in New Port Richey, Pasco Co., FL
4. Edna Mae Bruce, b. 7 May 1895, d. 15 Dec 1987 in Washington, DC, m . Edward Baker Cardwell b. 1895
4. Willis M. Bruce, b. 7 Jul 1898, d. 14 Apr 1974 in Milwaukee, WI
4. Marshall Hughes Bruce, b. 24 Jul 1900 in Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., VA, d. 1984 in Princess Anne, Somerset Co., MD, m. Marie Victoria Ross, b. Apr 1892 in Craig Creek, Craig Co., VA, d. 1980 in Princess Anne, Somerset Co., MD

5. Jean Bruce, b. 31 Jul 1920 in Albemarle Co., VA, d. 27 Jul 2010 in New Berlin, Chenango Co., NY, m. Robert Mancuso
5. Janie Carol Bruce, b. 24 Dec 1921 in Albemarle Co., VA, d. 15 Apr 2010 in Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE, m. 23 Oct 1942 in Washington, DC to Creston Meredith Beauchamp, b. 10 Jan 1920, d. 19 Nov 1981, Both Buried: Head of Christiana Cemetery, Newark, New Castle Co., DE
5. Marshall Hughes Bruce, Jr., b. 24 May 1924, d. 8 Oct 1994
5. Charles Antonio Bruce, Sr. b. 5 Apr 1927 in Rahway, Union Co., NJ, d. 19 Nov 2006

4. Janie Bruce, b. 29 Aug 1902

3. Leah Elenora Sheplett b. 15 Apr 1873 in Rockingham Co., VA, m. 15 Dec 1892 in Albemarle Co., VA to R. S. Madison
3. Bertha E. Sheplett b. 7 Jun 1875 in Rockingham Co., VA, m. 24 Dec 1897 in Albemarle Co., VA to George Starks Mooney, b. Nov 1873 in VA, d. abt 1902
3. Isaac N. Sheplett b. 15 Sep 1877 Rockingham Co. d. 8 Sep 1878 of brain fever
3. male child b. and d. 15 May 1878, Rockingham Co., VA

Submitted by Lee Bruce clen99@yahoo.com

Charles Middleton Bruce and family ca. 1900.
Standing back row (l to r): Willis, Charles Middleton, Aunt Betty, Edna, cousins Carol "Sam" Madison & Leonard Madison.
Front row (l to r): Marshall Hughes (my grandfather), Janie (the baby) Mary Ida Susan Sheplette Bruce, Homer.

Charles Bruce and some the family girls. Fartherest left, closest to the dog,
Jared believes that is Edna Bruce, next to her slightly in front is supposedly
Shortie Sheplett Morris. The woman on the end (right) might be Janie Bruce.
The man in the hat is Charles Middleton Bruce. The other 3 men we can't identify.

Charles M. Bruce

submitted by Jare Cardinal

Seated (l-r): Gertrude Musto, Ethel Austin, Maude Walton
Standing (l-r): Temple Austin, Pearl Garrison, and
Laura "Shortie" Morris

Elmer Shiflett and Laura "Shortie" Sheplett
before she married Daniel Sherwood Morris Sr.
Taken late 1910's early 1920's

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