Seth & Laney Harper Tison/Tyson Bible

Bible in possession of Mrs. J. W. Parker of Farmville, NC. A Copy found 
in the Collection of Ima Mewborn.


Moses Tison, son of Seth Tison and Laney Harper Tison was born Jan. 10, 
1816

Elizabeth, daughter of Seth Tison and Laney Harper Tison was born Sept 
2, 1815.

[NOTE: Ima has a note that one of the two above dates is wrong. She 
thinks the 1815 should be 1818.--mmm]

Zilpha Tison, daughter of Seth Tison and Laney Harper Tison was born 
Oct. 13, 1819 and died Aug. 23, 1827

Emmela Tison, daughter of Seth Tison and Laney Harper Tison was born 
Oct. 13, 1819 and died Oct. 11, 1823

Seth Tyson, father of Moses Tison, was the son of Moses Tyson and 
Elizabeth Joyner

Moses Tyson was born 1755 and died 1817

Moses Tyson and Elizabeth Joyner were married 1780

Louise Joyner daughter of Amos and Elizabeth Tyson Joyner was born Sept. 
12, 1812

Moses Tison and Louisa Joyner were married Jan. 27, 1836

Abbey Tison, daughter of Moses Tison and Louisa Joyner was born June 12, 
1850

Laney Tyson, daughter of Moses Tison and Louisa Joyner was born Dec. 11, 
1836

Elizabeth Tison, daughter of Moses Tison and Louisa Joyner was born Jan. 
26, 1839.

Sherrod Tison, was born March 9, 1785 and died March 29, 1842

Blana Harper married Elizabeth McIlwean, daughter of John McIlwean and 
Zilpha Williams

Mary J. Harper daughter of Blana Harper and Elizabeth McIlwean was born 
April 5, 1787 and died May 12, 1816

Henry Sheppard, Sr., was born in Snow Hill, NC Jan. 10, 1813 and died 
Oct. 27, 1881

Henry Sheppard and Margaret Ann Tyson were married Jan. 21, 1841

Margaret Ann Tyson was born Sept, 9, 1822 and died July 29, 1863

Elizabeth Sheppard was born June 21, 1842 and died Dec. 21, 1868

James G. Sheppard was born Feb. 16, 1845

B. Sheppard was born Dec. 15, 1846

Mary Sheppard was born Oct. 12, 1848

Alice Sheppard was born June 8, 1850

Henry Sheppard was born June 26, 1854

Margaret Sheppard was born April 10, 1856

Susan E. Sheppard was born Nov. 20, 1859

William Sheppard was born June 6, 1858

Alexander Sherrod Sheppard was born Nov. 15, 1861

Martha (Pattie) Sheppard, was born April 12, 1852

Henry Sheppard, Sr. (Wm. H. Sheppard, Sr.) married his second wife, Mrs. 
Lizzie A. (Neal) Turnage in 1865. She died 1870

Lawrence E. Sheppard was born Dec. 1, 1866

Harper D. Sheppard was born Oct. 9, 1868

Henry Sheppard, Sr. (Wm. H. Sheppard, Sr.) married his third wife, Ella 
Williams in 1875 and had Annie W. Sheppard and Hernie Sheppard





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